Michael in the middle(-worma)

After the umpires *permitted* one Mr Lara to make some runs this time around, Australia too had a good start. And then came the usual middle order failure, which has become quite frequent in recent times.

But atleast Hussey is continuing the good form he showed at the top. Its early yet, but it does look like atleast one worthy replacement has been found in the post Ashes shake-up. While Symonds was scratchy...and it looks tough for him to make the cut in test matches.

And now, with a reasonably good performance by their pace bowlers, WI finally has some chance in the match. Unfortunately (and not surprisingly?) this is the so called dead rubber match. But still...should do well for the WI confidence.