Cricket lovely cricket

It is hard to utter the phrase “glorious summer of sport” with a straight face today thanks to the grim drizzle that is our lot but the sporting summer is now officially under way with England taking on the West Indies at Lords. Spare a thought for the Windies, though. Not only have they fallen from being the undisputed masters of the game to one of the worst teams in the world but they also had to start this Test Match without having bowled a single competitive ball; testimony to the absurdity of the current international cricketing treadmill.