Oram likes the quiet life

I'm not sure about Jacob Oram's background, but he comes across as a boy daunted by the big city with his comments about the IPL parties!

Oram to quit Tests?

Get ready for lots of articles about how all-rounders can't cope given the current cricketing schedule, after Jacob Oram looks set to follow Andrew Flintoff into Test retirement.

Some people will always be more unlucky with injuries than others, and it's difficult to say whether the lure of IPL money is impacting on Oram of Flintoff's decision. I await Geoff Boycott, or someone similar, coming out and telling international cricketers that these days they are a bunch of jessies....