The cricket ball-tampering furore goes on with news umpire Darrell Hair sought a $500k golden handshake. There's nothing necessarily wrong with that, but the way the news was released could lead you to believe Hair could be about to carry the can for this incident.

Cactus Kate can be relied on to come up with the most offbeat views on a lot of things. She comments on the state of the Pakistan team's fingernails:

One thing I noticed about EVERY Pakistani and Indian cricketer of that time – they sported the longest fingernails of any racial grouping of men I had ever seen in my life. Legendary spin bowler, Abdul Qadir could barely sign his name such was the impediment. Girls notice these things. Some had a selection of nails beautifully manicured to obviously optimal length for cutting up leather cricket balls. The other nails were cut to normal length.

Of course the Poms have not been immune to a bit of ball-tampering themselves.

Me? Forget hair and nails - this is all about balls. Why has it taken so long for us to see the fricken ball and the supposed damage caused by the alleged tampering?