Australia win the toss.
Ponting talks about all the players that are missing, which is so many they almost miss the start of the game.
Katich and Jacques come out, Katich looks like a 12 year old whose mum has tucked him in whilst rushing out the door.
Katich takes strike, which is odd since he doesn’t usually open.
He nicks the first nut from Fidel Edwards, but painfully it doesn’t reach the keeper, first ball not reaching the keeper, nice start.
For the first 4 overs, the ball seems to spend a bit too much time resting at the rope.
Then Katich Krabs in front of the stumps, and then wafts at the ball outside off giving Edwards a wicket via a top catch by Katich.
Was pretty ordinary by Katich, I know I bag him a lot, but I bag him when he bats like the Krab, this was more a Darren Lehmann stroke when he is on 45, not a make shift opener in the 5th over.
It’s early, and Ponting already looks like Ponting again, he is thrusting his pad at the ball like a 7 year old girl imitating a bull fighter, and slapping wide balls around.
Edwards is onnnnnnnn fire.
Traps Jacques with the plum one.
If Australia weren’t batting at near 6 an over, the Windies would be slaughtering them.
King Probot came in went about accumulation as usual, but he quickly found out that Edwards was onnnnnnnn fire, and reprogrammed himself to survival mode.
An hour in there has already been about 5 grubbers, could be an interesting test if this keeps up.
Darren Powell did some excellent Simon Jones work in almost stopping a quick single, but he managed to fight back from adversary, I think it was an excuse for missing the ball.
Ponting seems to be mining his way through the grubbers, and has some sort of form back, he is still a bit scratchy, but still much better to watch than Vaughn.
Remember when watching a test from the Windies looked like someone had filmed it on a handy cam, it had a certain romantic quality to it, now its clear and perfect, and I don’t like it so much.
Hussey’s strike rate is at English levels.
At the other end Ponting is rolling along.
Just saw that the man with the million dollar back lift and gangsta middle name Runako Morton is playing, I love watching that guy.
Alright I’m going to bed, I’m very glad Ricky has found his mojo, but King Probot can’t hit the ball of the square and its 243 in the AM.
Night.
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