League 1 is going to be very owd Lanky dominated. Accy (possibly), Bolton, Blackpool (possibly), Fleetwood (possibly), Oldham (possibly), Rochdale, Bury, Wigan (probably not) Lets just hope we don't join them!

"someone could have been killed" a woman being interviewed said on the news the day after

Superb performance, unreal the change in England's limited over approach this last 12 months.

That's what I'm clinging too because 'enjoying' a pint of Fosters seems a bit of a stretch...

Maybe it was a different lager but in a Fosters glass...

Indeed, Easter should be for derbies- akin to Rugby League. The ill fated Yeovil game at Ewood another example.

I always want the usual suspects to struggle in Europe, sick of seeing the same clubs year in year out. But I do get behind 'normal' clubs if they can somehow break the cartel and qualify; Fulham, Boro, Leicester next season- reminds me of our great adventures.

Talk to folk from outside the Blackburn/East Lancs area about John Bulls and you get:

Great show that seems to pass under a lot of folk's radar- The Americans. Season 4 starts next month, well worth catching up on if you've not seen it.

It was a cracking ball, but how the hell could Hazelwood have known better than the third umpire that there was a slight inside edge?

Indeed, I was watching a few overs of it last night. The Kiwi commentator was aghast. I think Hazelwood was mouthing 'who the f*** is the third umpire?' Worst I've seen for a long time.

I love Test cricket, but you've got to be adapt to the times, Twenty20 is here to stay. What I would do is get rid of bilateral ODIs, just keep the ICC tournaments (World Cup and Champions trophy). Our own Twenty20 competition is a mess. Lancs are playing pretty much every week at Old Trafford throughout June and July- overkill. Apart from the Yorkshire game, the ground will be half full at best.

Of course that is the crux of it all. This is a big job for Lambert, get this wrong and it will be a total re-build of his career. So he must have been told that funds would be given to him in the summer, why risk his reputation otherwise? If it is another summer like 2015 this time round, then 1) he will have been sold a pup and 2) with no more parachute payments, aiming to just stay competitive in the second tier will be our target in the future.

Straight on to India for the Twenty20 World Cup for some of them. For the ones that also did the full tour of the UAE from early October, that's some schedule.

Biggest problem is the sport's complete move behind the paywall. When I was a kid, I used to watch Test matches on TV throughout the summer holidays. Now, as the majority of kids don't have Sky, we've a lost generation. Think back to the 2005 Ashes team, they were household names, 9 million people watching on Channel 4. Now the Ashes gets around 900k watching. Rugby Union now has a much higher profile than cricket- why? because the big events are on free to air television year in year out. If Joe Root walked down the street, how many people would recognise him?

Looked like the Valencia players were being controlled by a 10 year old on a Playstation...

They were obviously hoping that Hales could do the David Warner tee off opener role, however he just doesn't seem to have what it takes.

For me, he should without doubt be a shoe in for the World T20 coming up, however Strauss hates the bloke, so that's that.

Interesting series that. Compton started in Durban in his usual style and helped win the game, seemed to lose his way after- constant sniping at his style knocked his confidence? Still not sure about Taylor and well, Alex Hales is no Test opener. So thats 2, 3 and 5 of the batting order in doubt. Definitely a work in progress this team.

When Broad has one of his mega spells like that, Test cricket takes some beating, exhilarating stuff.

Damage was done day 3 with all the drops. Very patient double ton from Amla too.

Day 1 definitely, I was thinking that it was a results wicket, however it seemed to become easy paced as the game went on. I suppose it just didn't disentegrate as you would hope, and as there was no swing or seam, ended up as a draw. Though we did drop plenty of catches- ie AB on 8.

Usually a bit more bounce at Jo'Burg, so here's hoping it isn't another 600 plays 600. Amla just isn't a captain, which I think even he knows.

Only England could hit 600+ declared and then be hanging on

Years of pro Kean propaganda from the media hasn't done the man much good, still hasn't been linked to an English job since the day he finally fecked off. Just goes to show how tainted he is within the game.