The cricket season is well and truly over now it's October. Still, here are a few links to make those dark evenings fly by.

• Run Fatboy Run sounds like a great idea for a lot of village players.
• Gimmie20 is one of them new fangled web2.0 sites but for fitness.
• Rahul Bhattacharya superbly parodies some of the less common sensical training methods that modern teams try. I hope I never go down the Buchanan road.
• Batting second gives you a statistically better chance of winning. That sort of ruins my theory then.
• Ever feel a bit stiff the day after a game? Try these recovery methods.
• 'The Legend of the late Declaration': A story that perfect illustrates intelligent club captaincy.
• The Daily Erg reports that stretching is useless for injury prevention and stopping sore muscles.
• Excellent strength site Straight to the Bar discusses the merits of step ups. It's a site worth subscribing to.