SIR - According to Gary Lorriman, Sir Ming' Campbell should have known that for English schools, football and cricket are not summer alternatives.

But Ming' is a Scot, born and brought up in Glasgow where football is the game of choice for all 12 months of the year so he could be forgiven, perhaps, for assuming the same in England.

Cricket is a minority but well supported activity across the whole of Scotland. I played for several years in the North of Scotland League where many of the clubs were founded in the 19th century with grounds like Huntly's, which differs little from the Nevill in Tunbridge Wells, or Ross County's in Strathpeffer which, with its rustic pavilion and wooded location, is as picturesque as any in the English shires.

We had a fixture with Gordonstoun, which as a public school did indeed mean cricket in the summer, and perhaps Ming had this in mind when he made his comments.

Either way, this is yet another example of the extent of the mutual misunderstanding which plagues the relationship between the two countries.

I can excuse Mr Lorriman for his ignorance but Ming should know better if he is to prove himself as the leader of a UK-wide political party.

Brian Holmans, Langley Road, Bingley