Challenging conditions, I think, for batting. We've had a bit of rain this morning, very, very heavy, overcast conditions. Quite cool, actually, at the moment, about 16 degrees. If that sun comes through, the temperature's going to rise, maybe as high as 24 or so degrees. In terms of the pitch, though, we've moved across. This one has been used three times. 72m down the ground, away to my left, 59. Through the covers, if you're a right-handed batsman batting at the Gautam Gambhir stand-in, that's 66m. Now, one man who I would not want to face in these conditions is standing alongside me. What do you reckon about this, Polly, and the overheads? WWardy, I'm 52 years old. I'm sure you could face me at this stage. The condition was, well, it's a bit like an English county circuit kind of feel. If you go down and feel it, it's cold. That's the thing. So normally what happens is the moisture put in overnight burns off with the hot sun that comes down. It's not the case today. If we have a look at what happened in the Indian game when they batted first, they looked like they were going to post maybe 250, but then Scoltz and Erasmus managed to come on and bowl some good deliveries to them and restricted them to 209. But in fact, on this surface, it's got the least amount of turn. 1.6 degrees is all the assistance that the spinners have gone, and the rest of the grounds have been well in and above it. So I think initially it's going to be a little bit tacky, and you're going to get some movement for the faster bowlers. But Aidan Markram was the one who won the toss. He made the decision of bowling first, reckons Shaun Pollock and Ian Ward, in their pitch report
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