17.30 Time to start. The little kids in white
have exited the field and the umpires, Harper and Rauf, are at their marks.
The New Zealanders are in the field. Out come the South African openers.
Still Smith and Kallis. Mills will open the attack. Sit [...]
1.25pm So Scotland walk out for the anthems
followed by the South Africans and several kids dressed in white. JP Duminy
places his hand on his chest as the anthem plays. The South Africans in
their round-neck jerseys look like they’re out for a morning jog [...]
Netherlands form a cuddle-huddle - they’re really, really fired up for this. Bopara and Wright are the openers. Australia’s Netherlands’ Dirk Nannes has the ball. Here we go…
England’s anthem drones out of the speakers - Swann’s belting it out, good on you Graeme. Collingwood, too, is stretching those vocal chords. Not a whimper from Anderson, [...]
