Year in review: Top tweets of 2013

The Ashes

Michael Clarke and Alastair Cook

Two Ashes series in 2013 paved way for some really good quality cricket and some on-field and off-field banter. When we saw some really good performances from both the sides, it was some of the antics which caught the most attention on twitter.

On the urine-gate at the Oval after England won the series:

On the DRS blunders, especially Usman Khawaja’s dismissal:

On Stuart Broad’s (not) walking incident:

Given the #royalbaby won’t be walking anytime soon… What are the odds he’ll be named after Stuart Broad? #Ashes @sportsbetcomau — Tim Hipsley (@TimHipsley) July 23, 2013

On Warner punching Joe Root controversy:

On Mitchell Johnson’s moustache and his brilliant performances throughout the year:

England players celebrate winning the Ashes with the Sprinkler. Yet again! #urinegate

— The Middle Stump (@TheMiddleStump) August 26, 2013

The headline should have been : “England team retains the URN and releases the URiNe.” #Ashes #Oval

— Keh Ke Peheno (@coolfunnytshirt) August 26, 2013

The Khawaja dismissal should not be used to highlight the pros and cons of DRS. The dismissal was entirely due to human stupidity. #Ashes

— Freddie Wilde (@fwildecricket) August 1, 2013

@BryceMcGain18 Here’s the 3rd umpire in action during the DRS of Khawaja #lunch #ashes pic.twitter.com/W8RWzI0yDu

— Bryce McGain (@BryceMcGain18) August 1, 2013

Key Match-ups: – Broad vs Rogers – Swann vs Khawaja – Watson vs DRS #Ashes

— Alternative Cricket (@AltCricket) August 1, 2013

Given the #royalbaby won’t be walking anytime soon… What are the odds he’ll be named after Stuart Broad? #Ashes @sportsbetcomau — Tim Hipsley (@TimHipsley) July 23, 2013

Keep Walking Stuart Broad. Keep Walking… #Ashes pic.twitter.com/jeEFoEdRHD — WarrenK 2.0 (@MrSmithMachine) July 19, 2013

Boxing Day Test sounds like name of a special romantic date between David Warner and Joe Root. #Ashes — Nikhil CCN™ (@CricCrazyNIKS) December 25, 2013

Apparently David Warner’s contact on Joe Root was so poor that Snicko couldn’t even detect it. RB — Richie Benaud (@Richiebenaud1) June 12, 2013

BREAKING: Mitchell Johnson’s moustache has been named Australian of the year #Ashes — Ashley Bradnam (@ashleybradnam) December 29, 2013

This pic of Mitchell Johnson encapsulates everything! Raw pace, steely determination, intense focus and that ‘tash! pic.twitter.com/3XE1vaD8W9 — Röhith Nair (@RohithNair) December 17, 2013