Non stop Cricket fiesta today !

From 0800 AM onwards we have the Ashes live. At 0200 PM, the India SA First Test starts. Non stop cricket for about 12 hours !

Now ( at 0840 AM 0, Aussies are struggling at 28/3. Tremlett removed Hughes and Clarke while Anderson claimed Ponting. Collingwood dived to take an astonishing catch off Ponting. Now Hussey and Watson are at the crease. Tremlett, bowling at around 135 kph, moved the ball both ways.

Strauss took a risky decision to bowl first and his decision was proved right, as both Tremlett and Anderson fired.

ZAK or Zaheer Khan may not play in the first Test, due to injury. This series is a fight for supremacy for the top spot in Tests. If ZAK is not fit, who is going to play instead of him is a good question.

The secret weapon of RSA is pace. Rising sharp delivery which will tear into the Indian batsmen, who have a dislike for the fast, short pitched deliveries. Let us see whether the Indian batsmen are prepared enough to handle South African pace.

Meanwhile TC Mathew, President of KCA, is going to meet the CM for the Edakochi Cricket Stadium. Hopkins Architects of London is going to design the Stadium. In 2011, the IPL matches will be on the GCDA Kochi Stadium, which is only a general stadium, not a cricket stadium. The Edakochi Cricket Stadium will be inaugurated in 2012, when the Kochi IPL matches will be played.

Now Aussies are 47/4. Finn removed Shane Watson. English bowlers are bowling superbly, with lateral movement. What is happening to the Australian Empire ?