Sunday, 8 February 2009

Dumbslog millionaires















51 is the 26th prime number
51 is the name of a pastis made by Pernod Ricard
51 is the atomic number of Antimony, a metal symbolising the animal nature or wild spirit of man and nature
51 is the international dialling code for Peru
51 is the number plate of the VW car on Paul McCartney's 1993 album 'Paul is Live', a parody of the Abbey Road cover
51 is the number of the famous Parker pen
51 is the model number of a Fender Squier guitar
51 is for UK cars registered between Sep 01 and Feb 02

51 is the third-lowest score ever achieved by England in a cricket Test Match. Forget the day: 8 Feb 2009, Sabina Park, Jamaica.
In the West Indies, only Port of Spain, Trinidad on 25 Mar 1994 was bleaker, where the total was 46 (scorecard).
Read The Sunday Times report here.

Bravo, then, to Kevin 'dumbslog millionaire' Pietersen, who, after being auctioned (along with Flintoff, as one of the two most in-demand cricketers in the world) for £1.1m in the same week for the Indian Premier League, scored 1 off 3 balls! So, they can both win matches, but also lose them.