Jayasuriya and Dilshan walk out. Pakistan team huddle
together. Dilshan will take first strike. Sohail Tanvir will bowl from the
Nursery End. Two slips in, here we go.
1.26pm National anthems on. The Sri Lanka and
Pakistan players stand alternatively next to each other. Meaning it’s [...]
Right. We’re nearly ready for the off. Andrew Miller
and George Binoy are my two colleagues at Trent Bridge. Dale Steyn’s opening
and it’ll be Ravi Bopara to face the first ball. What an atmosphere
Anthem watch (Eng) This is rousing. Mascarenhas
looks confused; Foster and [...]
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, [...]
