Oh, and Botham can go and fuck himself. Anyone with a scintilla of intelligence - which explains his asinine remark, as he doesn't even have that much - could see that Philip Hughes didn't claim that catch. Arsehole.
Particularly bad timing after Bell's efforts with the DRS later in the day. Let's give Bell the benefit of the doubt and say he was 'exploiting the system to his full advantage' rather than 'cheating'.
Only one issue with the Hughes incident - why did he throw it in the air in celebration? A 22 year old kid in the heat of the moment under pressure can be forgiven I suppose.
I remember when he got plucked out of our local grade cricket on the 2003 tour to play for England. I was living in Melbourne at the time, and the crowds loved him because of his surname. I remember thinking he looked like an inoffensive journeyman who would last three games at the top level.
I reckon he's just as surprised as anyone that he played for a decade, won the Ashes three times and captained England to short form success. Grit, guts and pride in bucketfuls. Well played, 'MBE'.
If. He made 109 last night, playing in agony with a side strain that had him taking regular needles from the medical staff, negotiating Harbhajan who had it spitting like a cobra. Two centuries for the match. Could be his crowning glory if the South Africans win this.
Let's hope the Aussie bats show a tenth of his skill, courage and determinaton today.
it - he is as thick as two planks of wood. Quote of the summer on ABC radio : "No, Shane, my grandmother couldn't bowl you out; but I reckon she could run you out".
