All hail the King of Spain

No, not him. That's right, "targetted" Ashley Giles bowled 26 of the match's least expensive overs and, while doing so, took 3 vital wickets. Good plan Buchanan. I suggest you try plan B.
Of course, Warne's dismissal of Strauss right at the end was a little like the moment in a horror movie when the demonic character, apparently dead, does something truly horrible, but I'm going to stick my neck right out (mmm... can feel the blade already) and say that things are looking pretty good.
Well, aren't they? I really thought that Gilchrist was going to blast away and score 150, and he might have done, had Jones and Flintoff not blasted away the tail at the other end, swinging the ball like they were Waqar and Wasim. Our bowling attack looked pretty handy, I reckon. For a man who doesn't like hitting batsmen, Harmison seems to do so with amazing regularity. Jones has improved remarkably (check out the lovely straight seam on the slow motion replay) and when did Flintoff develop those inswinging yorkers? Shame about Hoggard, but as for the King of Spain... well, I hope commentators the world over consumed extra large portions of humble pie this evening, no condiments allowed.
Now if Warne could just tread on a ball while warming up tomorrow morning...

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