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BUMBLE AT EDGBASTON: Let's make the Champions Trophy happen again... only next time with a reserve day for the final

Published: 17:28 EST, 23 June 2013 | Updated: 17:28 EST, 23 June 2013

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LET'S DO IT ALL AGAIN

This was supposed to be the last Champions Trophy but I think there will be an about-turn. It’s all to do with whether the world Test championship will come to fruition and there are no guarantees about that. I think everyone agrees that the format for this tournament has been perfect and every game has been important. The only thing you’d add is a reserve day for the final…

Entertaining: India lifted the trophy after two weeks of battles between the world's top eight teams

JOBSWORTHS ALERT

When is a cricket match not a cricket match? When you can’t get in. I arrived at Edgbaston at 8.30am on Sunday morning for what should have been a 10.30am start, only to be told: ‘You’re not coming in.’ Apparently I had to be there by eight because I was parking on a public thoroughfare. Only there were no members of the public there. They call it health and safety. I call them jobsworths…

Dark: Rain delayed the start of the Champions Trophy final by almost six hours on Sunday

A NEW SPIN ON THINGS

Intriguing game at Chelmsford next Sunday. Is the tie between Essex (all out 20 against Lancashire) and England a meaningless exercise? Or will it be the Ashes team playing at full on? And why Essex, you may ask? I offer you this. The pitch there will be the nearest England can get to the dry, flat surfaces with spin to the fore that Graeme Swann and Co will expect during the Ashes…

Moving on: England face Essex at Chelmsford next Sunday in an Ashes warm-up match

JOBSWORTHS PART II

It never ceases to amaze me how much activity goes on around a final. It reached epic proportions when it looked like we were going to get a start yesterday. There’s the car parking (I got in by the way in the end), the security and minions who wander aimlessly but look important. Then there’s the toss which was like a Steven Spielberg production gone wrong! At least we had a game in the end.