With the Ashes done and dusted, here's the final Omnibus post for the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries. Both the Marnus and Smudge Diaries have been an absolute joy to write over the years, and I'm glad I got to end them the way I wanted to.

In 2021, I decided to pretend to be Ian Chappell for a joke once. Things then got out of hand. In the below link, you'll find a collection of over 60 gags based around someone pretending to be an increasingly insane cricket commentator.

In the final ever #Ashes Diary, we discover how you can punch Bazball out of people, and say goodbye to some old friends.

As the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries draw to a close, their relevance to what is actually happening in the #Ashes gets further and further away. Still, there's lots of in-jokes about Australian cricketers here for people to look at and be confused by.

this thread has the most incredible levels of american bluesky I've ever seen. no need to have an opinion on any of it. just sit back and enjoy.

In the latest #Ashes Diaries, Trav develops a plan for defeating Baz, while the English lay down their final attack on the Australians.

For people looking for something to do on their Friday evenings, here's a link to a 6000 word story where the #cricket commentator Ian Chappell describes the events of the Doctor Who TV Movie as if they happened to him. I have no idea why I did this.

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

While you wait for the start of another day of #Ashes #Cricket, if you've been following the ongoing saga of the Marnus Labuschagne Diaires, they are slowly approaching some form of climax.

Enjoying the #Ashes nonsense and want some more odd cricket things? Then why not enjoy a little bit from Marnus Labuschagne's Diary about Christmas in the Australian change rooms!

Enjoying the build-up to Day 4 of the #Ashes #Cricket? Why not enjoy it a little bit more with some nonsense about Travis Head's moustache and Ben Stokes's war on computers.

If you're not already tired of DRS drama in the #Ashes #cricket, then why not read the latest Ashes Diary, and find out how it all relates to Travis Head...

While England are struggling to bat sensibly in the #Ashes #cricket, cast your mind back to yesterday when Australia were struggling to bat sensibly with the latest Marnus Diary.

It's all a bit chaotic in the #Ashes #Cricket in Adelaide at the moment, but remember how chaotic things got at the end of the Brisbane test? Reminisce with this pretend diary entry from Marnus Labuschagne.

Rewatched When Harry Met Sally tonight. Meg Ryan spends most of it being one of the most attractive women in the world, except for when she puts on glasses, when she suddenly becomes The Most Attractive Woman in the World. Perfect movie.

This entire weekend

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar. I try and watch Chicken Run every year in that space between Christmas and New Year’s. A beautifully crafted and incredibly funny movie.

Stokes continues a wonderful tradition of the England captain being hit in the dick during an Ashes tour. #Ashes 🏏

Wondered what inspirational speech Steve Smith gave to the Australian cricket team before Starc and Boland batted in the #Ashes? Find out in the latest entry in the Marnus Labuschagne Diaries!

A little bit of nonsense as the #Ashes cricket devolves into some Starc and Boland nonsense about what cricketers dream about

Watching the #Ashes and wondering what Marnus Labuschagne might have thought about the Australian cricket team deciding that they didn't want to play cricket last night? Then wonder no more!

Enjoying the #Ashes? Wondering what Marnus Labuschagne thought about the ending of the Perth test? Then, continue to wonder, because this is baseless speculation about what he might have written in his diary.

No one: My cat at 2 a.m.: I bet I can jump through the Christmas tree

While all the cricket focus is on the Gabba, do you remember the last Ashes test match? Where everyone thought Day 1 at Perth Stadium was insane and nothing could get more insane than that? Here's a post about what Marnus Labuschagne might have been thinking around that time.

Been watching some Ashes Cricket and wondering what Marnus Labuschagne has been thinking about everything? Then worry no longer, because he's been sending me his Diaries, which I'm now sending to you, free of charge!

Posted a thing on my Substack as a little preview of my Ashes shitposting. There'll be cricket jokes, Steve Smith jokes, Ashes jokes, Bazball jokes, and just some basic joke jokes. It'll be great. Hopefully. sirdoris.substack.com/p/an-ashes-d...

I will happily watch three seasons of a popular sitcom about the two Chicago popes.

we asked a friend of the zine to watch cricket for the first time to see how the hundred really holds up for a total newbie. not sure what we expected but it wasn't this 👇🏻 daisycutterzine.wordpress.com/2025/08/24/t...

Me: Yeah, I’m pretty keen for the new Doctor Who episode, but, y’know, gotta be patient I guess. Also Me: <constantly checking Disney+ to see if they accidentally uploaded it early by mistake>

constant mood

Now is the perfect time to #ReleaseTheBigRonCut #DoctorWho

Amidst all of the tragic beauty in the Andor finale, one of the things that really stood put to me was the production generously letting us have one last “you haven’t been talking to the rebels have you mate“ scene from Ben Mendelsohn. Perfect television.

Whenever the Canadian election swaps back to Winnipeg #CanadaVotes

When you go up to receive the blessed sacrament

Doing a Wallace and Gromit rewatch - this is still one of the coolest shots in all of cinema.

“Always striking in the 80s” Jaisawl batting against England 🤝 Welsh coal miners #AUSvIND

“I’m happy to lose that fine leg” David Warner, being surprisingly upbeat about his upcoming amputation. #AUSvsPAK

Still going through elderly relative’s stuff after her passing last week. Found a vintage short story called “The Queerest Christmas Of All!”. Quote: “as she moved her hands across the organ, she began to worry that nobody would be coming today”

An beloved elderly family member died in this past week. Highlight from her funeral planning: the quote “I really love this photo, you can barely tell that she’s in hospital”

Just popped up some 3 year old gags about Sheffield Shield cricket on my Substack for those interested. Click below for a trip to strange days where Travis Head was seen as a relatively disappointing Australian batter, Usman Khawaja's international career was over, and the Redbacks lost everything.

Witness: “-and then he said ‘Nobody move-“ Judge: *banging gavel* “DO THE VOICES”

Just posted on my Substack the last in the current run of the Steve Smith Diary Updates, looking at David Warner's last tests. There's existential crises, cameos galore, and a sequence where David Warner gets covered in boiling hot gravy. It's basically perfect.

Watched the new Doctor Who. Main takeaway from it is that the Doctor is canonically bi now 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

One of the few Doctor Who fans to be quite happy with the Celestial Toymaker animation, because it looks quite similar to what I imagined the story to look like when I was a kid. That said, if a child read the Celestial Toymaker novelisation and imagined this, I’d honestly be quite worried for them.

Over the last T20I cricket series against India, I wrote a series of comments on Reddit where I pretended to be Steve Smith and told a story about how they had to find a very drunk Travis Head in the streets of India. Link to the omnibus edition below: