Be careful on Twitter says England-skipper Strauss

On the day Kevin Pietersen started tweeting, young Yorkshire spinner Azeem Rafiq was dropped from the England Under-19 squad because of “inappropriate conduct”.

He did not take the news well:

When told of his punishment by team coach John Abrahams, Rafiq responded with a disgusting tirade on the social networking site.

He tweeted: “What a f***ing farsee… John Abrahams is a useless c**t… ECB prove it again what incompetent people are working for them!! John Abrahams is a useless w****r.”

Rafiq deleted the posts and claimed he did not realise other people could read his thoughts.

It is the second time a England player misbehaves on Twitter. Tim Bresnan – also a Yorkshireman – swore on his account last year.

Today, Andrew Strauss warns his teammates on using social media: “Players should be aware that what they write is going to be seen by people they might not want it to be seen by”.

The advice came too late for Rafiq, but then again, do you believe he really did not know his account was publicly accessible?

Mashable's great Twitter list directory

Looking for the best or most followed (not necessarily the same) cricket accounts on Twitter?  Mashable has got them.

The world’s largest blog collects Twitter lists about thousands of topics and has 86 on cricket alone which you can start following directly or browse through. An even better starting point is their own list of 100 most listed Tweeters on those 86 lists: http://twitter.com/tlists/cricket.

This blog’s account is not on that list. Yet. ;)

Tweeting Tendulkar on his way to yet another landmark

Finally the original SRT is on twitter n the first thing I’d like to do is wish my colleagues the best in the windies,

via Twitter.com/sachin_rt

Sachin Tendulkar is on twitter, and this time it is the real one (it is verified), not a fake account.

As could be expected, Tendulkar’s account is gathering a large following quickly. You can track his rapid progress via twittercounter.com.

It won’t be long before he becomes by far the most popular cricketer on Twitter, if he isn’t already. But will he make it into the 100 most followed Twitter accounts?

Confessions of faith on Twitter

Sachin Tendulkar reached another pinnacle yesterday, by becoming the first batsman to make 200 runs in an ODI. This great performance by ‘The little master’ led to an outburst of joy on Twitter, where Sachin Tendulkar is a trending topic even a day later.

And as always with Tendulkar, references to God are never far away. A short selection of the many confessions of faith I found on Twitter:

Reducing the number of atheists in India since 1989 – Sachin Tendulkar!

I finally know what godreally looks like!! He is about 5″5, maharashtrian and plays cricket!!

I do believe in God. Has anyone ever seen a mortal hit 200 runs in ODI?

GOD is an understatement for SACHIN TENDULKAR..

Tendulkar is GOD..

What’s the difference between God n Sachin Tendulkar??? Godcould neva bat like Sachin…. Hats off!!!

God disguised as Sachin Tendulkar.

I dont know how god bats but I have seen SACHIN RAMESHTENDULKAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cricket is my religion and Tendulkar is my GOD… have two hundred rupee note printed with Tendulkar on it

I hear God appeared at Gwalior today in the form of Sachin Tendulkar. Wish I was there!