Ashes 2021-22: Australia thrash England by nine wickets in the first Test – as it happened

• Australia chase target of 20 in 31 balls following England collapse
• Travis Head player of the match

Ben Carter has emailed in, “re: Paul Blakeman’s meeting at the toilet door with Graham Swann. It’s good Swanny was polite. As a seven-year-old, I ran onto the field at the start of a John Player League match between Gloucestershire and Northants, offering Mike Procter a pencil and a scrap of paper. He looked at me and growled, “F off, little boy! We are here to play cricket!”

Mike Procter is someone I would not have wanted to upset, back in the day.