Better Late than Never

This week England got their first match win in Australia, on day 72 of their tour.

I'm a bit behind schedule myself. I just noticed a couple of interesting things in my January issue of The Wisden Cricketer (I should be getting the Feb. issue any day now).

First of all, cricket has now joined the world of the dummies.

If "dummy" isn't self-deprecating enough for you, how about "pervert"? That's the term used in a brilliant quote from Dave Kidd of the Sun to describe people who watch cricket in the middle of the night because of time zone differences:

During previous Ashes tours... there was something shameful about following the action live on TV in the wee small hours. Cricket perverts would tell their wives they were staying up late to watch porn, hoping not to be rumbled when she was woken up by the sordid sound of failed English lbw appeals.