Multi-tasking Mancunian

I'd have to admit to missing Mike Atherton's Sunday column when he moves to The Times after England's tour to New Zealand. The former England skipper will combine reporting duties as well as his Sky Sports contract. Can he do both? What about breaking stories with a commitment to both parties? These are questions answered by Ted Corbett in a pieces for Sport Star. I can't see a problem with it. I've been lucky to interview Athers enough times to realise he needs no prep in front of the camera and he is well capable of pulling off 1,000 words before deadline. As Ted says, however, it will be when there is a major controversy that things might get a little frantic. But that's what journalism is all about.

Cricket and awards

The Golden Globes have been won and the Oscars nominations imminent but voting started this week for the UK's Sports Journalists' Association broadcast awards.

And cricket could well feature heavily this year. Peter Baxter, the long-serving Test Match Special producer, is leaving this year while Jonathan Agnew is another who could run close.

Aggers was in great voice Down Under and his contribution to ABC radio - especially in sharing the microphone with Kerry O'Keefe - was full of insightful banter.

Read the SJA's blog entry on the awards and why not peruse what is clearly an old school website Aggers set up back in the day.