In English cricket the journey from top of the food chain to the bottom is a very short one.
51allout makes the definitive call on captain Cook. After sneaking around in the bushes for a while pretending to be an undercover journalist.
We throw down a gauntlet. Will Alastair Cook pick it up?
Jonathan Trott: Great batsman? Yep. Great at running Australian openers out? Yep. Great bowler? HELL YES.
Batting at number three is basically the same as opening, right? Especially if the walking wicket of Alastair Cook is above you in the order.
51allout acknowledges a spectacular achievement as Alastair Cook reaches 700 days without a Test hundred.
Another trundle through the oddness that is YouTube, this week focusing on the life and times of one our least favourite Dancing On Ice contestants ever.
Needless to say, he didn’t have the last laugh.
Whilst we’re all still together, there’s time to assess New England’s progress.