ARE you into cricket's ICC Trophy? No, neither am I.

Here we have all the best cricket nations playing in England and competing to be the world's best one-day team.

Yet there is no coverage on terrestrial television, not even a few highlights late at night to keep us up to speed.

Sure, there is saturation coverage on Sky, but only a small proportion of people have satellite television compared to those whose budgets cannot stretch further than the cost of a set every five years and the licence fee.

England cricket is supposed to be one of the sporting crown jewels that terrestrial television viewers are assured they will always be able to watch.

Obviously not so. England's two football World Cup qualifiers in Austria and Poland were also absent from terrestrial television, meaning millions of fans who watched England in the World Cup had to miss these games altogether.

Football is supposed to be the national game, yet the vast majority of the nation did not have access to watch its country's team.

Of course, it's good business for Sky -- as is having live rights to this week's Ryder Cup -- but it does nothing for the enjoyment of most British people who are finding they cannot afford to watch sport they used to take for granted.