Now we're cooking....the neighbours must have thought we were killing the Christmas turkey for the first three overs last night, as each squawk got louder and more indistinct!

After the positive, but slightly dull, batfest of the first test, this has got my hopes up.

It did occur to me that the Aussies may have been given the wrong printing of the phrase, "If there's grass on the wicket, don't play cricket!"