This was the game we’d been waiting to play all season – playing the team with girls from the Queensland woman’s squad.

This last week, I’d been obsessing over the upcoming club game (as well as the Ashes, of course). This was the second half of a two day game we desperately needed to win. Our team was languishing fifth in a six team competition where only the top 3 qualified for the finals.

The Ashes begins in just a few hours. The Australian squad hasn’t even been named yet.

The Ashes starts in a few days so I’d better get my club cricket blog post out of the way! This week, we played a two-dayer against the team we thrashed in the one-dayers . I tried to dial down any overconfidence by reminding our team they were still above us on the ladder. We lost the toss and were sent in (again, our teammates were perplexed by this decision – who doesn’t bat upon winning the toss?!) As the captain pencilled in the batting order, several voices suggested I bat at #3

It’s a somewhat futile exercise micro-analysing the Australians’ form in a single tour game, as if the destiny of the Ashes depends on a single innings. However, as the 1st Test doesn’t start until for another 3 days, well, I’ve got nothing better to do

The exciting news for Australia heading into the 1st Ashes Test next Wednesday is Brett Lee has got his groove back.