Judi, Judi, Judi!

The new Australian cricket captain received a blazer on the field, but the full secret CA regalia is more elaborate.

1. The headline on the back page of the Herald today was "Stick with Smith", which I believe could be called "backhand support". Dame Judi has always and ever had the full support of this household. I have not always been able to get behind his hair styling, but even that seems to have grown up in the last few weeks. It was probably his hair that had him once touted as the new Warnie (that was back when we still said that, before the long slow descent to earth).

2. Based on day 1, it turns out there is such a thing as a "bowling collapse". I don't understand how Brisbane can be more oppressive than Sharjah but the evidence is there. I'm glad they've picked themselves up. 

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Who would you have said this poor-res photo is of? It was in the TV section today and my first thought was "What is Arnold Schwarnegger doing with Sydney Thunder*? How did I not hear anything about this?" but it turns out it is Nathan Hauritz. That's not an association I ever thought I'd make. It's a long way from Charleston girl. Anyway, I'm glad he's baaack.

* Truthfully, I wondered what Arnie was doing with the Melbourne Stars, because I assumed the photo would be of someone involved in the game being previewed and that's the green team playing tonight. This on top of the resolution confirms the impression that someone simply threw an image at this article at the last minute. "Quick! Green! Cricketer! Hang on, is this Arnie? Hauritz. Okay."

4. More on non-lookalikes. It's not a pre-Christmas cricket match without bad memorabilia and here's a sample from yesterday:

a) Warnie. Doesn't look like that. Shouldn't look like Jeff Thompson. The below seems to tell part of the story, but also suggests further Frankenstein shenanigans, to the point where one wonders if it's more about photo rights than flattery.

b) Sachin. Doesn't deserve this. Shouldn't be wearing clown pants. This is obviously nothing to do with flattery, I thought his bum was back to front. But what is it then?