Mitchy's back ...

And he still hasn't had a haircut!

Dammit, Mitchy. I'm gonna tell your mum.

So, Twatto will be popping up to have a cuppa and some tim tams with me mum, since he's having a day off; she has asked him - politely - to not bring Dougie with him, though. Dougie is also having a day off, but he frightens the cat and can be a tad light-fingered. Last time he was there, a pack of dominoes went mysteriously missing ...

No surprises in the batting line up. Jimmeh was with the squad training at the WACA today, but I'm pretty sure Ry the Not Jimmeh will play again ... so will Sids be back or will we see some Jimmeh finally?

Crapinfo's "possible" looks like this:

1 Shaun Marsh, 2 Brad Haddin (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Cameron White, 6 Michael Hussey, 7 James Hopes, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Ryan Harris, 11 Clint McKay.

I'd like to see Hads at 5; Mitchy at 2 and Jimmeh at 8.

Don't get me wrong - I'm not starting a campaign for Mitchy as an opener - Watto has well and truly cemented himself and I like having Mitchy, who is swish with a bat, lower down the script - but he has expressed an interest in trying his hand as an opener; Watto is eating tim tams and we do already have two bowlers who are pretty strong batsmen down the order. So why not shake things up a little? What have we got to lose? Punter wants to win the series, well aren't our long term prospects more important that Punter's reputation as a one-day captain? I say let Mitchy have a go; if he's shit - so what?

Shaunie is on home ground and the locals will be wanting to see big things from him tomorrow - let's hope he doesn't disappoint. There must be a fair bit of pressure when the ground your playing at has a stand named after your family. If he was to open with Mitchy, he would find himself the leader of the two openers and that should help his confidence surely?

Well, I'm sure Punter won't listen to me. He rarely does. But we shall what happens on the morrow ...