Two of the must uncaptain like innings in living memory, followed by an instant resignation. God bless you Shahid Afridi, you always give bloggers something to write about…

Top Ten reasons Shahid Afridi quit Test cricket

• Prefers fresh minty taste of white cricket balls

• Can only tell Akmal brothers apart when names are written on back of shirts

• Enraged that opposition teams cheat by batting for more than 20 overs

• Staying one step ahead of the PCB

• Couldn’t maintain rigorous schedule of 27 tests over 12 years

• Wanted more time to hang out with friends and play sport

• Eerie, near silence of a vuvuzela free stadium just isn’t cricket, old boy

• Pressure of not pointing and laughing at Doug Bollinger’s ‘hair’ just builds up for five days until you snap and play a really dumb-ass shot

• Wasn’t sure people had noticed the first time he retired

And the main reason…

• Watson and North on the Lords honours board undermined the credibility of the entire format