It was a great morning for a Brit to wake up and check the cricket scores. It is not often that an Australian score of 245 all out is recorded at the Adelaide Oval (indeed, they haven't scored less than 300 in a first innings there since 1993). Still, I had one cause for being disappointed...
I read that there were two run-outs in the Australian innings, and I desperately hoped that one of them would have taken Ricky Ponting's innings. I may be alone in this (although I'd doubt it), but since his rather vocal moaning over his run out to substitute fielder Gary Pratt at Trent Bridge in the 4th Test of the 2005 series, I don't think a cricket series is complete without a 'genuine' Ponting run-out. Complain about that, Ricky.
Of course, the ultimate "Stop winging, Ricky" moment came at The Oval just over a year ago, but I don't think I'll get fed up of seeing further examples. Saying all that, I'll take a golden duck and run-out for Katich and Doherty. And of course, a 245 all out at the Adelaide Oval. Here's to the hope that the England batsmen actually post something of worth tonight...
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