In a move that seems certain to prompt debate within the scientific community, a group of leading experts have backed a cricket fan who claims to have discovered a new primary colour.

A 'duck island', lion tamer's hat and a chauffeuring Panda are among the items claimed on umpires' expenses in the biggest financial scandal to hit cricket for decades.

This week we get our collars felt by burly Lancs detective 'Flat' Jack Simmons of the Cricket Investigations Department - one of television's greatest crime fighters and most frugal off spinners. PDCC raids the vaults for another long forgotten cricketing classic.

As the number of recently purchased Kolpaks to die during pre-season this year rises to four, professional cricket clubs in Britain face renewed criticism over the continued importation of low quality non-England-qualified players. PDCC's resident sleuth

In a 20 year career of international and county cricket Phillip De Freitas managed to combine the rigours of life on the professional circuit with a secret second career - as an international wildfowl expert. He tells PDCC about his top three favourite web-footed friends.

The fashion industry's biggest names converged on Scarborough yesterday. Some of the world's sexiest celebrities were there and so too PDCC fashion correspondent Frank Oldfield. Yes, Cricket Fashion Week is here again.

Geoff 'Dusty' Miller is a man of many talents: all rounder, Chairman of Selectors, after dinner speaker. He is also one of the game's foremost experts on sports ground waste management systems. He gives us the Lowdown on his favourite cricketing bins.