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'Yes, I have always had a massive chin'

Confessions and encyclopaedic info in our Twitter round-up

Alex Bowden
24-Apr-2015
Getting service at a restaurant is like catching a ball: you need to wait for it to come to you  •  Getty Images

Getting service at a restaurant is like catching a ball: you need to wait for it to come to you  •  Getty Images

For all who think that Kemar Roach offers little of value on Twitter, you're clearly not asking the right questions. If you're looking for certain answers, he's undeniably the man to go to. Well-informed and to the point, he's unparalleled as a source of valuable information; a veritable fount of knowledge who won't um and ah and beat about the bush.
For example, where was the first Test, Kemar?
And where's the second?
Cricket fans keen to read the word "Barbados" might like to start following him pretty soon.
This kind of information is fundamentally useful to cricket fans. Compare and contrast with the Twitter output of others.
Jason Gallian was pretty good. Ronnie Irani was pretty good. What are we going to do with something that's merely "pretty good"? This doesn't help us one way or another.
Or how about this?
That may well be a fact, but "When did Graeme Swann develop his massive chin?" is unlikely to crop up in a pub quiz.
Useless. If you're looking for practical guidance applicable to your everyday life, you're much better off with someone like Saqlain Mushtaq.
Or Shaun Pollock.
Or wise old Jimmy Neesham.
Neesham also provides us with a surefire technique for identifying whether someone's a bad person.
Speaking of rudeness, it's slightly odd what Tino Best likes in an opponent.
Apparently Tino Best really likes it when the opposition tell him to f*** off.
Of course now that he's retired from playing, Ashley Giles can't sledge batsmen any more. Nowadays he has to make do with sledging the ECB communications team instead.
And it definitely is Gilo, because as he informed @ImGilo
Over the last few weeks, it's seemed like no one other than Steven Finn is going to Nando's these days. Any other takers?
Presumably that's a yes.
Somewhere in the world, there is always a cricketer complaining about jet-lag.
Don't fight it. Get some sleep.
That's the way to get your full, Neesham-stipulated 12 hours of rest.

Alex Bowden blogs at King Cricket