Stephen Fry

#OnTheUp: A bit of Fry and Cricket

Stephen Fry

So you look to poke holes in his massive intellect. You point out some of the strokes he’s missed out on in a video which is, as it is, all too brief …

… only to find we’d been poking holes at a truncated version of the clip all the while. Fry had it all covered, as usual, and, well, never mind.

Moving on to matters with which we’re comfortable, the big news over the weekend was Sri Lanka’s Test triumph over South Africa.

After a 2-0 victory in which they were only really frustrated occasionally, never really troubled, Sri Lanka were ecstatic. You can see the glee in their faces.

Ten points if you can spot Rangana Herath, by the way.

Despite the loss, though, Dale Steyn, who equalled Shaun Pollock as South Africa’s highest Test wicket-taker with 421 strikes, was a tad gloomy at having to leave these picturesque shores.

Elsewhere, Kevin Pietersen had a rare sort of day, one in which he woke without wanting to go right back to sleep.

It sparked something in him, and soon, he was asking some pertinent questions, most of which wondered how WhatsApp made money.

Moving on, the association between Heather Knight and Smriti Mandhana evolved to legendary proportions with the former now calling for runs in Hindi!

The late great Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, a pioneer of the women's game and an ICC Hall of Famer, was commemorated at the La Manga Club, with her son present.

There was an example of Rashid Khan’s wit, which more than matches up to his skills with the ball.

And, finally, as the Beatles once said, all you need is love.