Acronyms are a rampant virus these days. Everywhere you look they are sneaking their abbreviated butts into our lexicon. As recently as this morning I was rolling on the floor laughing my ass off when I worked out what ROFLMAO meant.
For all the convenience acronyms have to offer, some of the newer ones [...]

Top ten clichés that irritate your eardrum. I don’t care if they are true, players should be instantly banned for life if they allow these utterances to escape;
1. “Its just not cricket”……thankfully restricted these days to Henry Olonga quotes.
2. “Catches win matches”……try telling that to Kevin Pietersen
3. “The lads expressed themselves well out there”…..when [...]

Top ten lessons from the Pakistan tour
1. It’s NEVER easy touring the sub-continent
2. 100 mph on a flat track is still bloody fast
3. Sometimes, you do have to play sensible cricket to win
4. Beating Australia does not in itself guarantee world domination
5. Simon Jones is missed more than he should be
6. Home advantage can [...]

Top ten things to be worried about ahead of the first test in Pakistan
1. Post Traumashes Stress Disorder
2. Been there…done that…got the T-Shirt syndrome
3. Vaughan’s knee
4. The Kevin Pietersen factor (sorry Will)
5. Inzy’s due some form
6. Morning dew, hazy light and short days
7. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan
8. Danish Kaneria
9. Harmison is a self confessed bad tourist
10. [...]

1. Shoaib autographing some chicks stomach
2. Stuart McGill emulating Murali’s eyeballs
3. Inzy’s outstanding average of 0.5 (give the man respect)
4. Katich’s nearly double-duck-runouts
5. Flintoff reversing the ball outside of England (look out Pakistan)
6. Ponting’s hissy-fit at Taufel
7. Two world class overs (Murali to Katich & McGrath to Smith)
8. McGrath’s leg glance off Freddie
9. The [...]

1. The first sighting of the racoon
2. Murali’s first ball with Darryl Hair at the bowler’s end
3. The first decision to be ‘referred upstairs’
4. The first LBW to be given out by Hawkeye
5. Mike Hussey’s form
6. [...]