An Edgy Start

Ed Cowan feels the pain of the first ball outside edge - not the first or last top order batsman to be gone before his eyes have adjusted to the light.

Probe Biotic

Ed Cowan, the thinking man's probebot, gets on the front foot for a new season of watching the ball closely.

Steady Eddie Goes The Distance

It is hard not to smile along with Ed Cowan. It was no soft century but a statement of mental strength. As the man himself said " I guess it provides clarity on the biggest stage" - or as the best openers have always known, you just have to play the next ball.

When 50 Matters

Steady Eddy and The Punter put their backs to the wall and ground out a couple of very important 50's. Just what you would expect from a couple of Diggers on Anzac Day.

This image adjusted with the help of Photoshop CS5.

The Snick Not Heard Around The World

How Van Gough might have viewed Ed Cowan's dodgy dismissal on Boxing Day.

If you want even more angst and anger concerning the DRS and it's absence,  go no further than JRod's and We'll Have A Bowl's latest posts.

Good Luck Ed

I wish Ed Cowan well, but it would pay for him to remember that he is there because the powers that be had little patience with the last lot of "new blood".

Remind any one of the Aussie selectors search for a spinner?