Back from the grave

He’s back ‏@PCCInsider that is, the most controversial cricket tweeter since the Kevin Pietersen spoof that rocked English cricket a couple of seasons ago professing him as a genius.

KevPietersen24 KP Genius@VaughanCricket Yorkshire fancy signing KP on loan for Finals day? Make sure theres a big crowd.I dont play T20 in front of less than 20,000

That site is now closed with some speculating that it could have been a team mate of his from the English dressing room as a couple were rumoured to be following him. Whether it was or wasn’t, once it became known that the site was causing offence it quickly went to the grave.

We thought the same last year when ‏@PCCInsider tweeted:

Pinch Shitter ‏@PCCInsider  Jul 4 It has come to my attention that a complaint has been received by the County Executive about this feed. The views are not affiliated...

Pinch Shitter ‏@PCCInsider  Jul 4 To draw this matter to a conclusion and by way of apology to those that were offended, this feed will be shut down with immediate effect..

It’s not known who reported him or asked him to stop tweeting but despite the light-hearted nature of his messages, it appears someone took offence.

Nevertheless he is back. I say he as it could very well be a she as few people know the real identity behind it. I certainly don’t although with a username of Pinch Shitter it was inevitable this twitter feed would breed controversy but even the most curmudgeonly among us couldn’t help but admire some of the humour behind the tweets.

With a maximum of 140 characters to play with, being funny in such a small amount of time takes some doing and Pinch Shitter got it down to an art especially with the use of hashtags.

Hashtags were designed to bring people together to talk about a certain subject but Pinch Shitter used them to qualify his statement. If the main body of his tweet wasn’t funny enough the use of the hashtags was #netsforbreakfast described Neyland’s perceived keenness, #wetpatch #fetchthesponge was used to described Whitland’s and Kilgetty’s reputations as being wet pitches (for the record if it ever is dry in Pembrokeshire, these two are have the quickest outfields by far).

A quick scroll down the 85 tweets published so far causes much merriment but it’s easy to see how some could be offended especially when discussing a player’s weight or other sensitive issues regarding the body such as lack of height or being described as useless; but with 166 followers he / she can’t be doing that badly as the number keeps growing all the time.

The Cricketing fraternity of Pembrokeshire has always been a close one but the use of social media has brought it closer still with results and gossip from games shared before the first post-match drink is suck. That said, clubs and individuals have to be responsible for what messages go out to ensure they don’t defame someone’s character or indeed say something libellous.

So if you are tweeting, follow these guidelines as seen from the web and you should do ok http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20782257

In the meantime, if you do know the identity of Pinch Shitter aka ‏@PCCInsider please let me know. I won’t publish it, I’m just curious to know.

Team of the week

So the season has started and despite last week being the second round of games it was the first week that rain didn’t really interrupt the programme.

With a full programme in the first division taking place it’s only right that some performances are applauded by players being named in the team of the week.

Despite the wet conditions not one bowler managed a five wicket haul but runs were scored and none were finer than Paul Davies’ 100 not out for Whitland. So, who makes this week’s team?

1)    Greg Miller (Neyland) 59 not out v Cresselly

2)    Mathew Morgan (Cresselly) 52 v Neyland

3)    Paul Davies (Whitland) 100 not out v Narberth

4)    Paul Lewis (Llanrhian) 67 v Carew

5)    Steve Lewis (Lawrenny) 56 v Haverfordwest

6)    Geraint Morris (Llanrhain) 54 v Carew

7)    Nick Koomen (Neyland) 56 and 4-22 v Cresselly

8)    Iestyn Scourfield (Whitland) 33 and 4-31 v Narberth

9)    Jordan Howell (Narberth) 3-41 v Whitland

10)  Andrew Pawlett (St Ishmaels) 4-2 v Saundersfoot

11)  Rob Scourfield (Carew) 4-20 v Llanrhian

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that no regular wicket keeper is listed so to save argument I’m choosing Geraint Morris as the man with the gloves. I’ve no idea if he can keep but he has the stature of a keeper and he’s a good man so I’m sure he’d do it!

Forecast isn’t good for this weekend but let’s hope @DerekTheWeather has got it wrong so we can choose another team after the third round of games.