O rare Michael Yardy

FOR A FEW MINUTES at Edgbaston we saw what might have been; a mighty display of hitting from Marcus Trescothick; before Sussex, another set of giants in the modern game, won the T-20 competition. I wondered briefly if Michael Yardy might be a good captain for the England one-day and T-20 teams. He is not a great performer but he is a highly intelligent cricketer and you cannot have enough of those rare creatures.