Today's Torygraph report on yesterday's ODI noted that Monty came on as 6th change. This was taken to indicate that Monty was NOT considered a first-XI player. I also heard / read elsewhere that Monty only got to bowl at 6th change because Vaughan and Flintoff left the field: Collingwood apparently made the change immediately!

Another observation I noted this morning was to the effect that Nathan Bracken had shown the way to bowl on the pitch in question... but that only Collingwood (hmmm, same "thinking" player) had shown the gumption to heed the masterclass: are the rest simply incapable of bowling cutters? I hope not!