Drop Morgan too. Make Bell captain.

Slapheadtweakery

How can someone from the right sort of family even do such a thing? It’s just not possible. No, what must have happened is that Cook did so much moving during the day that time became expanded for him relative to the stationary David Boon. So while on Boon’s watch Cook was ten minutes late, on Cook’s watch he was a polite minute early.

Not consciously, although your saying that does make us realise that one of our earliest coinings – ‘innocuoso’ – is perfectly suited to James Tredwell.

are you using this series to warm up for the world cup in your own way, that is, come up with as many ODI-related neologisms as possible in attempt to get some into common parlance by February

As somebody put in Cricinfo, “the second most out-of-form batsman hands over the captaincy to the most out-of-form batsman”.

Revolution time. Please, let the new top three all score heavily in a Morgan-masterminded victory.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-england-2014-15/content/current/story/807251.html

When you come from the right sort of family, sometimes you need to take your time over things. Petty bureaucrats from the colonies rarely understand these subtleties. A shameful act of jobsworthiness.

The difference between 242 and 232 is 10. Right? Hold that number in your head. Now take the difference between the proper number of overs (50) and the actual number of overs (35). That difference is also roughly 10. That can’t be a coincidence, can it, so therefore dividing both sides by 7 will give the required correction coefficient lambda. Remember, you must get your parents’ permission before doing this last step.

The New Yorker occasionally has a blitz on portmanteau words, Deep Cower. Here is one example of such an article:

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/questioningly-needia-fauxlaws-and-other-new-words

In one earlier incarnation of that article, I literally laughed out loud at the definition of the portmanteau word ignoranus – someone who is both an imbecile and an asshole. Sadly, I have cause to think of this word rather too often in real life. Happily, not so around here amongst the King Cricket crowd.