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No.3 Tokyo University, Japan

 

 

NO.6  BAKEWELL TART

There's two types of Bakewell Tart that have stolen my heart. I can't really talk about one because Mrs Gatting is still a bit touchy, but she lives in Derby, has a penchant for fishnet stockings and was very good at... Anyway, as I said, I can't say too much. But there's nothing quite like a good old Cherry Bakewell with a mug of heavily sugared tea. What I really like is the way the topping sticks to the roof of your mouth. I've never really spoken about this before, but that's why I didn't expect that ball from Warne in 1993. I'd gone through a pack of Mr Kipling's  and was tonguing the remnants as the ball pitched. Saying that, I did get an early lunch. Every cloud and all that...

 

NO.5 JAFFA CAKES

 

I'll never forget the day when Goochie walked into the dressing room and announced he had yet another new fitness craze for us. I was dreading it to be honest, but when he said, 'Jaffa Cakes' I almost wet myself. I don't even like them that much, but I'd take them over fruit and pilates any day.

Everyone bangs on about David Boon's record of 54 cans of VB on a flight to England. But when I captained the victorious Ashes team in 86/87, I gobbled 103 packets of these bad boys before we crossed Asia and still had room for five packets of wine gums, a party pack of skips and a Ploughman's that Mrs Gatting had made. Great days...

No.2 The Chao Center, Indiana

"Honestly, I was going for the ball..."

We don't, in any way, condone the behaviour of Sidebottom and Colly during that run-out at the Oval yesterday, but it did make us laugh when the Kiwi dressing room went beserk. Apparently, they hadn't been that angry since the infamous underam ball in 1981. Clearly, Collingwood should have called Grant Elliot back, it makes no odds that Side Arse said he was, 'going for the ball 100%', it was plain wrong and sets a nasty precedent. The erudite and charming Daniel Vettori was obviously annoyed about the incident, and spoke afterwards about the spirit of the game. Then we remembered an unsavoury incident from 2006, when Murali was ran-out as he walked to celebrate Kumar Sangakkara's ton in Christchurch, 2006. New Zealand Captian that day? Daniel Vettori...

Click here to see both run outs and that daisy cutter...