Aus v Eng ODI series

[Arthur Crabtree]

Cricinfo has Willey in for Wood, and Australia unchanged. I expect (and hope) England will give all their squad at least three games each.

[Arthur Crabtree]

AM start.

[GarlicJam]

AM start.

Yeah, that's good stuff.its about 7.30 start for us. Very reasonable.

[Aidan11]

Damp and drizzling at the ground at the moment.

[Aidan11]

No surprise the toss has been delayed.

[rich1uk]

all the covers are off and the sun is out but its going to be another hour before the game starts

no-one seems to know why it needs so long for the ground to be playable

and even more bizarrely because they are giving it an hour its now a 49 over game instead of the full 50 overs

[rich1uk]

they are showing a film of a charity game played as part of Botham's 60th birthday and McGrath was out caught and bowled by piers morgan

[rich1uk]

that really was a who's who of world cricket at that event , for all the criticism Botham gets at times it shows how highly regarded he is in the cricket world that they turn up for an event like that

[rich1uk]

hmmm wood rested and is replaced by plunkett

surprised they didn't try to get david willey in

[ianp1970]

hmmm wood rested and is replaced by plunkett

surprised they didn't try to get david willey in

[rich1uk]

warner off injured from the first delivery he faced

[ianp1970]

Good start from Woakes, looks like bowler friendly conditions.

[rich1uk]

Good start from Woakes, looks like bowler friendly conditions.

very , need a couple of wickets whilst its nipping around as the white ball wont do that for long , even with a new ball at either end

[hopeforthebest]

Finn is close to no balling with almost every delivery.

[rich1uk]

this is actually a pretty good start from Australia considering the conditions and losing warner in the first over to that injury