It is bizarre for the ICC chairman to say cricket needs to go back to the drawing board before the first final has been played
Among all the many obstacles to this job in the past few months, the hardest has been that I’ve had to share our one TV screen with my kids. I know, I know, and yes, it would be a lovely gesture if you wanted to go out on your doorstep and clap for the poor sportswriters this Saturday morning.
The weeks when there wasn’t any live sport to write about were tough; the weeks when there was but we weren’t allowed in to watch it were tougher. England’s Test series against Pakistan and West Indies had to compete with Peppa Pig and Hey Duggee. I was outnumbered three to one, so realised I needed to recruit them over to my team.
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