Thing is, Bonzo, we live in a world in which instant gratification is the order of the day. You become a famous pop singer by getting on a reality TV show, not by painstakingly working your way up through the pubs and clubs and putting up with the hard life around all that. We want stuff on a plate, now if not sooner. We can get what we want online straight away and we can get it on a credit card without having the bother of saving up. Cricket has adapted via taking on the short game and we can argue (as Dick does) that that has degraded the traditional long game (I don't agree, but hey ho). We rush around "getting things done" and we don't have the time or patience or ability to savour the tactical subtleties and intrigue of a game that can last three or five days. When I was a smallish lad I'd put the telly on in the summer hols when home alone and spend hour after hour watching the Cowdreys, Barringtons, Dexters, Benauds, Sobers, Worrells, Truemans and the rest patiently whittling away at the opposition and showing incredible technique to lads like me who loved to play the game. It meant a lot, but of course I didn't have a bloody iPad or PlayStation in those days...And cricket was on the Beeb...