Gerard Whateley

And he's going to take so much from this.

And I think, A, Australia might have found their number three for that 50-over World Cup next year.

So I'll be surprised if it's not headmash Cooper Connolly at the top of the order.

in 50 over cricket and I think he might have already earned himself a spot on that flight to India for the test I don't know whether as a 16th member or as a 15th member because you need that kind of fortitude to you know bat for long and I know different format and all of that but he showed so much in that one innings that you know maybe he was thrown into the deep end last year I was in Sri Lanka when he was asked to make his test debut he clearly was not ready

but not getting the central contract and everything that has happened to him since seems to have really awoken something in him and he looks ready for international cricket now and that's very exciting.

Right.

And Australia needs him.

We need players of this ilk to make these steps along the way so that they're ready to play.

I think there's a gulf between domestic cricket and international cricket, which some don't get across.

We desperately need these young players to get across it.

The lead up to this Test match, England, they're mesmerising.

And when Rob Key is standing there answering a question, has this team become a national embarrassment?

And they're one up in the series.

That sort of gave you that.

That's the backdrop.

The backdrop is everything, as you say.

It is, Gerard.

And, you know, firstly, have curfews ever worked for adults?

Your father, I'm not, Gerard.

I mean, you could have had curfews for your children when they were youngish, right?