This was quite funny. The photo was taken at the end of lunch but the chairs were up all day. I reckon whoever put them up is a dickhead. But I commend the people who decided not to take them down.

My Mars bar that I traded from Jin. It was actually his originally but I stole his much more valueable Bisc and he offered to give me the Mars bar instead. I put it in my pocket and may have forgotten about it. It was pretty malleable after I discovered it again.

But another Josh Kennedy, from the Carlton Football Club.

I can't believe footy's back already. It only seemed like yesterday I was listening to Australia's thrashing at the hands of the Kiwis, actually is was a little less than a week. This brings me to my first cricket rant of the new version of blogger.

When will the captains learn that you should NEVER take back to back Powerplays if you didn't take any wickets in the first. You might be able to restrict them to about 10 or 15 runs from the first, but if you didn't take any wickets and those two same batsmen are still there, I can guarantee that the next 5 will go for 30 or 40 runs. It's just that confidence and the desperation to take advantage of the Powerplay that clicks in the batsmen's minds. This also applies to extremely dangerous bowling changes. When Stephen Flemming brought on Lou Vincent and only 1 went off his first over, he should have finished the match with figures of 1-0-1-0. Instead he finished with 2-0-23-0. If you're taking a chance, quit while it's a success. Any captain would agree with me. There's the thought of trying him again in hope that he might get a wicket or restrict them again. Yeah, hope all you want. If the bowler can't even be called 'part-time', like Vincent is, there's a very good chance that the batsmen will be more willing to get after them second time round. You can say this is in hindsight, but I see this time and time again.

Now, onto Australia's ever increasing chances of taking home a third successive World Cup. If I was a bookie, I'd look up the odds England had of winning the CB series right after they were bowled out for 110 in Adelaide and then give those same odds to the Australians. I'd be surprised if they can even get through the group stages. Against South Africa, they're in for a real struggle. Lost the one day series against them last year, including that match. Smith, Gibbs, Kallis and Boucher will be the ones to score the bulk of the runs against them while Pollock and Ntini will share at least 6 wickets. Batting first against the Netherlands, Australia will surely rack up 380+ but defending that total is no mean feat, especially if Australia are named overwhelming favourites. The Scottish believe they can win. That's nice to say. I wouldn't put 50 cents on them, but as long as they believe. Good luck to them.