All square after the Gabba

After a few days of getting up between 4am and 5am I'm beginning to think that I'm living in a different time zone. The reason, the Ashes. After three days England's back was up against the wall, we trailed by more than 200 and it seemed iyt would be an uphill task just to make the Aussies bat again.

Enter Strauss, Cook and Trott, all of whom went on to make centuries.

Cook in fact broke the highest total record at the Gabba, his 225 not out, overtakes Bradman's long standing record. Trott,quietly goes on accumulating runs. England got into a position where they couldn't lose, and then declared. The wicket was flat and offered little help to the spinners. Nevertheless England's comeback suggests the momentum is with us, as the squads head to Adelaide.

The key question is whether either of the two teams can manage to take twenty wickets to win a match. For England that means one thing, will the wicket take spin, and if so can Graeme Swann repeat the form that he has shown on English wickets to the tracks in Australia.

A few days rest before it all starts again on Friday..

Away from the cricket, Sunday offered the chance to watch the East Anglian derby, Norwich City against the old farm enemy, now renamed " Roy Keane's Ipswich". Not sure how I started to take an interest in Norwich's results , but they've become my football league team, and the chance to hear updates on our regional TV helps. On Sunday the Canaries secured the bragging rights with a 4-1 victory, with Grant Holt bagging a hat trick.