Even in the middle of a family Christmas in Yorkshire there will be a time when I will be taking a mental stroll to the MCG. There is no better walk in the world than the Boxing Day stroll across Fitzroy Gardens to the G and this year with India in town there is lots to contemplate.As Boxing Day morning dawns in Australia, and Christmas Day in England has had its energy sapped, I will be wondering if Ricky Ponting will still be an Australian Test cricketer by the end of the Test series, whether Sachin Tendulkar will choose the MCG as the place for his 100th India century (my money is on Adelaide), and whether the old curmudgeon Duncan Fletcher, now coach of India, will gain revenge for the 5-0 Australia whitewash that hastened his removal as England coach.
The headlines might tempt you to imagine that not much has changed in the years since Fletcher's England reign turned sour. Then Shane Warne was talking about how he had bowled out England. Now Warne is still talking about taking wickets, only these days he has taken the art a stage further and is predicting his wickets on microphone.
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