2005 and all that
Thursday 21 July 2005 - First Test, Lord's, day one
They call him Grievous Bodily Harmison. And he makes Australian captains bleed. The seam of a rock-hard cherry scored into Ricky Ponting's cheek: to an Englishman's eyes, it's a pleasing tattoo.
Justin Langer, hopping around at the crease and swatting wildly like a man being attacked by a hornet, also wears plenty. Even Matthew Hayden, the sadistic prison guard to Ponting's waspish governor, isn't spared.
Australia all out for 190. Shame England go and lose seven wickets before stumps. Glenn McGrath wielding the stiletto, the taste of Ponting's blood receding further with every thrust.
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