"Vaughan will make 99 then be out after an amusing incident with a member of the crowd raising a finger, and him walking".
Tredwell then completed his excellent spell, Gurney yorked the dangerous Suresh Raina, and Ravindra Jadeja was run out after an amusing mix-up with Dhoni.
It's a promising premise, especially after an amusing opening tableau in which the Plainville town council, opening its weekly meeting, stands before Old Glory and recites the pledge of allegiance, then immediately sits down and starts dealing cards.
After an amusing prologue in which Holmes backs away from performing stud services for a Russian ballerina, he is drawn into intrigue by a beautiful, dishevelled, and often naked woman (Genevieve Page) who shows up at Baker Street.
"Ah," they will say as they wipe away tears of laughter and regret after an amusing anecdote of abusive text messages and flying chairs, "there aren't many like Belly around any more". Anyone who genuinely thinks that Fowler is the last of a breed should get out more.
So, after three amusing outings, Martin took to producing books in which the actual writing - and therefore the writer - emerged as vastly more significant than the subject or even the theme.
This salty, autobiographical reminiscence, marinated in gin, may be the ultimate example of amusing after-dinner remarks, sprinkled with songs and a few dance steps, that transcend the occasion.
We have created for ourselves a political culture so drained of personality and humour that we fall upon a mildly amusing after-dinner speaker like Johnson, and hail him as a Titan of mirth.
Certainly the exceptional dance numbers were impressive, the silent auction offerings quite glamorous and the reception and after-party rather amusing.
