Beefy the good fairy

Channel 9’s goose is cooked

Channel 9 furiously rehearse their entry for the commentators’ panto title…

Cinderfella

More news of the Ashes pantomime rehearsals – this time from the Australian production of Cinderfella – Cinders with the v v v ugly sisters..

Behind you

The  England team are keeping themselves busy until Boxing Day with rehearsals…

Hard as nails

First item in this week’s ever corkingly good The Wisden Cricketer Newsletter gave rise to a last minute present suggestion: “I would take an oath and swear on my children’s lives, that I saw Ravi Bopara using his nails on the ball to help it swing,” says Dermot Reeve, now coach of Central Districts in New Zealand.

Fuzzy felts

Fanny for Christmas

The resemblance between Nas and Ms Craddock was too good to miss – so another suggestion for a cricketty stocking filler…