Off in the distance, a glacier calved with a resounding "THUD."

"Odd," observed The Mysterious Stranger. "But then, with global warming, the Barents Sea has dried up. Too bad about all the fish."

Suddenly out of the night a shot cracked and one leg of the wicket flew off.

"Oy!" screamed a voice. "If ya can't bat any better'n that git off the pitch!"