Almanac (Fiction) Cricket: Viv on milking the strike (Part 1)

Viv Tufnell, that cricketer from an alternate universe, is annoyed and frustrated when he realises why his partner is hogging the strike.

Alamanc (Cricket) Humour: Viv on his Ten Pound Pom origins

Viv Tufnell walks us through his family tree on both sides of the family, where he thanks his mum for purging the ten pound pom out of him and being christened with the name Viv.

Almanac (Cricket) Satire: Viv on Mick ballsing up things to do with his weight

Viv Tufnell returns. In this installment our hero finds himself without an easy avenue into the Ashes side due to some ‘heavy’ issues…

Almanac (Cricket) Humour: Viv on mystery balls

In his alternative cricket world, Viv Tufnell’s mate Naz is on the quest to develop a’mystery ball’.

Almanac (Cricket) Humour: Viv on fine leg and third man

Punxsutawney Pete takes us to an alternative universe for another tale in the life of cricketer Viv Tufnell, this time as a fine leg and third man fielder.

Almanac (Cricket) Humour: Viv on Boony’s BBQ

The cricketing exploits of Viv Tufnell continue with his updated journal detailing his beef with his agent, and Boony’s BBQ.

Almanac (Cricket) Humour: Viv on Bellerive’s gulls

Some cricket humour featuring Viv Tufnell, a Tasmanian cricketer in an alternative universe, and seagulls.

Almanac Footy: The AFL’s ‘missionary’ work

Punxsutawney Pete discusses and succinctly presents his viewpoints on many of the issues surrounding the expansion of the AFL into non AFL areas through the creation of new teams and vast amounts of money spent promoting Aussie rules.

A grievance from the ‘Unrealistic Attempt’

Unrealistic marking attempts are due more respect for their attempt from the umpires than they presently receive argues Punxsutawney Pete.

Chappelli always knew when he nicked one

Pubxsutawney Pete takes on Ian Chappell on a point of logic, and has a swipe at S.K. Warne for good measure.

Almanac Teams: Aussie Rules butchered by Marvel Studios’ god awful CGI

Have you ever wondered how an AFL team animated by Marvel would line up? Well, wonder no more

Viv on “being in the zone”

Viv Tufnell is a Tassie cricketer in an alternate Sheffield Shield universe. He lies, makes excuses and eeks runs at a 28.3 strike rate, while all the while being very much an a@#*hole. Punxsutawney Pete, with tongue firmly in cheek, presents Viv’s interview with Rick Havill about “being in the zone”.

Viv Tufnell on Gilchrist the walker; Eamon the idiot.

Viv Tufnell’s back. His teammate Eamon wants to take a leaf out of the Gilly playbook. Viv doesn’t share his enthusiasm.

Soft free

Punxsutawney Pete waxes eloquently about the “soft free”.

GWS: Cursed by injuries

You may have missed some of the freak accidents down at GWS. Pete gives us a laugh or two for Thursday morning.

Life in between losing it at the footy – Part 1: Me, the menace to society

Pete muses about trains and hip and shoulders, the link between Twisties and orangutans, and the game of Guess Who, because sadly, there are breaks between footy matches!

Test Cricket and T20: they’re family

‘You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family’: Cricket is family to Pete, and it’s as much of an obligation as it is love.

Port’s jumper

There’s something about Port’s current jumper that Punxsutawney Pete finds jarring. The way the teal sits on the black he finds nauseous so with tongue firmly in cheek, he has decided to do something about it by coming with some new designs. What do you think of his suggestions?

Dodgy Wikipedia player profiles. No.1: Isaac Heeney

Pete gives a quirky profile of young-gun Swan Isaac Heeney.

MythBusters: Cricket Edition

Do you really get a Baggy Green with your New South Wales Blues Cap? Punxsutawney Pete, with the help of the Mythbusters team, delves deeper into some cricket myths.