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December 4
The problem with being the nicest guy in cricket is that even your team-mates are constantly taking the mickey out of you, never mind that you've just made a bajillion runs for them.
"Sorry guys I didn't really want to do that but it's my job so I kinda had to." pic.twitter.com/HvbIfuuftI
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) December 4, 2020
You are also subjected to some Vogon poetry
Pitch was green enough
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14) December 4, 2020
For goats to graze
A GOAT did come
And boy did it grace!#KaneWilliamson #NZvWI pic.twitter.com/byH0fIuh0v
December 3
Is the rain getting Grant Elliott down?
Weather delays can dampen the mood of not only players and fans but also commentators who are forced to prattle on to make up for all the time on hand.
Tough day @grantelliottnz ? https://t.co/vLTdFEGknS pic.twitter.com/0LUR2jrifb
— Jimmy Neesham (@JimmyNeesh) December 3, 2020
December 1
How to make David Warner dance
When the DJ puts your favourite song on.
Buttabomma and Warner Never Ending Love Story.#AUSvIND @davidwarner31 pic.twitter.com/TjEeMKzgt3
— M A N I (@Mani_Kumar15) November 27, 2020
Do you know your team-mates?
Who's the 007 of the England team? And are there any Zimbabweans in the side? Sam Billings and Jason Roy try to guess.
"We're on our own kind of wavelength."
— England Cricket (@englandcricket) November 30, 2020
There is absolutely no doubt about that lads! pic.twitter.com/DBl3MMdfh3
Meanwhile, while Billings calls himself "The", he also has other nicknames via the Chennai Super Kings.
Thambi & Kutty
— Sam Billings (@sambillings) November 30, 2020
The holiday maker
For mysterious reasons, Sachin Tendulkar seems to prefer the bicycle over the hammock or the recliners.
November 30
Ben Stokes, birthday genie
Ben Stokes played fairy godfather to little Henry on his tenth birthday - he had team-mates Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler, Joe Root and Jofra Archer send him birthday wishes on video. We're not crying, you're crying!
Would David Warner make a good Rambo?
David Warner as Rambo is the action movie no one needed in 2020.
When playmates go on playdates
Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and R R Ashwin have been handed babysitting duties while their significant others get some much needed R&R together. Hope they're saving Virat Kohli a space for next year.
A wedding proposal at the SCG
Sunday at the SCG was a day of significant partnerships - on and off the field.
Where dreams come true #LoveOurSCG #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/MqS3XZMaig
— Sydney Cricket Ground (@scg) November 29, 2020
The hunger for runs
Not surprising Chris Lynn is greedily hitting those sixes given he was on the Mumbai Indians bench for the whole seven weeks of the IPL.
#LYNNSANITY
— Brisbane Heat (@HeatBBL) November 29, 2020
Fresh from two weeks hotel quarantine, @lynny50 belted 20 sixes in his 155 (55) in @qldcricket Premier Cricket this afternoon...#BringTheHeat #BBL10 pic.twitter.com/TsqddUB7yd
The fashionista
Why do people even wear the same coloured shoes on both feet??
Andre Russell speaks about his different coloured shoes @Russell12A#LPL2020 #wintogether pic.twitter.com/UVMTRr6UrM
— LPL - Lanka Premier League (@LPLT20) November 29, 2020