We’re fairly sure this video from Puma, featuring Freddie Flintoff, isn’t of a real product but an attempt to get a rise out of the Aussies by implying they don’t have much to be rising, so to speak.
No rain forecast for today. Click through for links to detailed forecasts.
“Asked about his IPL experiences [Paul Collingwood] described how he spoke to his Delhi team-mate Virender Sehwag. He expected grand tactical thoughts from Sehwag about how to play Twenty20. Collingwood was to be very surprised. The secret of Twenty20 cricket, according to Sehwag, was very simple: ‘Watch ball, hit ball’” – BBC Sport editor Mihir Bose reports on the Guildhall dinner to mark the start of the World Twenty20.
The BBC has sunny intervals this morning with a heavy shower around lunchtime, going back to sunny intervals in the afternoon. The Met Office has heavy showers up to lunchtime followed by a drier afternoon. Click through for links to forecasts.
“Ground staff at Edgbaston have been working through the night in an attempt to get the ground ready for the start of the third Ashes Test. Torrential rain in the Midlands has soaked the outfield and with further rain forecast for Thursday morning, there could be a delayed start. The Met Office has predicted a day of sunshine and heavy showers” – BBC Sport preview of the first day of the Third Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
“When you’ve been a regular and it suddenly gets taken away from you, you realise how much it really means. You do a lot of thinking about what you want to do when you get that next opportunity. This is an opportunity I didn’t think I was going to get this summer and one I hope I can take with both hands” – Ian Bell
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