If a cricketer's career was a tune...

[Lillian Thomson]

Matt Prior - Careless Hands by Frank Sinatra.

 

[neville cardus]

I Go To Sleep (The Pretenders) - Jacques Kallis

I don't think that's fair anymore.

 

[99*]

Mathew Sinclair: I just don't know what to do with myself, The White Stripes.
Shane Warne: Fat, Weird Al Yankovic.
Michael Clarke: Before he cheats, Carrie Underwood.
Mathew Bell: Nice guys finish last, Green Day.

 

[GIMH]

Velvet Revolver - Superhuman - Andrew Flintoff (circa 05)

 

[BoyBrumby]

I don't think that's fair anymore.

Care to suggest an alternative, then? Complete the rebranding of Jacques as a devil-may-care strokemaker.

Anyway, some more:

Accuracy (The Cure) – Glenn McGrath
Mind Games (John Lennon) – Steve Waugh
Something’s Gone Wrong Again (Buzzcocks) – Steve Harmison
Not Ready Yet (Eels) – Ravi Bopara
The Wall (Johnny Cash) – Rahul Dravid
A Rush of Blood to the Head (Coldplay) – Shahid Afridi
Getting Away With It (Electronic) – Murali (last one, I swear)
Bigmouth Strikes Again (The Smiths) – Harbhajan Singh
Boundary Rider (The Go-Betweens) - Monty Panesar
On Point (House of Pain) - Jonty Rhodes

 

[Retox]

Dropkick Murphy's - Kiss Me I'm ****faced

 

[BoyBrumby]

Two more:

I Started Something I Couldn't Finish (The Smiths) - Ian Bell
19th Nervous Breakdown (The Rolling Stones) - Marcus Trescothick

 

[DaRick]

Robert Key - Unskinny Bop by Poison
Michael Slater - Time Bomb by Rancid
Steve Waugh - I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
Shane Warne - I Send a Message by INXS ()
Vinod Kambli - Don't Cry by Guns N' Roses

 

[Matteh]

Maybe I'm Amaz(ed)ing - Paul McCartney - Nick Knight

 

[pasag]

Kevin Pietersen - I'm So Tired (The Beatles)
Andrew Symonds - Ego Is Not A Dirty Word (Skyhooks)
Mark Vermeulen - The Roof is On Fire (Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three)
Archie Jackson - It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career (Belle & Sebastian)
Sachin Tendulkar - Expectations (Belle & Sebastian)
Ashley Giles - The Kingdom Of Spain (The Decemberists)

 

[GIMH]

Gerry and the Pacemakers - You'll Never Walk Alone - Andrew Symonds

 

[albo97056]

Dancing in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen Mark Ramprakash

 

[neville cardus]

Care to suggest an alternative, then? Complete the rebranding of Jacques as a devil-may-care strokemaker.

He Who Doth Silently Strike has already suggested Moby's "Beautiful". Crappy strain, but wholly apposite.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Mark Vermeulen - We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel

 

[DaRick]

Brad Hodge - Dream On by Aerosmith
Jesse Ryder - Livin' on the Edge by Aerosmith
Shane Warne - Don't Know What You Got (Till It's Gone) by Cinderella
Shoaib Akhtar - Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
Bob Massie - King for a Day by Green Day (well, a few really, but you know what I mean)

 

[Burgey]

Warne - Strangers in the Night (Sinatra)
Pietersen/ Dhoni - You're so Vain (Carly Simon ?)
Lara - Mr Natural
Hansie Cronje - Money Money Money (ABBA)

 

[sirdj]

I'm Bringing ***y Back - Imran Khan
Mickey's Monkeys - Harbhajan and Symonds
Love is a Losing Game - Yuvraj Singh

 

[Barney Rubble]

I don't think any of us are going to beat Dale at this game, TBH. Man seems to know every easily-applicable song title in the world.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Smack My Bitch Up (Prodigy) - Geoff Boycott

 

[_Ed_]

Outstanding.