#Ironic - In the introduction to Richie McCaw's best-selling biography, author Greg McGee writes that the legendary openside "would as soon eat his own entrails as tweet". So here's a pic of a grinning McCaw at Twitter's New York offices. Where else would you expect to find him in the Big Apple?
Why would they be? - An alleged caller to Radio Sport yesterday: "Is Steven Luatua related to David Tua."
Best twitterers - Sledging has been the hot-button issue of the week, with Michael Clarke's PR consultant Shane Warne backing the skipper's aggressive approach to verbal banter. Warne has always felt the Australians were wrongly tarred as the world's worst sledgers. This from his autobiography: "For some reason Australia have acquired the reputation of being the worst sledgers in the world, but I think New Zealand should hold that mantle. Whether they just reserve it for us because of the geographical rivalry I don't know, but sometimes it feels like being in an aviary full of twittering birds. Adam Parore is the worst."
Crowe's sledge for sledgers - Martin Crowe has a couple of stinging barbs for chief sledgers David Warner and Michael Clarke in Cricinfo. Of Warner: "His recent behaviour of lashing out at people tells the story of a man also confused and frustrated, despite his talent. And he continues to lash out, with bat and mouth. That he wears the macho bravado mask, the loud arrogance that is more ego-driven, there is no doubt ... Hopefully he will see that life isn't about beating up others but about accepting who you are. I'm sure deep down in Warner there is a genuine spirit." And: "Clarke, up until five minutes to go in the Brisbane Test, displayed a real face and spirit to the challenge in front of him. Then, on the stroke of the kill, his face changed and the mask was there for all to see, ugly and not authentic."