The test is passing by at a pace. Time is being condensed. 5 days squash into 2. Holes are torn in the fabric. It all begins with the hole left by Steve Waugh – it is no coincidence that he will win the player of the series, in his absence Damien Martyn will accept the award. Jason ‘Dizzy‘ Gilgamesh contains all the history of the earth within his singular being, he is all of history. A dizzying whirlwind of being. At once mythological and firmly grounded in the actual. Clarke’s schoolyard dreams continue to manifest themselves into harsh reality. His imaginary history floats itself over the years, the distance wraps itself around Mumbai and asserts itself in the real. The lines of time are all converging on a single point (Donnie Darko watches on knowingly), the world begins anew tomorrow. This particular series, the series of all series, is drawing to a conclusion.