Six sizzling weeks for you to savour

THE cricket season starts here, according to Stuart Broad, and the next six weeks are certainly full of mouthwatering action. It is expected to be 30 degrees today when India and Pakistan meet in the Champions Trophy final at The Oval. Then it is all about England and South Africa. England won the one-dayers last month and now they kick-off a three-match T20 series in Southampton on Wednesday. The Lord’s Test from July 6 heralds a four-match Test series. And Broad still hasn’t quite done with Notts either. On July 1, he’ll be at Lord’s with his county taking on Surrey in the final of the RL One-Day Cup. TODAY Champions Trophy final: India v Pakistan (The Oval). WEDNESDAY 1st T20: England v South Africa (Southampton). FRIDAY 2nd T20 (Taunton). SUNDAY 3rd T20 (Cardiff). JULY 1 RL One-day Cup final: Nottinghamshire v Surrey (Lord’s). JULY 6-10 1st Test, England v South Africa (Lord’s). JULY 14-18 2nd Test (Trent Bridge). JULY 27-31 3rd Test (The Oval). AUG 4-8 4th Test (Old Trafford).