Cup hopefuls fluff their lines

There is a curious feeling of irrelevance marring this one-day series, feels Mike Atherton.

Two unheralded newcomers, Jamie Dalrymple and Tim Bresnan, battle heroically to fill the Flintoff vacuum, writes Stephen Fay

Will Buckley, in the Guardian, raves about Paul Collingwood and says England could use another Collingwood - or five.