Another great performance by Warnie and the boys today. It was a day game in Jaipur, and having won the toss Warnie decided to make the Knight Riders run around the hot sun for an hour or so. The Royals managed to make 196 despite Smith and Watson getting on 2 between them, which must have made the captain very happy. After that, it was just a question of a disciplined bowling job. Without McCullum and Ponting the Knight Riders batting looks a little toothless – something they more or less admitted when they sent Argarkar in at #3 to try to get some quick runs. Ganguly and Hussey batted OK, but they were not enough, and the Royals won comfortably. Jadeja had another impressive game, getting 33 quick runs and being responsible for two excellent run-outs. I was also impressed with little Swapnil Asnodkar from Goa who made a sparkling 60 at the start of the innings. Warnie is finding some really good youngsters.

There’s not a lot of cricket in England right now because of the rain. Today it was so heavy it even managed to disrupt the satellite feed at times. Now I know what they mean in those “we lost the picture” ads for cable TV (although of course it doesn’t often rain like that in California).