The lads welcomed me back into the dressing room and I just wish I could have come up with more than the one wicket on my first day.
Mind you, I did enjoy getting Matthew Hayden out. Nothing personal, you understand, but my need was greater than his at that stage with Australia 158 for nought and I was willing Marcus Trescothick to dive forward and take that catch.
I've been bowling pretty well for Middlesex all season, getting my fair share of wickets and feeling confident.
But it doesn't matter how experienced you are, it is still a big step up going from county cricket to Test cricket and you have to work your way back into it.
I wasn't the only person out there on the comeback trail, of course. My old Middlesex team-mate, Justin Langer, also had to start from scratch again, although he has only been out of the Australian side for a few months.
Fair play to JL, he batted really well after getting away with a few wafts early on and the six he hit off me certainly travelled.
I bowled a poor over to him after tea when he hit me for three fours to reach his hundred. But other than that I felt I sent down very little loose stuff and generally landed the ball in the right areas. Trouble was, they just kept walloping it.
What I needed was for one or two little batpads and miscues to go to hand but it wasn't to be yesterday.
JL's day didn't end too happily, of course, when he was hit on the side of the helmet by an Andy Caddick bouncer. He's a tough boy, though, and it was good to see him back on his feet and looking chirpy again last night.
Now we've got to make sure we are still standing and feeling strong by close of play tonight.
