1 for 268. Great.
No really. It is. I've no hankering for a close contest. The Poms time'll come again. And when they finally win an Ashes series they'll absolutely give it to us! Remember the first Test in 1997? They won by nine wickets and their papers went berserk. Let's lap it up while we can.
So permit me a bout of pre-hatched chicken counting.
It's the first Test of a new Ashes series. Nasser Hussain wins the toss and sends us in, for cryin' out loud. The Poms haven't done that since Len Hutton in 1954. Then we only made a measly 500 in the first innings.
Today the Aussies were 2 for 364 at the end of the first day. Jones has done a knee - out for six months. Gough's already has a bad knee - who knows when he'll be right. Flintoff had a hernia operation about a month ago - the selectors are upset that he isn't ready. If Vaughan bats like he fields he'll get run out without facing a ball in both innings.
Jesus Bloody Johnston! Good start!
To quote Jonathan Agnew:
"It's bordering on the impossible to describe."
Umpire Morgan Freeman couldn't stifle a massive yawn.
Things are looking up though. I've got a day off tomorrow.
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