It's that time of year again and like the rest of us, the cricket fraternity have been compiling their list of requests for Santa.
Here's what some of them may have asked for this Christmas:
Daniel Vettori - Protection. With 2011 having seen a number of dictators leaving this mortal coil, along with President Assad of Syria, Dictator Dan is one of only a handful left
Phillip Hughes - It's not exactly been a good year for poor old Phil, so his list to Santa is bulging with wishes such as a request to rescind his decision to opt out of BBL now that he has lost his Test place, a book of the best Worcester hosteleries ahead of his stint with the county and for Chris Martin and Martin Guptill to be sent on a one-way mission to Mars
Ricky Ponting - A time machine so he can relive past glories
Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - A DVD of The Great Escape and a tunnel making kit
Chris Gayle, Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard - Lucrative contracts in the new Twenty 20 leagues in Outer Mongolia, Belarus and the Falkland Islands
Stuart Law - A one way ticket from Dhaka to Brisbane
Ijaz Butt - World War III
Kevin Pietersen and Andy Flower - A bottle of paraffin, some matches and a lorry full of Graeme Swann's autobiography
Jonathan Trott - A Bob Willis voodoo doll
Jesse Ryder, Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith - A KFC bargain bucket per day for life
Shane Warne - Some humility
Kamran Akmal - A new pair of gloves made of industrial strength velcro coupled with a small accident for brother Adnan
Darren Sammy - Catching lessons from Kamran Akmal
Sachin Tendulkar - Something about a 100th hundred. Not quite sure what that is all about
Shane Watson and Zaheer Khan - New bodies in time for the Boxing Day Test.
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Posted by: XRumerTest | Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 20:22