THE sight of people leaving the cricket ground in Worcester's New Road is always pleasing to the eye.

Those floppy hats, picnic hampers, ruby-red roasted noses....it's so British.

Another thing that springs to mind is the Coronation Street celebrity match of a few years ago. Those of you with longer memories may recall that there were a number of the cast who offended me and were promptly bestowed with the famed Phillpott curse.

So dear reader, think back to the last members who have done well down the years, and also to those whose careers have gone in a southerly direction.

The moral of this story is abundantly clear. When I want someone's autograph, it pays to do exactly what I say.