Sir James Anderson

off-field sort of environment, culture.

But yeah, it's not a great situation to be in.

I was just to answer your question earlier, Greg, I felt exactly the same that you did in that.

But I don't know if people remember, but for the test, our main thing was that we were so excited after all the talking over not much cricket, just to have some cricket.

And we've had the equivalent of two days worth of overs over

on a pitch, which it's impossible to bat on.

And now we've got a whole new thing, but we just not talk about cricket.

And I think there's just an element of sheer exhaustion at it.

Like not even, there's not even a, like, this is cool.

This is sort of an adrenaline fueled gossip, which Harry Brooke was a little bit.

He has a little bit of a, like,

um rumor mill excitements about i think this i think every i've i've listened to not read lots of things then it feels like this week and it feels like almost everyone is just a bit exhausted of it and don't even want to get the knives out but i just tired the whole thing might be people involved as well and it's a sad place to be really well well that's that's true for definitely a lot of fans i feel i definitely feel that you definitely feel that i don't know what how

you feel Jim about that maybe similar we'd much rather be talking about fun cricket stuff but the other thing is that you look at Rob Key and you looked at the interviews actually with Brendan McCullum before the test and me you and I were texting about these and I was like this looks like a guy's not having a great time doesn't feel that joyful and then the Ben Stokes looked quite I didn't think he looked happy at all just look

quite knackered by the whole thing and it is kind of must be so draining to talk all the time and if you're not playing very well as well it's difficult and then this this rob key interview or the little soundbite that pops up on england the england instagram earlier is quite quite weird he's asked whether or not he thinks there's a drinking culture in the england team and this this was the answer is there a drinking problem with this team

I think you've got to say no there, haven't you?

Well, the problem is that he's said no quite recently, hasn't he?

But it's two or three players and it's turned out just even for the things that we know about, it's about six since he said that.

So he probably feels like he can't say no anymore.

But yeah, can I tell you what honestly I felt about that when I heard that?

I really like Rob Key.