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Maybe sydney was talking from an Australian perspective?

As others have said it's difficult to tell. There are no great sides at the moment, only two or three good sides. I'd reckon us to beat India in England but probably lose away, and SA would be a tight series in either country. In terms of getting to No 1 in the world I'd say it's more important...

These no balls seem to be a real problem. Apparently in the nets they are all constantly bowling no balls; I wonder why Cooley has not done anything about it? It was reported yesterday that in the series so far Australia had bowled 19 no balls to Englands 7. It has now cost them a wicket in each...

For me, Hughes knew it hadn't carried. He should therefore have said as much. By not doing so he's done himself a disservice. With Bell, I accept that the technology isn't perfect, and that he probably did edge it behind, but I don't believe that he knew he had done so; if that was the case...

I think sacking him mid-series would be a mistake, as there's no obvious candidate to replace him (I know Clarke has been touted for a while, but he is horribly out of touch as well and I'm not sure it would help his game to have it dumped on him mid-series). Historically Aussie skippers don't...

I wonder how often the first boundary of an innings is a six? Go Cooky go.

Decent session for the Aussies, after I woke up at 5 to see them 65/4. Need to get one of these two out quick after tea otherwise they could drag the Aussies to a half-competitive score (and will do so at a good rate).

No indeed. Nor any evidence that an extra hour at them in good batting conditions this morning would not have just meant they knocked off another 70 runs for no extra loss, we're both working on conjecture. For me it was a decent gamble. I take your point, but I think we have to factor in that...

I don't think it's fair to say, even if they don't win, that this was the wrong decision. I'm sure Katich and Watson assumed they'd be facing first thing this morning, so putting them out in the field may well have thrown them a bit mentally. Also, if they had been batting all day they may well...

Indeed, I forgot to mention them. Both Johannesburg-born.

Oh gees, not this again. From a quick google search; Basil D’Oliveira (Cape Town, South Afica) Allan Lamb (Cape Province, South Africa) Robin Smith (Durban, South Africa) Graeme Hick (Salisbury, Zimbabwe) Devon Malcolm (Kingston, Jamaica) Gladstone Small (St. George, Barbados) Phillip...

Well played to the all-nighters. I watched the first session and then headed bedwards at 2:00ish. Disappointing first day, mainly because expectations were so high. Strauss and Trott both threw their wickets away to careless shots, and it sounds like the same could be said of Cook and Prior...

I actually LOVE you. England win the toss and bat.