Why maverick Mitch lost the plot

Something was not right with Mitchell Johnson on the first day at Lord's but Robert Craddock in his blog on the Daily Telegraph website, the Australian daily, says the fans need not despair and that the bowler will improve quickly when he gets his head right. Craddock presents his top five reasons why Johnson is blowing hot and cold.

A Lord's Test tells of continuity and Andrew Flintoff's withdrawal indicates change is not merely on the way, it has come. Peter Roebuck in the Sydney Morning Herald reasons why Flintoff's farewell to Tests is bad, and sad news for game's long form.

Scyld Berry, in the Daily Telegraph, writes about how Andrew Strauss seems to play better when given the responsibility of captaincy.