Ashes 2005 1st Test (between Eng and Aus) - day 3 - Australia trying everything to stamp their control of the match, England as defiant as can be, Shane Warne marking his run-up - from there on, any doubt of which the side in control was, was dispelled! After watching several very ordinary games of cricket involving the Indians last season, to see cricket of such high quality made it worth the time and effort.
Have always been a wannabe leg-spinner - to see Warne plan his wickets out was beautiful. He bowled some square turners well outside off-stump to young Ian Bell (who was playing Warne for the 1st time in test cricket!), to let him get a good sighter of how much turn he was capable of extracting. Ian Bell responded by coming down the wicket and driving Warne through covers a couple of times, confident that he had gotten a measure of the turn. The Master then bowled one just a little shorter and let it rip straight - Bell was caught with his hand and bat up in the air, and pathetically found lbw in front of the stumps. And then one ball to G. Jones that pitched on the rough well outside leg, cut across the batsman, missed off stump, and Gilchrist collected it near his neck - Bernoulli did his best to describe the dynamics of air resistance on a moving substance, but even he may have been stumped by that one - wow! (actually it was Magnus G., but heck, the title doesn't sound that good without Bernoulli!)
I still am supporting England for the Ashes, but may just be one more case of heart-says-England-mind-says-Australia..hope not..come on, England
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