In the dark old days when England were struggling, it seemed as if most of our bowlers were delivering the ball with their eyes closed.
Dear old Devon Malcolm used to spray the ball all over the place when his radar was off (even when he swapped his specs for contact lenses).
The ineffectual Martin McCague should never had set foot on a Test match ground - and had the stats to prove it - such was the dross that he would sent down.
Then there was Ian Salisbury, who was regarded as a success if he sent down only two four-balls an over, and others like Chris Lewis, Joey Benjamin and Alan Igglesden who appeared as if they needed satellite navigation to locate stumps.
You only have to look up the England bowling attack in Graham Thorpe's first Test, at Trent Bridge 12 years ago, to appreciate how much England have improved. It read McCague, Mark Illott, Peter Such and (a then inexperienced) Andrew Caddick.
Enough said. No wonder Australia racked up innings of 600-plus for fun in that series.
England are assembling a pace attack to rival any they have produced in the last 40 years. At the Riverside today, it was the turn of Steve Harmison to have Bangladesh reeling.
They would no doubt be happy to shut their eyes and find a hole to hide.
