In general, though, with Sri Lankan sides it might actually be a more involved emotional rollercoaster than the match itself.

Those weird times when Craig White’s bowling got genuinely sharp.

I liked Craig White.

Ged coughs politely to attract attention to Bert’s prediction a couple of days ago.

Ben Stokes? Ben Foakes?

Even his wickets felt a bit hollow due to how the opposition flopped in the first innings. He’s obviously not average but needs to start showing he has something extra before the selectors ditch him for the next flavour of the month

I don’t suppose you have ever cut yourself shaving your face, Jill?

It tends to happen when you are rushing to get out to a really important meeting. The cut tends to occur on that part of your face that, however hard you try to stem the bleeding and cover up the error, will either bleed all over the collar of your shirt or require a giant plaster that, much like the bloody short collar, announces to the world how bad you are at shaving.

Man stuff isn’t all hirsute snogging and food storage, you know. If only it were.

Compared to expensive watches and fast cars, beards have the added advantage of affordability.

Indeed the opportunity cost of growing a beard is the time saved by not having to shave in the morning (minus the time spent cleaning and arranging the facial hair) which results in a net gain of time, which can be spent making money or having a rest or indeed anything manly or unmanly you so desire.