I agree, of course, although I was at Lord's today and I'm genuinely excited about Monty Panesar. He was getting (a little, but some) turn on a reasonably even pitch, and more excitingly was repeatedly pitching it on a dime. His two wickets was arguably scant reward, and it was incomprehensible that the otherwise impressive substitute captain Flintoff didn't bowl him til the second innings and only after the part-timer Collingwood.

TCH