Captain's Log: Trent Bridge - Day 1

Dhoni should be standing up to Praveen Kumar. I won't say it again. Promise. I'll try. I really will. (That LBW call against Pietersen shows why)

Ian Chappell quoth : "a bowl-first decision is vindicated by 4 wickets at lunch and an all out on the first day (given the fact that you give up the fourth-innings advantage)". Dunno where he said it, but I remember it, and it sounds right.

0848AM EDT: Pietersen gone after lunch. Nice fast bowler's dismissal - Sree again. When this kid can hold his noggin' together, he can be a handful.

0945AM EDT: I missed logging the Kumar dismissals but this Sree ball to get rid of Prior has finally woken me up. Jeez, what a beauty.

Two bits of gratuitous advice for Trent Bridge

In no particular order: Bring back Sreesanth; set attacking fields for Harbhajan (including a silly-point, a backward short-leg and a silly mid-off).

Oh, what the heck, one more: stand up to Praveen Kumar.

Praveen Kumar, easily scorned, will kick your ass

Surest Prediction for the summer: Praveen Kumar will make the scorners, the disdainers, eat their words. The man was born to bowl in English conditions.