England v Australia, first ODI: live Graeme: "Checked into your excellent blog in the hope of seeing some good news and nothing, nada, zilch appears to be happening. Still, taking the lead from Matt's excellent cartoon this morning there is always a bright side. At least we haven't suffered another batting failure today, yet! 11.50 There will be an inspection at 1pm. So hold onto your hats (and umbrellas). @Yorkshireccc: "The umpires are out and inspecting the ground as the rain eases up #Hopeful." Judging from the picture attached to that tweet, it's an interesting new take on the word "hopeful." 11.35 It's our pal Giles Ripley, who writes: "Bad news I am afraid with the rain. Here is the latest Home and Dry image. There is a low pressure sitting static on top of Leeds at the moment, and the rain is going to be fairly constant for most of the day. 11.20 I understand that we would need to get on by 3.22pm in order to have a 20-over match. Peter Rowntree: "It's 5 am here but I didn't get up for the cricket my wife woke me up as she went off to Bogota for her last day of hospital treatment. Has Malahide changed everything? Perhaps with a view to tomorrow's stars -what will the selectors be thinking now? Carberry, Ballance, Taylor the nub of the top order that scored so many runs against Bangladesh A all failed. Will Morgs and Bopara now come into the selectors thinking for the winter if they continue to have a good ODI series? Will 'Tredders' make it as the second spinner? Is Finn's tour place under pressure from Rankin? So many intriguing questions for the ODI series to answer. And what do we have but good old rain which doesn't answer any of this. Something else - Lions coaches must be getting worried, only Young player who has emerged from their programme in the last few years and actually nailed a place is Joe Root. Not much to show for all the work and expense. 11.00 Still nothing to report from Leeds, other than rain. Ken Andrew: "Can I be the first to get my "grim 'oop North" in before anyone else ? But on the plus side more rain will really rankle our Aussie chums. Wahaay! 10.27 We're done with Knighty yakking to Greg Blewett and we're firmly into the replayed highlights of previous matches between these two teams bit. So, good news and bad news, really. 10.16 And the scheduled start-time comes and goes with the covers firmly in place. 10.14 Not that you'll be watching an A, B, C or DD team at the current rate of progress. Weather still grim. 10.10 On that note, I've noticed quite an interesting divide. A lot of cricket journos seem to be of the opinion that it's a nice chance to watch developing talent and see how the stars of tomorrow are shaping up. People who, you know, actually have to pay for the tickets quite justifiably feel that this is a 'vote Blair get Brown' situation. If you've forked out for a ticket expecting to watch England's star names - and perhaps you only go to one or two games a year - then you're going to feel cheated to watch the 'B' team. 09.50 Feel very sorry for Yorkshire, this sort of thing really kicks a county in the financial knackers. Hopefully we can get some sort of game in at some point. If the players do get on the park, there are some interesting selection questions afoot. Alastair Cook, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Graeme Swann and Stuart Broad have been rested, and there's been a healthy debate as to whether that gives spectators a fair crack of the whip. 09.45 Good morning. But not good news, I'm afraid. It's not looking promising. At time of writing, it is pouring in Leeds and the outfield is sodden. Whatever else may or may not happen, we definitely won't be starting on time (that would have been 10.15am). I will bring you any news as soon as I have it.