Not a terribly memorable day, this one. England had secured the series 2-0 already, going into this final test, so there was little to play for. The main interest from England's point of view is that this is the last test match before the Ashes, so some interesting selection battles are in their final stages. Andrew Strauss's last chance to impress as captain in particular.A grand total of 2 balls were bowled at Marcus Trescothick before it started to rain, and the players went off. The forecast of showers was not wrong, before lunch it was raining on and off, so that there wasn't a half hour period where the weather didn't change. Most irritating, so there were only about 10-15 overs before lunch.
Any hope that things would settle down after lunch were dashed by England's batting. On a ground that is traditonally good for batsmen, we were rubbish! Giving away some very cheap wickets, we slumped to 173 all out, just after tea. Pakistan went in to bad, and got around halfway to England's total by the end of play, without too many losses. So, Pakistan won the day, but, with the series already England's, it was all too late for them.
After I went to the game, this happened - for the first time ever in a test match. So it wasn't all boring at least.
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