Mm.

And a lot of talk about the new ball bowler as well was a little bit like, "Mm, not 100% sure where to go with that." Amelia Gay, Dom Sibley, to a point Ben McKinney as well.

On the fringes of the conversation.

Yeah.

I mean, with Gay, what people say about the Durham situation, Gay's obviously batted three for them.

Yeah.

The feeling is that McKinney might have a, a higher ceiling, uh- Yeah ... and might end up being a better player.

No.

Yeah.

But let's see how that game goes on Thursday.

But there's still uncertainty around the position of Brendon McCullum.

Slightly, a bit less about Rob Key, 'cause I th- I think he, I think he will keep his job, but you can never be certain what's around the corner in English cricket.

Um, so yeah, all of those things have been bubbling away in the background.

My brief is generally quite newsy, so I've been, um, you know, over the last, uh, month or two, you wouldn't wanna let those issues just get out of your line of sight completely, so kind of watching them bubble away.

But because England have been doing pretty well in the World Cup, um, the mood around that has, has generally turned, and we'll just see how this final week goes.

Yeah.