devestated...

the european version of e.a. sports cricket 2005 failed to work on andre's u.s. play station. not sure what the deal was, but it felt like i took a googly right in the groin. it was really going to be the highlight of the fall gaming season for me and now i will not be able to "pad up for the ashes". brutal. anyway in other cricket related news:

Pakistan took the honours on day three of the first Test against England even though Younis Khan fell late on to leave them on 125-2, still 19 behind.

Marcus Trescothick made 193 as England were all out for 418, a lead of 144, after starting the day on 253-3.

The stand-in captain was one of Shabbir Ahmed's four victims as only Andrew Flintoff (45) gave him real support.

Steve Harmison removed Shoaib Malik but Salman Butt was unbeaten on 53, recording his second fifty of the game.

Despite that, England were expecting to be in a much stronger position and could still be left with an awkward fourth-innings total to chase.

It looked like being so much better when nightwatchman Matthew Hoggard and Trescothick started the morning comfortably.

But Shoaib Akhtar produced a good-length delivery 30 minutes into the session which Hoggard edged behind and Kevin Pietersen's poor run continued to set England back further.

Pietersen, with no warm-up form to speak of, was undone by a Danish Kaneria googly which he edged to Butt at short-leg and he was out for five.