England's own performance in the $20m one-off final just about said it all about this circus – not worth going to the bottom of the street to see!

Twenty20 is nothing new of course – local cricket has had a much more fun variety of the game for many years – I can remember the Pudsey St Lawrence Cricket Club running the 'Joe Hart's Workshops Evening League' after the war – and the more recent Sports Bag and the Millett Printers Evening Leagues had a place in local cricket's calendar, and enjoyment for players and followers after a hard day's work.

This professional version can be a bit of fun played at local level – the Harrogate Evening League and the Whixley and District Evening Cricket League are just two such local competitions which still give much pleasure – but the thought of already well-paid cricketers actually prostituting their skills for obscene amounts of money leaves this particular cricket lover more than a little sad.

Kevin Pietersen also insults our non-cricketing intelligence by stating to all and sundry that the game was 'not about money.' Pull the other one, Kevin.

If Kevin Pietersen doesn't put the 'money side' before the 'cricket side' of things then I invite him to come and play for my own local club, Farsley. I can assure him there would be no mention at all of the word money!

From: Stuart Ascough, Bacchus Marsh, Australia

I have been watching Rugby League internationals for over 50 years in both UK and Australia and last week's performance by England must go down as the worst I have ever seen by an England side. They were a disgrace to the England jersey, they were not beaten they were humiliated by an Australian side not even at full strength.

England cannot win at international level until they get an English coach not a second rate Aussie who can't get a job coaching in Australia. Also the English Rugby League must stop allowing "over the hill" Aussie stars coming to play in Britain and give the local talent a share of the big money. There must be plenty of talent at junior level who can be brought into the game, the Aussie imports slow the game down to their pre-retirement level and should be banned. It may be better to cut your losses and bring the side home today and let as expected The Aussies flog the Kiwis once again.

From: Clive Whitfield, Louth, Lincolnshire.

What is happening to Doncaster Rovers? Even at this time of the season, relegation appears to be a near certainty!

The problem is there for all to see, a chronic lack of goals, something that was apparent even before the start of the current campaign.

The Rovers' strike force even last season was largely ineffectual, only the ability of the midfielders to contribute with goals making promotion possible.

It is a proven fact that any team winning promotion must strengthen to survive in a higher division, yet the hierarchy at the Keepmoat during the last season did virtually nothing to address their obvious weakness up front, the signing of Darren Byfield being an irrelevance.

If he was not good enough for Bristol City surely that also applied to the Rovers and so it has proved to be.

Apart from the signing of Matt Mills who had played most of last season on loan, the four additions including Byfield were low key and free.

Their combined impact this season has been negligible.

The achievements of the club under John Ryan, Dave Penney and Sean O'Driscoll which has seen the club come from the depths of the Conference to the relative dizzy heights of the Championship in just a few years has been little short of miraculous.

It is therefore, all the more exasperating for the team's fans to watch them throw all that hard work and investment away by their inaction.

From: Jack Dimelow, Guiseley, Leeds.

Am I on my own in thinking that as a nation, we are just not good enough when it comes to the crunch. It started with the England cricket team being annihilated by the Stanford All Stars. Then as a supporter of rugby league, I was devastated by the second rate performance of the England team.

I thought before both these series started, we had a really good chance at both these sports – I certainly will have to have a revaluation of my hopes.

English I am, so I will always cheer for our national teams, but please give us something to cheer about.