The Gardeners' World Blog

For a while now, people have been predicting the demise of international football. "Club football is where it's at," goes the argument; "International tournaments make the season too long, and national sides playing during the season just results in injuries and fatigue for the clubs.."

All true up to a point, but if you like your sport to be unpredictable, last weekend's matches featuring the five British Isles national sides certainly fitted the bill. Anyone who called one or more of the five results, let alone scorelines, can be very pleased with themselves. Particularly if they backed up their predictions with a trip to the bookies.

We've announced today that Manish Bhasin (Football Focus) and Rishi Persad (racing) will be the faces of our cricket TV highlights coverage this winter. As lifelong cricket fans, I'm sure both will do a grand job. Especially alongside the likes of Tony Greig and Geoffrey Boycott who'll provide the analysis as well as correspondent Jonathan Agnew - and indeed the one and only Richie Benaud.

And if that wasn't enough to whet your appetite, it's also worth us flagging up the latest details about what we're aiming to offer on interactive TV via your red button...