
Dream start: Graham Onions celebrates taking the wicket of Shane Watson with the first ball of the day on Friday Photo: Stu Forster/Getty It all happened so quickly. One minute Australia's No 5, Michael Clarke, was in a dressing-room armchair reclining to Coldplay on his iPod. The next he was walking to the middle with Graham Onions on a hat-trick. When things go awry for a fielding side, they try to stick to the premise that one wicket can change everything. It rejuvenates bowlers, injecting their muscles with an extra dose of energy and expectation. Related Articles Strauss leads from the front England stamp authority Geoff Lawson: England are transformed The Ashes: video highlights Ricky Ponting on Day 2 at Edgbaston Sport on television It stalls a batting side's momentum, instilling in them a sudden period of introspection. That would have been the gist of Andrew Strauss's team talk on the field before play. Perhaps over-conscious of the need to strike in the two hours of play that was possible on Thursday night, the bowlers had striven too hard.
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