Arguably an attractively priced mid-tier all-rounder with the potential to ship in very high volumes would have been a better bet.
It was a night of home-comings all round, with John Galliano, the Gibraltarian-British designer who has been at the helm of French house Christian Dior for more than a decade, receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design award, and the British-born creative director of American Vogue, Grace Coddington, collecting the Isabella Blow award for Fashion Creator.
The acting is terrific all round, with Dickie – so good recently in The Witch – increasingly resembling a female answer to Christian Bale, transforming herself body and soul for harrowing emotional impact.
It was a poor bit of defending all round, with goalkeeper Jason Brown failing to cover the near post with his body never mind glory, although television replays suggested O'Connor had been offside.
Hampshire's six wickets fell to six different bowlers and that all-round performance with the ball, laid the foundations for the batsmen to build a sizable lead.
Trott is becoming the ultimate all-rounder with tactical nous, speed and strength.
(Ask Bruce Jenner, once the world's greatest all-round athlete — with the medals to show for it — now playing for Team Kardashian).
When he wrote his autobiography in his forties, he had already lived a full show business life and justifiably summed up his all-round career with the title Yes, I Can.
Their Nativity fast had just begun, but, really, the women fasted all year round, with the occasional chicken as their sole reprieve.
