Just before the mid-afternoon drinks interval the TV cameras panned to Andy Flower down on the boundary edge, talking earnestly to England's twelfth man, Chris Woakes. Now he may have been chatting about Birmingham City's 1-0 triumph over Yeovil Town on Saturday but probably not.
Australia were racing along; they would be 80 without loss after 20 overs when Woakes went out with the drinks. The match was slipping away and soon Woakes, wearing the preposterous yellow bibs that the ICC insist upon, could be seen out on the field talking to England's vice-captain, Matt Prior, during the break in play. This was more than enough to prompt Shane Warne to tweet; it does not take much. He said: "Eng coach now sending messages out to Cook. Is it the Under 10s? Mmmmm."