South Africa vs England | 4th test | Johannesburg | 14th-18th Jan 2010

[James]

your new avatar

too big of course

although as if to celebrate this miserable defeat, if someone can find me an avatar sized picture of KP looking hopeless, I will gladly change it to that. one time offer that expires at midnight tonight!

 

[Lethal]

Swann departs.

Steyn takes the wicket.

134-8.

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

one of his best shots.

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

too big of course

although as if to celebrate this miserable defeat, if someone can find me an avatar sized picture of KP looking hopeless, I will gladly change it to that. one time offer that expires at midnight tonight!

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

Series will always be remembered for the reviews fiasco! One such is:

what a howler by the umpire!

 

[WithLoveFromCanada]

and for this - twice:

 

[James]

Last Bat PD Collingwood c Morkel b Duminy 71 (139m 88b 12x4 1x6) SR: 80.68

Series aggregate of 344 at average 57, awesome

 

[ShehryarK]

Well played SA for winning by an innings.

Like the Ashes, England won many of the crucial sessions in this series too, despite being outperformed mostly. Hence, England escape with a very creditable 1-1!

 

[James]

yeah 1-1 is alright, shame we subsided after Durban so badly, but if we can say in October that we have beaten Bangla home and away and Pakistan at home, it makes it a successful 18 months.

 

[ShehryarK]

Exactly.

1-1 scoreline away to the second best Test side by the rankings (and best, IMHO) is nothing to be embarrassed about.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England should be happy with a 1-1 draw espcially after scrapping away with 2 draws by the skin of their teeth. Its been a postive 8-9 months of cricket for them after winning ashes.

 

[Savak]

England should really hang their heads in Shame. South Africa could have won this series 3-1 but its 1-1. Barring that second test, England never really seriously challenged South Africa.

 

[James]

2-1 win in ODIs and 1-1 draw in tests is not shameful against arguably the world's best team at home.

 

[saffer]

2-1 win in ODIs and 1-1 draw in tests is not shameful against arguably the world's best team at home.

Nope. Be humble. You did not deserve to draw the series. It should have been 3-1.

 

[Muhammad]

Nope. Be humble. You did not deserve to draw the series. It should have been 3-1.

No 1-1 is a fair result, sure England only survived by the skin of their teeth but test cricket is played over 5 days not 5.5 or 6, and SA were not good enough to defeat them over that period.

 

[KB]

It is a strong South African team. They lack a quality spinner but have a strong batting line-up, good pace bowlers and are excellent in the field.

So England have done well to get a draw. Sure they had to hang on in 2 Tests, but as Muhammad says, the match is played over 5 days and "SA were not good enough to defeat them over that period."

 

[Zechariah]

True but its a very thin line when there is only one wicket in between.

 

[bantu]

Luck deserted England in the last test..........but they have done good