Team of the day: England...just!Player of the day: Jacques KallisAndrew Strauss elected to bowl after winning the toss, citing the good overcast conditions and the patches of green on the wicket as the reasons for his decision.He also revealed that Paul Collingwood was to participate after his finger injury, meaning an unchanged England eleven took to the field.I take it back about South...
England 356 (Swann 81, Harris 5-123) and 11 for 1 (Cook 4*, Anderson 6*) need another 353 runs to beat South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) and 301 for 6 dec (Amla 100) Team of the day: South AfricaPlayer of the day: Hashim AmlaWe got off to a brilliant start in our bid to dismiss South Africa this morning taking South African captain fantastic Graeme Smith for just 12, Jacques Kalli...
The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
South Africa took control of the first Test against India in Nagpur on Saturday with stunning centuries from Jacques Kallis (159* off 290 balls) and Hashim Amla (115* off 225), ending the day on an imposing 291/2.It was a topsy-turvy old day for India, beginning badly with an injury to allrounder Rohit Sharma in the morning warm-up session which put him out of the Test. That left India with two de...
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