The great bookie mystery ...

How dare some commmon-arse bookie think one of the Aussie team would deliberately throw a match ... oh wait ... erm ...?

Ok, ok ... so it's happened before, but fortunately this time whoever it was would have none of it. Question is, who was approached? Here are my thoughts on potential responses from some of the cricketers on being asked to throw a match for Australia:

Nathan Hauritz – I don’t even know if I’ll be playing the next match

Brett Lee – I don’t even know if I’ll be playing the next mtch

Stuart Clark – I don’t even know if I’ll be playing the next match

Peter Siddle – I don’t even know if I’ll be paying the next match

Mitchell Johnson – my Mummy might yell at me if I do that

Shane Watson – Brett Lee might yell at me if I do that

Ben Hilfenhaus – what’s a bookie?

Ricky Ponting – are you fucking crazy, man? I’m trying not to get sacked next month as it is

Michael Clarke – I want to be captain when Ponting gets sacked next month, why would I do that?

Marcus North – I want to be vice captain when Ponting gets sacked next month, why would I do that?

Mike Hussey – I’m desperate to get back in the side, why would I ruin my career like that?

Simon Katich – I’m playing shit anyway, so I may as well make some money out of it …

Ah hah! Case closed ... or not ... actually, I doubt it would be Katich. Partly because he may respond as above and, of course, we know the player in question didn't accept the offer; but also it would surely have to be someone who has the power to swing the match, and that definitely ain’t the Kat at the moment.

Sorry, Simon. Hope you never read this.

Thanks for all those free tickets ... :-)