Lauren Filer Will Share the New Ball

Lauren Filer will share the new ball.

Meanwhile, Andy Roberts is off something of a long run (aptly given his name) in the emails.

“Hey James, Andy in FNQ listening along and loving the early start - cricket underway at 9am is a great start to the day! Looking forward to Healy and co. dominating again, feel they have just a bit too much class across the board for England (or anyone else really). HOWEVER...”

(here it comes… gulp)

“I have a bit of a gripe. I love the Guardian OBO coverage, but am frustrated that for cricket in Australia the Guardian consistently displays the score the wrong way around. If I am watching cricket played in Australia, on a Guardian Australian edition page, the wickets really should be BEFORE the runs. I understand that for cricket in England or elsewhere the reverse is true, but this is match is being played in AUSTRALIA and I access the OBO via The Guardian AUSTRALIAN edition. I hope I can count on you to encourage the editors to make the appropriate changes.”

I sort of see what you are saying Andy but my brain, heart, hell, my soul, just won’t allow me to do it the Antipodean way. Talk about an old dog and new tricks, I can barely get myself into matching socks these days man! Next you’ll be asking me to catch with my hands facing upwards and start drinking beer out of miniscule receptacles…. Just kidding cobbah.

There undoubtedly is a reason why we do it this way, to keep it uniform and all that most likely. The Guardian big dog editors will of course all be reading this right now as they discuss my inevitable and hefty pay rise so maybe one of them will be in touch.