We only finished our domestic season ten days ago but the first storm of winter is blasting Iceland today. The strongest wind gust so far was 57 m/s. That's 205 km/hr, or approximately 1.25 Jeff Thomson's, Brett Lee's, or Shaun Tait's for Aussie viewers. Photo by RÚV English.

OK, everyone, time is up! We have synthesised your feedback into the first crowdsourced strategic template for world cricketing domination by the year 2082. We now have our ten-point plan: 1) Absorb England after Scottish independence (target 2047) and rebrand the ECB as Iceland Cricket. 2) Appoint Ravi Shastri as head coach and guarantee him unlimited booze for the next 56 years. 3) Hire Gautam Gambhir immediately as co-coach to supply the necessary intensity. 4) Build ice pitches immediately and wait for global warming to extend the playable window beyond 15–26 July. 5) Flood Icelandic schools and colleges with subsidised kits, indoor facilities and coaching so every child can play. 6) Enter English and European club leagues at every available age-group and professional level. 7) Do not build anything expensive; simply wait for the BCCI revenue model to thin the field until the World Cup final is India v Iceland. 8) Adopt the PCB broadcast model: skip live coverage of ICC events, then hold a victory parade as undisputed champions. 9) If it is not going well by 2060, form a Nordic coalition team (the West Indies model) to accumulate ranking points and Test status faster. 10) Let the volcanoes assist in any way they can.

A lot of Indians follow us. We know they are now inspired by us, because they have finally selected a ground venue that is impossible to pronounce: Thiruvananthapuram. Makes Hamranesvöllur and Tungubakkavöllur seem a breeze.

We paid the ICC a bit of money and they declared our pitch 'very good'.

Good to see all those selectorial and coaching changes working Test wonders for Pakistan.