Healthy beer

Scientists have proven what most of us already knew, a beer after strenuous activity is good for you. That’s why we need to take with a pinch of salt the “revelations” that Lancashire hero Freddie Flintoff’s career has been ruined by his fondness for a pint.

It’s his dodgy ankle that’s done him in, not his love for life-giving ale. Anyone who knows anything about cricket knows that you can bowl all day with a hangover, but not a busted foot.