Mark Butcher is wasting our time

The general rule for the Ones to Watch is that if one of them takes five wickets or scores a hundred, they get a post. Of course there's the obvious and eternal exception of Rob Key who'll get a mention if he so much as leaves his house (you'll have to come out soon, Rob - we can wait here all week, you know). There's also the Tom Smith thing where every 'encouraging' performance is documented in triplicate. Basically, the Ones to Watch rules are meaningless.

In light of this, I'd like to point out that Mark Butcher has passed fifty on no fewer than one million occasions this season without once reaching a hundred. We know this because we always check his score so that we don't miss anything. It always looks like he's going to get a hundred, but he never does. He's toying with us.

Well the jokes on you, Mark. We've made your inability to earn a post on King Cricket a post in its own right.