Roll on 2009!

Not a lot to say really, we have been soundly beaten by a much better organised side. The first hour was hugely enjoyable as Freddy got himself into some kind of form with a quick fire 50, hitting Lee for 13 in one over and then Clark for three consecutive fours in the next. After he got out, surprise, surprise we were skittled very quickly, losing the last 5 for 14 runs.

You should make a note to watch the highlights tonight if anything for Jones the Glove's dismissal. In medieval times, they would have put him in the stocks and pelted him with rotten veg for a week....unbelievable it was. If any of the Chobham boys did that, they would struggle to be picked the following week! It was shocking to see such amateurness at the top level.

The only talking point after the game was the rather excessive celebrations that Fat boy Warne did in front of the Barmy army...perhaps being harrangued for the loss of his hair and his wife for the last four weeks had wound him up a little!

The only consolation is that in 2009, Bell, Cook, KP, Strauss will be fully fledged test cricketers, whilst the Aussies will be looking for replacements for Hayden, Langer, Martyn, McGrath, Lee, Warne and Gilchrist. Perhaps by then Lord Vaughan will have had his knees replaced and we can get back to the natural order of things!

Carry on up the Monty