I was hoping my Australian correspondent was about, but in his absence, some comments from the Adelaide possee…

This e-mail thing might work, it might not. Sir Peter will be there tomorrow to give us his views on the day’s play!

Reginald @ 10:15 - 

Managed to get SkyPlayer working at work

Shane Warne’s teeth are whiter than England’s kit!

Sir Peter @ 10:29 – entitled “just in case you didn’t hate Matty Hayden enough”

“But should England have done what they did with their 12th man and physiotherapist? There is a dramatic difference between the spirit of the game and the laws of the game. There have been many people in the history of cricket, in every aspect of life, who have tended to observe what is the letter of the law, as opposed to what in essence is really right about playing. There is a context to this and it’s about being a little boy and playing the game. You simply play every ball and you just want to keep playing until your mum calls dinner time and then you go inside. You play until you can play no more. When the dinner bell rings and you come inside you’re still arguing the toss because you still want to be playing. So what has changed? Plenty.

It’s not for me to say that England were wrong, or to even to comment on that. I just know that within my heart you want to be challenging yourself. That’s what Test cricket is, and that is what backyard cricket is. When Gary Hayden was playing Matthew Hayden at the Sheep Station Oval, you just wanted to play every ball, and that’s the most important thing in Test-match cricket. To deny that is to deny yourself.”

From Dmitri @ 10:39

I’m dying to know what Sir Ian Asperger’s Botham made of Harmison’s non-selection.

From Reg @ 10:54

Apologies – been having a domestic with my Dublin office

I shall see what happens as the game progresses………….

 

 

From Reg @ 11:29

 

Cook just went fishing again……..half chance to Pontings left

Still, goes in as 4 doesn’t it…….

 

 

From Sir Peter @ 11:53

 

50 up…left hander…

 

 

From Reg @ 12:12

 

Johnson is bowling gash

 

 

From Sir Peter @ 12:33

 

like a ripped out fire place?

 

Cook – flawed but 50 – BetFred hope!

 

 

From Reg @ 12:35

 

Cook just survived an LBW as well but good old technology reckons it was missing off

 

Spin now……….hour and a half into day 1……

 

 

From Reg @ 12:45

 

Now Siddle’s bowling like a c***

Ton Up!

 

 

From Sir Peter @ 13:01

 

It just gets better!

 

 

Lunchtime score – 126/0 – Strauss 47, Cook 67. A great start.