England Reeling...

Well, we've had the rub of the green up until now, but today has been an almost comically tragic catalogue of catastrophes, starting at 4:50 this morning:

• The England players are woken by their hotel fire alarm, forcing them onto the early morning streets of Leeds.
• Flintoff ruled out of Test at 9:00am.
• At 10:00 am Matt Prior experiences back spasms while warming up playing football, and looks a major doubt at one stage.
• England elect to bat. This is not a criticism - it was a positive and brave decision - but Tuffers called it on TMS when claiming it's "a good toss to lose".
• 2.22 pm - England all out for 102, in 33.5 overs.
• Australia end the day on 196-4. England bowl badly and Anderson is clearly struggling with fitness.

Ouch.