RICHARD CLARKE
AKA The Grumbler

He does not know it yet but Mason Crane will be receiving a bill from me this week The Hampshire leg-spinner’s five wickets and stunning run out created the Lancashire collapse that enthralled every county fan in the early evening on Thursday.
This was sport at its best, with the destination of the Championship title drifting in four different directions before Dane Vilas smeared the winning boundary, and the spaghetti Bolognese I had been cooking succumbed to its charms. The pasta boiled over on to my hob and hot water seeped down into the kitch...