Nowhere is PDA more accepted or celebrated than on the sports field. Sweaty hugs, bum pats, 11-player pile-ons... it's all par for the course, but a truly remarkable and joyous moment deserves a kiss. As Brian Lara demonstrated after his record breaking 375 against England in Antigua in 1994.
Bats, balls, helmets and baggy greens get all the love, but won't someone think of the stumps? Prized souvenirs they may be at the end of a thrilling match, but no one's lining up to kiss them. Bishan Bedi decided to fix that.
No trophy has been slobbered over, metaphorically and literally, as much as the poor Ashes urn. So enthusiastic are teams in their affection for the little relic, it's a wonder no one's choked on it yet. One can hope it gets a wipe-down after every series.
Hugs and high fives are passé. Real men show their appreciation for a five-for with a solid smackeroo. Just ask Faf du Plessis.
Ricky Ponting's done it. Virat Kohli does it all the time. But has anyone done the flying kiss quite like Doug Bollinger?
In 2004, Lee Borcoski and Maria McElroy decided to make their love for cricket official - by tying the knot pitch-side during tea break at Eden Park in the middle of a New Zealand-South Africa Test. The result was a draw.
When Whitney Houston sang, "Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all", Dickie Bird was taking notes. When a bronze statue of Bird was unveiled in his hometown of Barnsley, guess who lined up to kiss its feet first.
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Cricketers are often non-consensually manhandled by over-eager fans and pitch invaders. Case in point: Ian Botham in the picture below...
But what do you do when the photographer wants a piece of you?
Off-field PDA from team-mates is de rigueur after a notable win, and the Lord's balcony has seen the best of it.
Is Jhye Richardson a Paul Stanley-Gene Simmons fan? Is this what he intends to do to the opposition? Will he kiss and tell?
Jason Gillespie, maker of a legendary double-century, sometime fast bowler, also moonlights as Dr Doolittle it seems. Except he seems to have got his aquatic mammals mixed up.
