First Test, Day five: England scrape draw

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Indexed  December 20, 2009

England 356 (Swann 81, Harris 5-123) and 228 for 9 (Pietersen 81, Trott 69) drew with South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) and 301 for 6 dec (Amla 100)  Team of the day: South AfricaPlayer of the day: Kevin PietersenWe have done it once and we can do it again: It may have not been the result the England fans wanted or were expecting, but as in Cardiff in the first Ashes test we have clung on and scraped a draw in the first test at Centurion.

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