Good start by England. Hope the rain keeps off.
I REALLY want to win this one now. The last few days Ozzie commentators in the press have finally got my goat. I mean, OK, I know they are Australian so a certain, lets be polite and call it self confidence, is to be expected, but Shane Warne in the Times this morning and Darren Lehmann on the BBC have really wound me up. To listen to them you'd think Australia planned to lose the second test and nearly lose the third, and of course they are both sure Australia are going to blow England away now.
I'm a peaceable chap but now I'm hoping for a 3-1 series victory and shoving the ashes up Shane's Gully.
