Wristy

Has anyone else noticed that in cricket, being described as 'wristy' is a euphemism for being of Asian origin, and that you must automatically play spin well?

A great example from Cricinfo

Jonty is right, Hamla (I like to combine first initials with last names) is much 'wristier' than the others (closest one to him in wristiness is probably Ashwell Prince, but not really). He is also unlike any other SA batsman, probably because he is the first test batsman of Indian origin.

I'm sure Jonty has lots of wristy friends though.

I'll pick up some more examples later

Hello sample-size

Ahh, the BBC. This is about three Welsh Assembly Members (AMs) who have been raped (or as the BBC would have it 'raped', are they quoting or sceptical?).

A survey was sent to all 60 AM's by Plaid Cymru AM Nerys Evans. Eight responded. Of those who responded, three reported having been raped.

Even before any further information I would say that perhaps a response rate of 13% of the population in question is not enough to draw conclusions.

Ms Evans had comment to make:

[the survey result] just shows how widespread violence against women and domestic abuse is.

Absolutely, Ms Evans. This is conclusive proof that 37.5% of the population and 42.9% of women (for seven of the eight respondents were female) have been raped. I will now be quoting these figures in relation to sex crimes.

I don't disagree that the results seem surprising and I strongly suspect that they're not too out of whack with national statistics done in a 'rigorous' way (they ain't that rigorous, they're government stats) but there is no way in hell that any conclusion can be drawn from this survey.

Having said that, is it possible that only eight of the 60 AMs can read and write? it would explain a great deal.