Well bowled

OK, so when exactly did Matthew Hoggard learn to bowl reverse swing? I admit that I haven't watched much cricket live on TV over the past couple of years, but I'm pretty sure that he never bowled a ball which swung in (to a right hander) before. Is this something new? If he has learned the art (the magic), he may well have become a complete bowler. Anyway, the important thing is that he blew away the India middle order this morning. I was mighty surprised when I logged on this morning and saw that he'd done so. Mighty surprised and mighty pleased. And what about Monty? What a debut, after all the doubts about him. Not only did he hold up one end yesterday while Collingwood added about 60 runs at the other but then he comes out today and bowls a lot of very tight overs, picking up the dream debut wicket of the (once) mighty Sachin and then bowling Kaif with what sounds as if it was a perfect delivery right at the end.
It's going to be interesting to see how the batsmen get on tomorrow. Will Pietersen go big? He usually performs when people start muttering that he may not be worth his place in the side. Certainly today's performance must have done wonders for the team's confidence. I, for one, thought that they were out of the game yesterday morning. Now they look as if they could be very, very slight favourites. Ohmigod. I shouldn't tempt fate. Either way, they're competing, when they weren't expected to. That's already a victory of sorts.