Goodbye Michael

Good afternoon all. The chaps and I are back from our bonding trip to Belgium. I think we are a much closer unit now. But then I have to say that don't I? It's in my contract. Only an hour or so ago I had a slap on the wrist from Giles Clarke for suggesting that there was a time keeping issue in the camp. It's going to be worse now he's smashed my watch to smithereens. There is some very muddy thinking in the higher echelons of the ECB.

We all settled down to watch Michael Vaughan's press conference this morning. The tension was palpable. When was he going to breakdown? My money was on the fifth minute when he would no doubt mention that Gunn & Moore had ended their sponsorship with him. I was wrong. He didn't breakdown at all and he didn't even mention his bat. Unbelievable. To make matters worse Colly won all the money. He's already on a high after he was commissioned to write his own Shane Warne biography. Now the ginger ninja is just unbearable to be around.

Warwickshire tomorrow. Should be interesting playing against a county as England. First though, we are off to Laser Quest to give Vaughany a proper send off. We're not playing there of course. That's where Vaughany now works.