<i>Different match report</i>

Chaminda Vaas came in to bowl the first ball of the Test against Sri Lanka in Brisbane today (Thursday), I think.
It gets a bit hard to say what happened as the quick disappeared behind a barbecue cooking sausages just as he was approached the wicket.
Judging by the lack of crowd noise there was neither a boundary or a six from the delivery.
Apparently the same thing happened for the next five balls.
The first Test began with journalists, including this correspondent, locked outside the ground by Cricket Australia officials.
Like schoolboys we gathered outside the ground straining for a glimpse of the action through the fence.
Cricket Australia has refused entrance to journalists from The Australian, News Limited's state papers and international agencies because of a dispute over media rights.
While Vaas could be occasionally glimpsed, depending on the position of the sausage cooker, no other players could be seen. Former Test cricketer Doug Walters did make an appearance outside Gate 6 for a cigarette but brought little news and former spinner Colin Miller also stopped for a chat.
The Sri Lankans, rumour has it, had won the toss and elected to put Australia in. A move that cost English captain Nasser Hussein dearly in 2002-03.
Rain interrupted play before the second over could be bowled and word filtered out that Phil Jaques had faced the first six balls. Perhaps the biggest news was that slinger Lasith Malinga was a last minute exclusion for the team.
The visitors' selectors opted for the higher action of Farveez Maharoof. It was an odd decision given that Malinga's low armed action causes a deal of trouble for the uninitiated. His slow ball is delivered from so low and wide batsmen report it becomes lost in the umpires shirt.
We however, continue to lose every ball behind the bbq.
(Peter Lalor is cricket correspondent of The Australian. He was one of several journalists who were not allowed to enter Brisbane's cricket ground Gabba).