MM reporters have come together to produce Mancunian Natters, a sports podcast looking at the sport that gets the city talking.

Any negative self-reflection after the Ashes should be left firmly to the vanquished Australians, former England wicketkeeper, Alec Stewart, has said.

Pietersen tweeted last night that he had been made aware that Anderson, along with fellow England bowler Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad, all had access to the parody twitter account @KPGenius.