Cricket can be full of disappointments.
I went to bed on Sunday night really looking forward to Monday when I was going to be captain of Middlesex against the Australians at Lord's. Monday morning, I woke up to find that I had a bout of 'flu. Not exactly life threatening, I know, but I can tell you I was absolutely gutted. There was no way I could have got out there, and had to keep up to date with what was happening while feeling utterly sorry for myself in bed. And the lads beat the Aussies.