Cricket is, for me, just the greatest spectator sport of them all - it really does have everything. But it's very subtle - the vagaries of weather play a huge part in determining tactics - the nature of the particular wicket (strange name for an area of grass!) can be a major deciding factor in team selection - I could bang on for hours, and often do, but nobody would read it.

Incidentally, watching cricket "live" is more for the occasion and the tradition. To get the best, watch it on television. Radio 4 cricket is still terrific too, but the main problem for casual observers is the language barrier.

And one of the most heart-warming aspects of the game is that they still play in a sporting spirit - though it's getting a bit dodgy in some parts of the world!

So Little Hawk - assuming you're not taking the piss - let's agree to leave off politics and religion and stick to my two great loves, cricket and Dylan ;-)

cheers, Terry