Day One

It begins... The much awaited Ashes series has started.

As has been said by those more knowledgeable than I, Test cricket is all about long term strategic dominance, rather than short term bursts of flair.

This series has all the makings of a nice hard fought series, though the honours at the moment seem to be going Australia's way. I tried to be productive while watching the first session, and sorted lots of things in front of the TV, but watching Langer play this morning was just beautiful.

Go Australia, but just don't let those Poms be good Queenslanders and make you think you will win easily, only to surprise you when they are surprisingly good.