Englishman Steve Harmison’s wild first delivery of the endlessly hyped Ashes series was calmly caught by his captain, Andrew Flintoff, at second slip. Unfortunately, it was a sign of the nervous, unsure English performance to come. Australia never looked back and the Ashes Rematch was over almost as soon as it had begun.

Crikey readers say:

“Australia vs the World XI cricket matches. The World XI were great players but a rubbish team.” — Jeff Kernahan

“Commonwealth Ga… snore… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.” — Glen Klatovsky.