Cricket chiefs' spelling boob.

LAST week the England and Wales Cricket Board were quick to express their horror at the chilling prospect of live Ashes cricket at some point returning to free telly.

Following the recommendation by a review panel that home Ashes Tests be added to the list of sporting crown jewels that must be screened free-to-air, the ECB fired off a furious statement.

It included the line: "We also call for the Seceretary of State to pay careful attention to the evidence put forward by the BBC that they do not think the Ashes should be listed due to the impact it could have on the sport's finances."

'Seceretary of State'? Stud Marks wonders how seriously ECB chairman Giles Clarke would take the views of an organisation which, within its lobbying of him, failed to spell his title correctly.