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Oomphal: Legendary fast bowler of the Red Spot Eleven.

Images courtesy Fabio Feminò

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Very few people realise that the national pastime of Jupiter is cricket and that they build giant monuments to the great Jovian fast bowlers of ages past.  Mind you, because of the great size and phenomenal gravity of Jupiter, special rules apply and an inning generally lasts a fortnight

The last test match had to be completed by the grandsons of the original players.

I say, get this thing off the pitch, you bounder!

Here we see our touring spaceman visiting Jupiter in his Claustrophobia Special space tractor, the treads of which have sent the Jovian groundskeeper into a royal snit.  It's a good thing that the Earthman is having trouble making contact, otherwise he'd get an earful of how his ship's unannounced landing  ruined Unduul Maboot's chances of making his second triple century.

At the end of the day, Yapheet County was 297 for 6.

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