I was criticized a lot for not paying attention to the first two tests in this series. I am more than making up for it by reporting about almost every session in this test, and this has nothing to do with my love for Beau Casson, like hell I don’t even know who he is.
With the Ozzies batting first, this stat would tell you how it started, with the new big daddy of Opening the Batting taking over the islands with elan, too short to even have a lasting impression:
PA Jaques c Ramdin b Taylor 31 (35b 4×4 1×6) SR: …read more

Despite the hype and build up to yesterday’s first day, there was always a nag in the back of my mind, a kind of “impending doom” feeling. And despite only being half awake, not even really believing that it was all about to start, getting over the shock of Giles getting the nod ahead of Panesar, Sky Sports cocking up their coverage of the toss such that we had to guess that Australia had inserted themselves after winning it, after all that, Steve Harmison’s first ball – which was directed squarely at Flintoff at 1st slip for an enormous wide …read more