so far – australia workmanlike like england but fitter n more dedicated perhaps. the new australia persist in the pursuit of wkts. the old cunning n twists of skill n sheer presencesre replaced by the most basic plans work hard remain patient keep the faith. pontings (our) onfield captainacy is almost beside the point – it can be discussed interminably but means little. our ricky pontings role is to retain the confidence of his players and build a spirit of dedication. to work and inspire the workers. this series will decisive in his (our) revolution. a great leader doesnt have to be a great strategist. strategysre mapped out on many levels anyway. excaptains n players dont rate us ricky ponting. but they also dont allow for us ricky ponting to learn or develop – because they themselves are unable to learn or develop. already always perfect. our ricky pontings critics flaws are larger than any we ricky ponting retain. the critic who judges something already exisiting as though that existence is complete is never wise. the wise reserve judgment and analyse only the future or the movements which open the future up. we ricky ponting call for gashes in time n a break in the weather. shouldve ducked or let it go. australias battings been perfect.

crickets mechanism

as the ashberys accumulate

clara accumulates

similarly the ball accumulates

runs are a mechanically produced stat

that is a stat with soul

produces sony

amalgams proliferate. particular amalgams repeat. particular amalgams sweep up other entities and the other amalgams theyre involved in. amalgams drop off, entities get left behind. clustersre forming all the time.

particular amalgams grow almost uncontrollably. have an attraction. the ashberys. clara. always the ball – it is designated this way. designation marks the end of free accumulation. it is practically true the ashberys are designated as attractive as well. clara as yet is not subject to designation and continues to freely accumulate.

nice to see warno back in the fold

we ricky ponting love to beat poms. we ricky ponting love the ashberys. there is so much behind this competition. entire empires, botham and stewart (alec)… all manner of vengeance, pride, humour, fetish, prejudice, moronic silliness n one upmanship. our ricky pontings designated patriotism. it is no easy thing for ricky ponting to admit how smart strauss was looking at the press conference in which, with such honesty and respect, he gave full support to flintoff. very much in contrast to the way we ricky ponting dealt with the symonds issue. symonds offers an alternative to us ricky ponting. the end of country, the freelance cricketer. ipl brings out the mercenaries. the ashberys the patriots. in my andrew symonds utopia the ashberys are contested between the ahmedabad rockets v the chennai super kings. 5 test series

for now we ricky ponting are familiar with england v australia. the basic cluster is surrounded by expectation. we ricky ponting are more familiar with australia than england. we ricky ponting are not as familiar with australia as we ricky ponting are used to. there is a lot of expectation and no certainty as to what may transpire – has mcgrath muttered a prediciton? new faces nascent beards. warno in a new body. expanses of nothingness plugging absences Рandrew mcdonald. clarke in a new abominable configuration – clara (or clare?) additions are possible the prince of macksville appends to the prince of POS / bing lee clearly extends bingle. relations come about in all manner of ways. they hold together or fall apart to rise again or never be again. warno never was but is again. bananas hemulens n the smaller less secure people of winter. hughes. we cadel evans though that representation can be refused. wales. bring on sophia gardens its some way from lords.