So, England have just been dismissed by Sri Lanka at Edgbaston, which immediately prompted some woman to come out onto the field and sing Jerusalem. Strewth. As I buried my head in my hands, I was reassured by the annoyance of Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special, who seemed to agree with me wholeheartedly. But there’s good news:

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant Land.

Here you go, a few miles east of the M6, and not far from the sleepy Cumbrian town of Appleby-in-Westmorland. So now that someone has built Jerusalem in England’s green and pleasant land, all of us can stop having mental fights – sweet relief – and we can let our swords drift off to the land of Nod, which appears to be somewhere around here, perhaps.

Those who believe that we should probably get a few more biblical placenames sorted out here in the UK before we cease mentally fighting will no doubt be reassured by the presence of Galilee, Bethlehem, Nazareth, and, of course, Sodom.