02:19

Hello world. I’m afraid the status update from the press box at the SCG is much as it was: mizzle... persistent mizzle. Plenty of people are on the ground looking around and none of them have umbrellas, but while this persists, the status quo will prevail.



Thanks to Geoffers for a predictably entertaining rain OBO. That’s the third of those he has steered over the last two Tests, and as he says himself, it’s where he does his finest work. Stick with me over the next couple of hours and we’ll make our own fun, yeah?

To begin, the formalities. We can email and we and tweet. I will give you my phone number if you want. My first email address related to the fact that I ran an Anna Kournikova fan site when I was a mid-teen. Have that too, if you ask nicely.

In fact, why don’t we start there? This is always good at parties (read, nightclub balconies). What was your first email address? If you from the Gen Y side of the divide, I’m tipping it was an absolute shocker. Did it have a cricket bent? Many of my passwords still include “139” as a consequence of Mark Waugh’s debut. Reveal all to me.

