Mark Hudson

After getting off to a shaky start, Hurricanes opener Ben McDermott got to the ground with a huge six that soared into the atmosphere at Melbourne's stadium. The cameraman struggled to pick up the ball and, after panning down to the fielders below, it became apparent that there might be a problem. The ball was caught in the steelworks in spectacular scenes on the roof of Melbourne's main stadium.

After less than four months in office, Mark Hudson was fired as Cardiff boss, but he has outlined the challenges he faced as a result of losing his first permanent managerial job. When considering the EFL campaign as a whole, it may be that sacking silly season will be the overarching theme, ahead of even the Hollywood-like drama of the play-offs, or how Vincent Kompany reimagined Burnley or that Plymouth romped to a century of points.

LEWIS STEELE: As the Football League returned from its World Cup hiatus last month, Sportsmail published a column in which each division addressed the promotion and relegation fights. Unlike previous years, League Two does not have a basket-case team,' it read. It's time to rewrite that argument. Crawley Town (pictured): Welcome to the band of basket cases. Macclesfield, Southend, Oldham, Bury, and Scunthorpe fans deserve a bit more. We know the script: a lack of judgement by a charlatan owner and, in the correct direction, a team that is ineffective enough to stay in the Football League. In a revealing chat with Sportsmail, owner Preston Johnson, the maker of a cryptocurrency sports company, says, 'It's been a tough first year.' We were thrown into the deep end and have been trying to learn to swim on the fly for the first time ever.' Crawley is flopping against the tide without a life raft and is in danger of sinking.