Happy 2006

Well, now that I'm in France rather than California, I feel a tiny bit closer to the international cricket scene, and England cricket in particular. The recent big news about England cricket was that the team (+ the coach and the captain of the women's team) all received royal honors (a step or two short of knighthood). So they all get to add the title M.B.E. or O.B.E. to their names.

I had some ideas for further titles for England's Ashes-winning cricketers:

Admiral Michael Vaughan
Kevin Pieterson, G.B.S.H. (Great Batsman, Silly Hair)
Lord Freddie of Bat & Ball
Stephen Harmison, Earl of Bounce
Baron Pratt of Ponting-Runout
Matthew Hoggard, Sultan of Swing
Sir Merlyn (the bowling machine, for valiant Shane Warne impersonation in service to cricket)
And, of course, His Majesty Gilo I, King of Spain