A "bad, mad half-hour"

Thats a good way of putting it (Nasser did). I'm not sure what was going in Ganguly's head (actually, I do, he was trying to hit his way out of trouble). It was a very strange passage of play. Now, Gambhir is out there, the ball is still moving, and its overcast. Promises to be an interesting passage of play. Prima facie, India are slightly up against it - conditions for batting will get better later if the sun comes out.

And Tendulkar has just treated us to an excellent over of top-class cricketing battle v. Flintoff - an attacking fast bowler vs. an attacking batsman - couple of quiet balls, and then a couple of smashed hits through cover.