So the Ashes series is over now and we had the displeasure of being here while Australia lost the urn for the first time in 18 years. The whole country went cricket mad, enthralled by a combination of painfully close matches, and England winning something. Football even got knocked off front and back pages for a few weeks (which was nice). The real indicator of how popular cricket had become was when the boys who play football in our street every evening without fail, actually started playing cricket in the street instead. Although it was clear from the way they bowled and wielded the bat that they weren't accustomed to a sport where you need to use your hands.

This is a look back at the One Day final at Lords - which was a tie.