damian3rd Ashes test - Day 1 wrap
July 31st 2009 07:21
With Phillip Hughes tweeting loudly as he was pushed out of the nest, it was time for Shane Watson to take up the ugly stick and beat the Poms around the head a little.
"I thought he would fly" said coach Tim Nielsen of Hughes treatment at the hands of the selectors. Hughes responded by twittering the first 160 characters of War and Peace, before retreating to the corner to suck his thumb.
While Selector Merv Hughes had long been suspicious of Hughes technique both against the short ball and when tackling the famous Lords warm chicken salad, Brad Haddin's exit from the team before a ball had been bowled was somewhat of a surprise. Well, a surprise to Haddin, at least, who never saw it coming until Graham Manou congratulated him on his wicketkeeping performance in the second test with a handshake that broke Haddin's finger.
Manou later denied any involvement, and claimed he had merely offered a wet fish handshake, which Merv Hughes had mistaken for a real fish. Before you knew it, one thing had led to another, and Merv had his chompers firmly around Haddin's digit.
After the rain, and a false alarm from Noah, who rocked up with his ark to take two English cricketers on board only to find that super soppers were more advanced than back in JC's day, the two teams finally got down to hostilities, and Simon Katich was the main aggressor, hitting the ball like it was Michael Clarke. Graeme Swann eventually proved to be his undoing, however Watson and Ponting survived until stumps and will resume again on day 2 looking to stamp the map of Tasmania on the cricketing map.
"I thought he would fly" said coach Tim Nielsen of Hughes treatment at the hands of the selectors. Hughes responded by twittering the first 160 characters of War and Peace, before retreating to the corner to suck his thumb.
While Selector Merv Hughes had long been suspicious of Hughes technique both against the short ball and when tackling the famous Lords warm chicken salad, Brad Haddin's exit from the team before a ball had been bowled was somewhat of a surprise. Well, a surprise to Haddin, at least, who never saw it coming until Graham Manou congratulated him on his wicketkeeping performance in the second test with a handshake that broke Haddin's finger.
Manou later denied any involvement, and claimed he had merely offered a wet fish handshake, which Merv Hughes had mistaken for a real fish. Before you knew it, one thing had led to another, and Merv had his chompers firmly around Haddin's digit.
After the rain, and a false alarm from Noah, who rocked up with his ark to take two English cricketers on board only to find that super soppers were more advanced than back in JC's day, the two teams finally got down to hostilities, and Simon Katich was the main aggressor, hitting the ball like it was Michael Clarke. Graeme Swann eventually proved to be his undoing, however Watson and Ponting survived until stumps and will resume again on day 2 looking to stamp the map of Tasmania on the cricketing map.
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