FUNET?

I always used to shake my head in despair at the illiteracy of the youth of today when they use abbreviations such as "cu l8r".

Turns out I was wrong. They are actually displaying their multi-linguistic skills.

Bunch of chickens

The Aussies are obviously concerned about the current fitness levels within their team. So, in order to help them produce the next Shane Warne/Merv Hughes/Mark Taylor, the South Africa test series was sponsored by KFC.

"It's OK as an occasional treat", said the ACB chairman, obviously failing to notice that the Channel 9 competition was offering a year's free supply of KFC to the winner.

I reckon it's time to pre-emptively pick Rob Key as captain and Ian Blackwell as spinning allrounder for the Ashes.