It’s raining at Lord’s so what better way to fill some time than look at my previous examples of Photoshop wizardry*.

Darrell Hair gets a new job

Red Bull gives you Wings **

BBC Headline Writer ***

Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath - Where are they now?

He’s the only leg spinner in the village

Monty Magic

Brett Lee comes out

That should keep you busy for…ooohh…minutes. Maybe the covers will be off in a minute.

* - I’d previously referred to them as crap Photoshopped efforts but Will over at The Corridor came up with an altogether more pleasing name for them. I’ll let you decide
** - Not actually mine but I thought I’d add it to the mix
*** - Not really a Photoshop job but still something that makes me chuckle

Tags: Cricket, Photoshop

Well after what felt like 12 months of pyjama cricket, we’re finally back to some proper Test match action with the series against the West Indies due to start tomorrow at Lord’s. Looks like Freddie Flintoff might miss out because of his buggered ankle but I still fancy England to bounce back after the disastrous Ashes series.

Even without Michael Vaughan and Flintoff, I think the England team will be way too good for what looks to be a pretty average West Indies team. I fancy Harmison will come back all guns blazing, Alastair Cook will continue to show the world that he’s a world class player and I reckon that KP will nail a really big Test match score in this series.

My last attempt at betting on cricket almost came off so I’m using my free bet from Tote and backing England to win the series 4-0 at 100/30.

By the way, hello to all the people visiting from King Cricket. Nice to see you

Tags: Cricket, England, West Indies

According to an article on the BBC News site, it wasn’t the Pedalogate incident that scuppered Freddies captaincy bid, it was fears over the increased workload.

“I think it’s the best decision for the team. The amount Freddie has to deal with - batting, bowling and fielding at slip - makes it a lot to ask of a guy to captain as well.”
Michael Vaughan - BBC Interview

Hmmm. Anyone else think this admission is 6 months too late?

Tags: Cricket, England, West Indies

I’m a big fan of the King Cricket website. It nearly always makes me laugh and they update their site a darn site more than me!

However one of the things that bugs me about the site is their worshipping of Rob Key. Now I know it’s good to have cricketing heroes but Rob Key? When he made his debut for England I was convinced that some big wig at the MCC had bribed the England selectors to let his fat son play. Judging by his performances, I’m still not discounting it…

Anyway, the guys over at King Cricket are currently asking readers to send in pictures of their hero in various guises. For obvious reasons I haven’t submitted my latest crap photoshopped effort so I thought I’d share it with you guys instead.

Tags: Cricket, Rob Key, Fat Git

No real surprises in the England team announced for the first Test against the West Indies. In some ways I’m disappointed that Motor Mouth Nixon didn’t get a Test debut but since he’s nearly as old as me, I’m not overly surprised either

Michael Vaughans broken finger nail ruled him out of selection so they gave the captaincy to Strauss. I guess Freddie was expecting it after the whole Pedalogate business at the World Cup.

England team for first Test vs West Indies
Andrew Strauss (captain), Alastair Cook, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Matt Prior, Liam Plunkett, Steve Harmison, Matthew Hoggard, Monty Panesar, Owais Shah.

After my wee break from all things cricket, I’m actually quite looking forward to the first Test. If nothing else, it’ll be good to be back watching proper cricket rather than that pyjama business…

Tags: Cricket, England, West Indies