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In fairness, that was the most feeble batting display we've seen from England in a long time. I don't think anyone predicted that sort of gutless thrashing did they?

NOW we can start the car. Game over.

Two lovely test match fours in three balls. It's all about concentrating, riding your luck, and putting away the ones that are there to be scored from.

The good news is that the last ball he bowled was more like his Sussex standard. No movement, arrowing at Cook's leg. Picked off easily by the batsman. Now keep it up, Vernon. :thumbsup:

Superb front line bowling from these two. Not giving much away and getting their rewards. The game is gone unless these two can put on 150. It may as well have been. That said, this was always going to be about how long Cook and Root can bat. Neither Jennings nor Ballance have the...

We shall see...

Having seen a bit of the action in the past two overs - Cook fortunate not to be caught and now Ballance just surviving LBW, I'll be surprised it we get within 150 of this target.

And it nearly happened right there. :lolol:

Do you seriously believe England's chances are anything like what they were at Headingley in 1981? He was the state of the match at one point in that one: Aus 401 ao Eng 174 ao Eng 135/7 England were still nearly 100 from making Australia bat again when odds of 500/1 were offered. Anyway...

Why the F*CK do I bother?

Jesus, odds have already come in from 9.6 15 minutes ago to 7.8! The market disagrees with you. As for your reasoning, it's flawed IMO. You don't want to be asking how many thousands of test matches has a total this big been chased down as a percentage of TOTAL matches. You should ask...

Clearly South Africa are overwhelming favourites. England would need a world record run chase FFS. But, and it is quite a big but IMO - it IS possible. England bat very deep if they can apply themselves, and the weather is likely to present perfect batting conditions. I've stuck £15 on them...