Hear hear Rach, one of the most thrilling sights in the game for me is when a spinner is ripping it and causing the batsman to really have to think about his shots, and the genuine contest that follows. A recent example was Panesar vs India - a genuinely talented spinner getting turn and bounce against a series of quality batsmen, some of whom took him on and succeeded and some of whom fell foul of his craft and guile. A non-turning, non-bouncing road that offers nothing to the bowler - like we saw in Pakistan in 2005 or at Taunton, is boring and takes the joy of watching a real contest away.

I'm not saying that we should make all our pitches into bunsens, but we need to redress the balance between a surface that favours the batsmen and something which is more even. As well as putting the boundaries back and keeping a close eye on bat manufacture, that is.