This is what we need from Freddie today.
Oliver Brett on BBC Sport discusses what is up with Ravi Bopara. So far he has looked nothing like a number three. This continues to be a problem position for England. Ian Bell scored a hundred for Warwickshire yesterday just to give the selectors a nudge. Is he really the answer though?
The problem England may have for the next test however is the fitness of Kevin Pietersen. He has consistently been troubled by an achilles injury most of the summer. It worries me when players are sent out to play five day test cricket after a series of injections. In KP's case surely rest is the only answer?
If England are bold enough to not play KP then maybe Rob Key could be the answer?
He finished on 270 yesterday and has the attitude to take on the Australians. I'm sure he's love to take on Mitchell Johnson at the moment. Australia'a premier fast bowler served up another day of random deliveries yesterday.
Ian Chappell commented in the Times that '...Johnson is looking increasingly like a bowler who has tried to incorporate a new delivery [the inswinger] into his armoury and in doing so has lost his natural action.'
Simon Hughes reports that '...Johnson began badly, with a leg-stump half-volley to Alastair Cook, and things went downhill from there. He was either too short or too full and his line was all over the place. '
Homer Johnson see's another full toss despatched to the boundary
Expect England to bat for a few overs today before declaring.
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