First Test, Day four: Late wickets leave England reeling

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Indexed  January 17, 2010

The day didn’t begin as badly as I might have feared it would. With Graeme Smith flying and Jacques Kallis just beginning at the close last night, it didn’t look good.Smith only added 21 to his overnight score before he went caught at deep backward-square for 183 by Paul Collingwood off a sho...   See the complete post here

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