It started on a sombre note and ended with everyone desperate to escape the mind-numbing tedium of a Jonathan Trott one day innings. England wrapped up the series on an emotional day at the Oval.
The crowd came out in numbers to see one of the great limited overs openers bashing the ball to all parts. And that’s exactly what they got.
Earlier this week one of the finest Australian cricketers of the past decade quietly closed the door on his international career. We look back over the career of a player who was considered a strong candidate for the Test captaincy until he started picking fights he could never hope to win.
YouTube: quite popular. The County Championship: not quite as popular. But surely the former could help the latter?
We turn our attention to Division Two as we go around the grounds, realise it rained all week and fill space by talking about the season so far.
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. The rain in England and Wales falls mainly on the County Championship. Here’s the first half of our discussion around said County Championship so far.
Is that actually a crowd at a county game? It can mean only one thing – it’s T20 time! We got the 51allout brains trust together to basically backtrack on all the previews we did at the start of the season.