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Even if he did, would he get visas when playing abroad? He certainly wouldn't get one for the UK and don't UAE have fairly strict rules on criminal records and visas, even if said criminal activity didn't take place there?

I agree, it's not at all relevant to a series in Sri Lanka, more making a point how Bell is getting the criticism and Strauss seemingly isn't...

You'd need a well planned route, but even then... Hmm, damn, now I'm thinking about how you could do it...you'd have to time it well for London, maybe do London during the late evening?

Nah, Colin walks normally. Wait...what?

Quite. Not exactly difficult to be flexible with a system that has known flaws that everyone accepts, rather than a stiff, cast iron attitude about it. If it was that obviously wrong (I haven't seen it), then over rule it. Surely the onsite engineers could have communicated the issues at that...

If you live in the South East, it isn't. Petrol prices are an arse atm, lowest here now is ?1.40 for non-???? fuel. Something like 80p of that is tax (if you include all 3 of them). Even a couple of p reduction each year would see the government (which we didn't elect) get through another...

Well, yes, but Bell had one bad series, before that he averaged about 120 in 2011...with centuries in half the innings he played.

Probably him blabbering on about how he's only a child and everyone seemingly accepting him back in to our sport. Yay.

You spoken to EA?

*stands 3 feet over the bowling crease No way, I am very convincing!

Oh yeah, that's not flawed in anyway, what with the umpire not having to look for no-balls or the non-striking batsman standing there...

That's more to do with our record in the SC being very poor, our last Test win in the sub-continent would have been when we beat India with Udal and Co? His record in the SC is about in line with his average, about 40, few half centuries, had a couple when we played Sri Lanka away last time...

You're so good you don't even need to finish that sentence.

It has always been legal, and so it should be. It has created some new shots and the bowlers have a great chance at taking a wicket off them.

Broad suffered a sprained ankle after tripping over the rope in fielding practice, not expected to be missing the Test though. I want to see Finn play, but don't think any of Anderson, Broad, Swann or Panesar can be dropped. We can't play with 5 main bowlers. Hmm.

Officer: "Well, your honour, I think he was thinking about speeding, so I arrested and charged him."

Nope, they don't lose a review if it's a no-ball. The right outcome was reached, but how did he give the LBW not out?

Completely impossible to introduce a system of penalties based on whether someone knew they hit it/wasn't out, can't possibly prove it and you'd never be able to have any consistency with it. It's a non-issue, we have a system which in all bar the most exceptional cases, proves, beyond any...

Got to love having a spineless board in charge of the game! Quite. It was, then some toys got thrown out of the pram and we're taking backward steps again.

Who was the third team in the series? Shocking miss from the umpire, still, we're not allowed fairer games of cricket, get used to it.