Listen to 12 Days of Cricket Christmas.
On the first day of Xmas my true love gave to me,
The early retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the second day of Xmas my true love gave to me,
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the early retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the third day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of "scoreboard pressure"
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the fourth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a finger nail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of "scoreboard pressure"
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the fifth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a finger nail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of "scoreboard pressure"
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the sixth day of Xmas my true love sent to me
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a finger nail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of "scoreboard pressure"
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the seventh day of Xmas my true love gave to me
A number seven whose ability with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a finger nail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of "scoreboard pressure"
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the eighth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Eight weeping Saffies
A number seven whose ability with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a fingernail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't give their wickets away at the first sign of "scorebaord pressure"
Two left hand right openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the ninth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Nine whinging Channel Nine commentators calling for Ponting's resignation
Eight weeping Saffies
A number seven whose abaility with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking of a fingernail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't give their wickets away at the first sign of scoreboard pressure
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the tenth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Ten ten for tens by a cloned Hedley Verity (using DNA found on a ball in the Lord's pavilion)
Nine whinging Channel Nine commentators calling for Ponting's resignation
Eight weeping Saffies
A number seven whose ability with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a fingernail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of scoreboard pressure
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the eleventh day of Xmas my true love gave to me
An eleventh successive unchanged winning eleven
Ten ten for tens by a cloned Hedley Verity (using DNA found on a ball in the Lord's pavilion)
Nine whinging Channel Nine commentators calling for Ponting's resignation
Eight weeping Saffies
A number seven whose ability with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a fingernail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't throw their wickets away at the first sign of scoreboard pressure
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched surfer dude Brett Lee.
On the twelfth day of Xmas my true love gave to me
Twelve startled Aussie former "wunderkids" tweeting about being made twelfth man
An eleventh successive unchanged winning eleven
Ten ten for tens by a cloned Hedly Verity (using DNA found on a ball in the Lord's pavilion)
Nine whinging Channel Nine commentators calling for Ponting's resignation
Eight weeping Saffies
A number seven whose ability with bat and ball gives the side genuine balance and options
A six wicket maiden
A five-fer Oni-ons
Four runs smacked back past the despairing hand of Dale Steyn (taking off a fingernail in the process)
Three solid middle order batsmen who don't thrown their wickets away with the first sign of scoreboard pressure
Two left hand right hand openers with a telepathic understanding of the quick single
And the retirement of sun drenched, all round mister bloody nice guy, never got a bad word for anyone and he plays in a band don't you know, surfer dude Brett Lee.