The Cricketer picks out which individuals and administrations have had a week to forget in the international and domestic game - and there are no prizes for the story of the week
It has been a fairytale week for the new South Wales native. On May Day Robson played his first List A match for nearly two years, against Somerset at Radlett.
In 2017, the 29-year-old had limped off against Hampshire with a hamstring injury and has been unused in the format ever since.
But he marked his return with a run-a-ball 106 to guide the Lord's side to a 118-run victory in the One-Day Cup.
As if that wasn't enough, Robson broke new ground in quite remarkable fashion against Glamorgan on Sunday, claiming a wicket in his very first List A over, bowling fellow-Aussie Marnus Labuschangne.
A run-out from cow corner should complete the unlikely hat-trick.
👆 | Sam Robson is having quite a week!
— Middlesex Cricket (@Middlesex_CCC) May 5, 2019
First 💯 in List A earlier this week at @radlettcc, and now picks up a wicket in his first ever over in the format!! 😱
Watch live 👉 https://t.co/lqCPpmmG1M pic.twitter.com/brWrzpKCNh
Of those players licking their wounds while updating their Sky subscription ahead of the World Cup, perhaps the one who can justifiably have the most to complain about is Dawson.
The 29-year-old has ample to offer this England team, and he has displayed most of those skills during Hampshire's One-Day Cup campaign.
Dawson has taken at least two wickets in each of Hants' seven matches via his left-arm spin, his latest victims coming as he took 2-39 in the 53-run win over Surrey at The Oval.
That display backed up his efforts with the bat, as he struck his maiden 50-over century - an innings of 108 from 93 balls - with breezy efficiently. Adding to a half-century earlier in the campaign and his excellence with the ball, will Dawson be another regretful spectator this summer?
Robson has shown his one-day class
Diversity and change has been the name of the game this week at Lord's. In the 21st year of women being allowed to become members of the club, 134 were added to the roster - with another 1,004 on the waiting list.
Furthermore, ex-Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has been appointed MCC president, the first non-British chief in its history. Of the previous 168 heads of the body, none had been from overseas.
Though both moves were overshadowed by reports that allegations had been made regarding the assault of a young women in the Lord's pavilion, the MCC have at least introduced a code of conduct for their members.
It might take time to shake off the reputation the MCC have of being a big old boys club, but it is at the very least, a start.
Bravo to Ben Foakes for scoring a match-winning half-century on his one-day international debut ahead of the World Cup in which he has zero chance of featuring in. It is both joyful and baffling in equal measure that England can produce such fine players yet struggle to find a way to accommodate them.
Nevertheless, the Surrey wicketkeeper's exploits were partly only possible in Malahide thanks to Mr Dharmasena, who failed to give him out lbw when trapped in-front by Tim Murtagh.
Ireland should not escape reproach for not reviewing the decision but nevertheless, they shouldn't have had to. Dharmasena will stand in at least five World Cup matches this summer, including several of England's. Beware.
Perhaps the most obvious entrant since this column began. The Nottinghamshire man will have a watching brief for his country this summer after being removed from England's World Cup squad after his double failed drugs test was revealed in the media.
ECB protocol left the England team, whose preparations for the World Cup are now verging on the turbulent, looking slightly sheepish and forced Ashley Giles to defend a process which he can't possibly like.
Hales' disastrous week ended with his scheduled return for Notts on their debut at Grantham against Durham being completely washed out due to rain.
The MCC's reputation may take years to reshape
The Australian allrounder made a pressing case for sportspeople being relinquished of complete control of their social media channels with a clumsy post in which he appeared to come out as gay.
The offending item was a picture of himself with housemate Rob Hobbs along with the caption "Birthday dinner with the boyfriend @robjubbsta and my mother @roslyn_carol_faulkner #togetherfor5years".
Teammates soon weighed in to support Faulkner, lending substance to the tone of the Instagram post. The 29-year-old clarified the message, insisting he was not gay, but was criticised for appearing to mock the dilemma of coming out.
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