Ian Higgins

cannot live with them in these conditions.

And most of the dismissals today, frustratingly for this show, were just good deliveries getting guys out.

A couple of dumb things, all good.

That'll happen in innings of cricket.

But today it was about the return of familiar...

shapes and worldy players who have been largely defined as workmanlike battlers by certain corners of the media.

And really, the truth is they're just eons ahead of who they were playing against today.

I love the way that you've conceived that, and maybe it is boring, but if boring is watching my horses execute the highest craftsmanship during my summer while I am walking in and out of rooms, conducting errands, et cetera, exhaling through my nose, trying to manage relationships.

Crop dusters.

Exactly.

Managing relationships and crop dusters.

Exactly, which is what 95% of Australians do, if you're not from here.

There's a kangaroo.

They're a pest.

A delicious meat though.

That's right.

I reserve the right not to really be paying attention as to whether we're bowling well, but I expect that everybody's figures are fucking tidy.

And I expect that when I decide to tune in for three balls, that those balls are at the off fucking bale or we're mixing up their footwork with a plan.

And that's what we saw today.

Now, you know, if you think that's boring, then consider me Miles Davis.