The UK’s finest law firms are enjoying something of a renaissance right now. Unfortunately, that success does not seem to be rubbing off on the England cricket team.

Such was the anticipation in the run-up to the first Test that one Legal Week hack took Thursday off so he could sleep in, having stayed up all night to watch the first day’s play. He only made it to mid-way through the second session. Indeed, the series could not have got off to a worse start. No doubt all those Aussie lawyers slaving away in London are feeling distinctly chipper today.