Dubai dhamaka

I've just woken up and checked out the Pakistan-Australia one-day international in Dubai. First impressions: beautiful stadium, great outfield, real noisy crowd, tons of atmosphere. This could be a good place for Pakistan to play their international games during their 'exile'. The stadium isn't full by any means (there are lots of empty stands), and its not clear the attendance will be sustained over all games, but the feel of the place is good. And as I've been watching IPL over the past couple of days, the comparison between the two is fairly easy to make: there is a crackle in this game that hasn't been available in any of the IPL games. (Marsh's runout has just sparked a huge roar - don't think I've heard a Pakistani stadium this noisy in a while!).