Fortunately, Keith Barker was born in Accrington.

The notion that their poor performances are down to a lack of pride is, frankly, bollocks. If we were an England player, we’d be pretty insulted by that Agnew column.

Throwing in a token Midlander to try to cover your bias does not wash with the initiated.

As for the greatest comebacks in the entire history of this week…I laughed and laughed. Thanks guys.

well they do NOW, but ian chappell reckons this cap-worship is a very moderm phenomenon, deliberately whipped up by steve waugh. back in chappell’s day they didn’t bother about such nonsense, but this didn’t stop the aussies being a hugely competitive and aggressive side. in other words, chest-beating tear-in-eye patriotism may not necessarily be the missing ingredient here?

(don’t get me wrong, i’m not claiming to know what the missing ingredient is – otherwise *i’d* be asking for the friggin job. maybe there is no solution to this? maybe this is just one of those cyclical things, and england have had their time at – or near – the top and will have to wait for the next convergence of auspices..?)

The odd thing in that Bangladesh match is that Rajshahi batted again even though they had a lead of 467. It’s as if they were afraid of a greater comeback than the greatest comeback this week.

Be nice to Sam, Bert.

I’ve just had another look, to see if anything has changed, and yes – things have changed. You’ve moved on from just “losing” to “getting hammered”. Maybe there are different standards for THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD in Warwickshire. Maybe in Warwickshire THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD happens whenever you don’t lose by an innings when it seemed like that would happen. Maybe someone just forgot to tell your bowlers about the plan to have THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD, and they were still working on their original plan to have THE GREATEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OFF IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Okay, no games played either, but you have to walk before you can run.

It’s going to be a long season

Don’t wish to be picky (or do I?) but don’t you have to win for it to be a comeback? Otherwise it’s just a “consolation try”, or something like that. And as I look, you’re losing.