Hello, hello! I expect everyone's recovering from their celebration hang overs, me? Mine are still under way. The authorities have organised a special fireworks night today, just near by where I live, overlooking this magnificent fountain we have here. It's supposedly the tallest in the world, I might hop over to have a closer look as I've never been there, and if I take any pictures, and they come out half decent, I might post them.

In the news, everyone's talking about Asif. His popularity has obviously sky rocketed overnight, my phone was quite busy yesterday, with numerous SMS received and send, and no one was left unimpressed. Even the cricket-ignorant girls at my college where talking about Aaaasssiiifff (that's how they pretend to have a 'coooollll accceeennntt').

Let's not go into what they were discussing specifically, but this just gives you an idea of what a match winning performance against India does to your profile. Expect him to be in an advertisement before you know it. And if this sustains, an episode at Aik Din Geo Ke Sath (A Day with Geo, the tv show that spends a day with local celebs) might not be far away either.

Our win was obviously all over the front and back pages too, big, flashy headlines, and even colorful pictures everywhere. I’ll do a full media round my self shortly (Cricinfo's version via The Surfer here), in the meanwhile, have a look at this from the BBC, it’s a report about Simon Jones.

You have to feel he won’t be any short of good ribbing from his team mates now, especially since I also happen to recall having read in this other BBC report from a while back, that highlighted some of his tendencies.

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	SIMON JONES   The fast bowler recently posed nude for Cosmopolitan magazine and is very image conscious and looks after his skin with daily cleansing lotions, facial scrubs and moisturiser. He was born on Christmas Day and has a twin brother called Matthew - "a shocker of a Christmas present for my mum!". Says he loves ironing too.

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Creeps! I know Mark Waugh was image conscious, he certainly admits that in his book but cleansing lotions, facial scrubs and moisturisers and that too on a daily basis?!?! Sorry, but I’m going to have to call you Mr. Universe, and nothing but Mr.Universe from now on.

And yeah, I know it’s really abnormal that I should be talking about anything other then our utterly, fab, fab win yesterday, but I couldn’t help but put a link through to this team bonding session the England team is having before their trip to India. Hmm…

Mr Universe