Third Test, Day five: England hold on...again

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Indexed  January 17, 2010

It seems all of a sudden we have a remarkable knack of holding on for draws in tests which we have no right to save, at Cardiff in the Ashes and at Centurion in the first test of this series.Today’s remarkable result is very much down to the focussed batt...   See the complete post here

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