great test match looms

What a cracking opening day of a test match this should be.....

Pressure firmly on both camps; lot of feeling between the players on opposite teams; world record crowd; series level; Boxing Day etc......Wow! Fantastic.

One senses that the Poms batting lineup which seemed almost invincible just a week or so ago, has suddenly developed a fragility that they haven't really had time to deal with as a team in match conditions.They are certainly a much more vulnerable unit than they were just a week ago. How they deal with that remains to be seen.

The Aussies on the other hand, have reason to think that they couldn't have played much worse in some respects, and here they are at 1-1.

My interest in cricket has certainly been rejuvenated for the moment.