Ups and downs

As I drove home last night listening to the England v Australia ODI, I was mentally drafting a Wimbledon post bemoaning the fact that, after 4 days there were no British players left. Then the Scottish lad Andy Murray took my thunder by winning. And winning well in straight sets over the 14th seed Radek Stepanek. It’s a bit early to declare the dawn of a new era in British tennis but well done to the boy, and good luck for Saturday when he’ll play former finalist David Nalbandian.

Back to the cricket and the inevitable happened yesterday as Australia beat England for the first time this summer. We bowled well enough and 267 wasn’t a huge target, but none of the English batsmen really got into the zone. Darren Gough coming in at 10 top scored which says all you need to know. No need to panic just yet though, we should get back to winning against Bangladesh on Sunday and we meet Australia again at Edgbaston on Tuesday. It ain’t over till it’s over.