We are now in a situation where coaches are beginning to talk seriously about teaching youngsters to bowl with a bent arm.

In my view, they have to unlock their own shackles and begin to play a more dynamic and expansive brand of cricket.

For those of you familiar with "Groundhog Day", has this Ashes series borne an uncanny resemblance to the 1980's film starring Bill Murray?

Apart from the first session on day one in Brisbane, England have been completely out played in all departments.

The professional game has a duty to the rest of the cricket playing world at school and club levels.

Ian comes to the end of his time in Chile where cricket is getting a real foothold.

"I counted them all out and I counted them all in". This is Ian Butcher, for CricketEurope, the Falkland Islands.

Perhaps I was a little premature when I signed off my "Arrival in the Falklands" piece.

This afternoon my mission to coach cricket on the Islands begins with the first match of their new season.

It was in the autumn of 2012 when I came across the vacant post of Rwandan National Cricket Coach.