Shame we didn’t even compete in the final test, leaves a slightly sour test of an otherwise excellent series. Atkinson and Carse have been tremendous, Woakes and Potts both played their parts but Bethell the stand out find - looks more comfortable at no.3 than Pope does

Interesting to read about the toll and sacrifice that reaching the very pinnacle can take out of an individual. Ben Cohen told a very similar story the other day.

The downside to online Christmas shopping is when the box turns up with branding all over it and you end up taking in your own Christmas present from the delivery driver!

Final throw of the dice for a competition doomed from the start. English domestic cricket needs to manage its calendar around 3 competitions - The County Championship, a 50-over competition and a revamped marquee t20 tournament which should receive all funding from the hundred.