ECB decision to cost Notts economy £2.5m

Overnight rain scuppered any chance of play today, and just to add to the gloom the Nottingham Evening Post reports that, on the basis of last year's figures, the loss of the Ashes Test match in 2009 will cost the local economy something like £2.5m. According to Notts CCC chief executive, Derek Brewer, it's a "one-off situation" - apparently all the Test match grounds (apart from Lord's) have agreed to miss out on hosting a game for one year. Why am I not surprised that it's Notts' turn in an Ashes summer?