Top 10 Christmas gifts for cricketers

1. Shahid Afridi – an edible cricket ball.

2. Kamran Akmal – a watertight alibi.

3. Wahab Riaz – see above.

Kamran Akmal: “Can I phone a friend? Yes, I think I’ll call Salman bhai, he’s an expert on this stuff.”

4. Ricky Ponting – an injury to Zaheer Khan.

5. Phil Hughes – an injury to Ricky Ponting.

6. AB de Villiers – ‘The God Delusion’ by Richard Dawkins.

AB de Villiers obviously skipped Leviticus 18:22 in Bible school…

7. Ravi Shastri – financial advice from CitiGroup, c. 2005.

8. Shane Warne – an untraceable phone.

9. Jacques Kallis – a toupée, because anything would be less embarrassing than what he’s got right now.

10. Sachin Tendulkar - a free pass through the nervous nineties.