There are two types of starts to a cricket career...

...as discussed with my good friend Jeff yesterday.

There are those who step up onto the big stage, and go "whoa, f***! what am I doing here? Help!". And never really get to grips with it, even if they're given allowance for first-time nerves. Classic examples - Graeme Hick. Mark Ramprakash. Ian Salisbury. Sadly, Owais Shah.

And then there are those whose whole demeanour says 'This is where I'm meant to be. Bring. It. On.'

I think, over the past two days, we've seen a couple of players who look born to be up there. Alistair Cook and Matt Prior.