‘Ian Chappell, how can you ban the Universe Boss? You’d have to ban cricket itself.”’

The biggest names in world cricket. And Chris Rogers.

I’d have thought the biggest names in cricket were those belonging to some of the Sri Lankan squad.

You can prove anything with facts.

That’s a very good point. I think a more definitive statistic would be days of rain (including measly mizzley stuff) rather than cumulative mm. But you can’t argue with stats – or weather.

Although he’s another, like David Gower, who thinks it’s more likely to be grey and rainy in the North in spring. No idea where this notion comes from.

Average rainfall in Durham in May – 44.2mm
Average rainfall in durham in August – 60.8mm
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcwzefp2c

Cricket people should understand weather.

I think I mentioned the cricket once but hoped to get away with it under the guise of pedantry.

You’ve surely shot your match report bolt right there.

Did I mention I was there?

I am able to confirm that, yes, I have seen a parrot down a pint.

Have just discovered that Aggers has put my thoughts down rather better than me…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/36353294

Have to agree with the chap. (Seems to be compulsory, in fact. Very difficult to frequently disagree with him on matters of judgment.)

I just think winning something is a bit embarrassing really. In 3 days anyway. At least, given that the game could have been a whole lot closer had Sri Lanka just got two wickets a bit earlier. It could have been one of those weird tests where the third day was clearly going to bring forth the result but with some serious nailbiting guaranteed before the result became clear. As it was, most of the tension revolved around the race between bowlers and rain.