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Live blogging from my bed

Well while Steve is having chedder inspired dreams tonight, you have me tonight... at least until I eventually doze off.

Apparently the pitch has cracks that can get beefy's sausage fingers down them. Warne must be rubbing his hands with glee. And sources close to Test Match Special tell me that KP has been out turning the King of Spain in the nets today. Oh dear. Time for a bit of PMA.

01.27 - And now a massive first ball appeal for caught behind from Fred to Clark. Not out -scraped the pad on the way over. Followed by a bouncer. Fred is bowling like a legend. Who else is in the game? I'm going to bed for sure now. Good night from all at the Collective. See you in the morning.
01.26 - I was just about to say I'm going to bed, then Flintoff bowls Hussey for 86. 407-4. Well there you go. Still on the back foot but at least I can sleep knowing that we have made some progress. The reason I plan to go to bed is because TMS has descended into discussions about pies. I've got a meeting at 10.30 so I want some high quality cricket, not a second-rate meat pie.
01.14 - Ball takes off from a good length. Surely Punter is out? Not given. Hmmm... Lots of staring between Fred and Ponting. This is a little scary. There must be some tasty cracks opening up down there.
01.12 - For those interested in the cricket, the 200 partnership has just come up. Bill Frindell says this is the highest fourth wicket partnership for australia against england in australia.
01.01 - Radio 4 listeners have just returned from the Shipping Forecast. What a weird little thing that is. Today we've got the internet. Sattelite communications. Radio phones. Digital Radio. The whole shebang, but all transmissions on Radio 4 have to be interuppted for someone to tell you about the visibility from a remote, unmanned buoy in the middle of the North Sea. I bet it has no useful purpose anymore, its just the nostalgia of Radio 4 listeners that keep it alive.
In the meantime it is also drinks break and Hussey and Ponting are looking excellent. Time to bring on KP and Dusty Bin.
12.45 - I've been fairly clear about my views on Geoffrey Boycott on this site, but at last he's come on to TMS to speak some sense. Harmy is blowing very hot and very cold and at last someone is saying it. It is not acceptable to be so inconsistent at the top of your profession. And only Geoffrey is saying that while all the others are sympathising with him. We demand more, Stephen. Punter, meanwhile, has just got his 150 of 235 balls.
12.29 - The end of Harmy's first over and the Collective have gone into text overload. First ball wide from the man battered Australia in 2005. Second ball beautiful. Third ball wide to almost second slip again. Fred has to adminster mental surgery to Harmy from mid-off instead of the cordon. I'm thinking that that I should be looking for things on the internet that should help me sleep rather than drive me insane. Where is the wicket going to come from?
12.12 - I'm listening to 5Live extra. There is something wrong. Jeff Thomson is saying that the aussies want England to do well yesterday and is all a bit flat. Fuck off. Don't patronise us!
12.08 - big appeal against Hussey. Only the aussies think it took an inside edge. Ball is swinging round like a banana. Surely it can't be long before Anderson trips over and does a Simon Jones.
12.03 - First over. Five off it. Aussies reach their 350. Anderson on to bowl. Harmy must be wishing he was in the Gallowgate End right now.
12.01 - Hoggy manages to send the first two balls down for dots. Thank the lord!

posted by wes @ 12:07 am