There were fines for hitting things with his bat other than cricket balls, missed team meetings, rows with managers, more injuries.
Certainly, he is not known for hitting the bars after work and is understood to prefer cricket.
Or the cricket-loving native of India who congratulates his American colleague on "breaking his duck," a cricket term that means succeeding at something for the first time, but leaves his co-worker wondering, "Break my what?" In turn, the Indian may draw a blank when his American co-worker applauds him for hitting a homer after closing that lucrative deal.
It may not be the most conventional way to earn some extra money, but sporting events around the world offer fans a chance to shoot a puck, kick a football, sink a basket or hit a cricket ball for big cash prizes.
Flintoff has lost almost three and a half stone in training for the fight, and Hatton added: "He punches as hard as he hits a cricket ball.
Each time a scandal hits Pakistani cricket, there is recrimination, soul-searching and angry denunciations.
A humiliating week for English cricket hit a new low on Thursday lunchtime as James Whitaker, the new national selector, gave an accident-prone and occasionally toe-curling interview to Sky Sports News following the announcement of a squad for the World Twenty20 from which the absence of Kevin Pietersen was always going to be a far bigger story than any of the 15 players included.
In the meantime they had Carberry, someone with a relatively uncluttered mind, who seemed less tired out, and who was known for muscular early hitting in short-form cricket.
In sports highlights, exciting events such as wicket fall, hitting a six in cricket, goal, issuing a card in soccer etc. are included and dull segments are eliminated.
