blog:Live Ashes - England v Australia
We could really do with a wicket before lunch… get Ponting in for an awkward couple of overs… then he’ll have to start again after lunch”
1236 - Aus 38-0 (15 overs)
Katich notices someone moving behind the bowler’s arm… and is then beaten by a beauty from Swann which turns and bounces. Prior, like any chirpy keeper, can’t resist whipping the bails off, even though Katich’s back foot had never left the crease. Kat then gets a thick edge down to third man and picks up three after a sprawling boundary stop by the pursuing Flintoff. Meanwhile, your texts tell us that the rain has arrived in Heathrow, Neasden and Fulham…
From Malcolm, TMS inbox: “Would you mind reporting wickets even if they haven’t fallen? It would help with the mood, and by the time I learn the truth it’ll at least be the weekend.”
After all that business with fake Blue Peter cat names and competitions, I’d probably be out on my ear for reporting ficticious wickets, Malcolm…