England's summer started well and is finishing well with a young all-rounder cementing his place for future tests, says Frank Gregan.

In a summer of miserable weather, there have been some bright spots for English cricket. Winning the test series against New Zealand 2-0 and the hammering currently being dished out to South Africa in the one day series are the pick of the results but even more encouraging is how the new regime has hit the ground running.