I've certainly had a quiet chat with (Australia coach) John Buchanan this morning.

But you've still got to go out there and play. Australia won't ever be a bad side. They're always going to find good young batsmen and bowlers to come in. So we've got to do the same.

Australia haven't been put under pressure like this for a number of years,

They (Australia) are a very competitive unit and they play the game in a very competitive manner.

[After the first innings at Old Trafford, Australia's coach, John Buchanan, was asked to explain the rash of over-stepping.] We've put in place different measures to try to address that, ... It's not happening, but we'll keep working at it and hope in the next Test we reach zero tolerance.

Outside, there was that predawn kind of clarity, where the momentum of living has not quite captured the day. The air was not filled with conversation or thought bubbles or laughter or sidelong glances. Everyone was sleeping, all of their ideas and hopes and hidden agendas entangled in the dream world, leaving this world clear and crisp and cold as a bottle of milk in the fridge.