England cricket team/Freddie Trueman

It seems that the England cricket team may be slipping back towards old ways, a 5-0 whitewash from Sri Lanka, and along with their failure to win only two out of the last nine test matches since last years Ashes triumph things are starting to get worrying especially with the Ashes tests in Australia coming up shortly. Today's one day match was a bit of a disaster after posting a credible total it saw an abysmal display of bowling to see Sri Lanka win with thirteen overs to spare. Like the football team, they can and must do better!

Can I also play my respects to the Freddie Trueman, a truly great cricketer who sadly died today. In being the first English cricketer to take 300 test wickets he is a cricket legend and his contribution to Yorkshire also needs to be remembered.