Were You Watching, John Buchanan?

I had a lot of sympathy with Tim de Lisle's piece on Cricinfo during last week, but the fact is that if the CB Series hadn't been so ridiculously long, England wouldn't have had the chance to come back and win it.

Now, though, they can go to the West Indies with a bit of confidence, and if you'd suggested that in Adelaide on January 26th, medical assistance would have been summoned.

As for Australia, the rare experience of losing three consecutive ODIs will probably stand them in good stead for the World Cup, and, for this reason, one can only hope that the competition provided by England in the last three games was to John Buchanan's satisfaction.