Knights and knaves

The ECB signs away TV rights to cricket along with its soul and the chance for most youngsters to see the game in a multimillion-pound deal; they climb into bed with Allen Stanford for $20m (Sport, 20 February). Meanwhile, youngsters are invited to join our country cricket squad providing they pay £15 a training session and buy their own kit. Is this cricket?
Veronica Caperon
Edgmond, Shropshire

It would be a grand idea if your piece on "Jane" of Glasgow (Counting the pence: Skipping lunch at work, visiting the pawn shop, 18 February) was made compulsory reading for all City spivs when collecting their bonus.
Jake Fagg

Given the number of people called Sir This and Sir That involved in banking scandals, maybe it's time to change the meaning of the phrase: "There's something of the knight about him."
John White

So Gordon Brown is talking to Silvio Berlusconi about a worldwide crackdown on tax avoidance (Reports, 19 February). Gosh, that's reassuring!
Pat Comery

What if the commissioner for standards outsourced his inquiry into Jacqui Smith's expenses (Report, 19 February) to Pakistan, where more "robust" questioning is certain to uncover the truth?
John Bryson
North Ferriby, East Yorkshire

Charles Garside informs us that the Daily Mail had two leaders last week regarding teenage pregnancy (Letters, 20 February), and that "neither of them mentioned sex education". Could it be that not talking about the latter may be the reason for the former?
Doug Newton
Crookes, South Yorkshire

Dogs "first into space" (Letters, 18 February)? I thought fruit flies, monkeys and mice went first. In any case, I suspect dogs were chosen for their easiness to train, rather than being a more advanced species. Imagine trying to get a cat into a space suit.
Kate Sayer
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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