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11am It's a grim scene in south London, writes Lawrence Booth at The Oval. The covers are on and they are waterlogged, but the Met Office rainfall radar (great toy, by the way) suggests the shower may be passing in the next half-hour. I can't see there being any play before lunch but if the new Oval drainage system is all it's cracked up to be, we may get some cricket some time this afternoon. And that will mean the resumption of Phil Hughes's latest outrageous sortie. He's currently on 134 from 166 balls, and that included a passage of play last night when he was just making sure he was still around at stumps as Middlesex eased to 200 for 2 in reply to Surrey's 388. If you get the chance to see him bat before the Ashes, I urge you to take it.