First test starts today in about half hours time. This is the first time England starts a seris in SA as favourites and thas mainly because of Harmison and Flintoff. They make a formidable bowling line up.
smith wins the toss n elects to bat n then he goes for a duck 
South Africa 30/1
Lunch
83-3
Smith n Kallis 0
SA finished the first day at 273/7.
SA all out for 337 with Boeta Dippenar made a brilliant hundred.
Can someone update why Mark Boucher was dropped? Any differences with Smith perhaps? because their new keeper tsolekile is worse than Kamran Akmal with the bat.
england have really bounced back from their warm up game before this test. hoggie, freddie and co' really hit the deck hard and found seam movement on the 1st day and had sf on the back foot, and today andy strauss and tresco' made a brilliant start to england's innings, and r in cruise control at 227/1.
re the mark boucher incident well graeme smith had a scuffle with lance 'zulu' klusener a while back and called hima 'disruptive force' buyt later patched things up maybe its'a inside job but at the mo' ucb say boucher is of form??
anybody's game....interesting contest.
strauss scored century in both innings n is still not out on 120
we need players like him :(
^ hain?? Abhi tu pehli inning chul rahi hai england ki
Incredible test match going on if anyone is interested. I surely am. England were dismissed yesterday for 425 for a first innings lead of 88. South Africa were dismissed for 228 in their secodn innings after being 193-4 giving England a target of 142.
England currently 20-2 needing 122 runs to win.
england making a helluva' fight of it, brilliant display of all around cricket to bowl out sa cheaply and chase 142 for victory, @ stumps day 4 after a nervy 2nd innings england r 93/3 andy strauss unbeaton 50 odd and thorpedo on 23*.... i think england will make it, can't see them doing a pakistan...
England won the first test amtch by first test match and on the way broke the english record for most successive test wins (8). I dont see SA winning this series. England will roll over them.
the story has been Andrew Strauss but i have to say Michael Vaughan is coming around as i didn't expect...
a record breaking 8t straight test victory for england! 
] england r on a roll, they 'ave really gelled as a unit… andy strauss played very well nearly 2 tons in consecutive innings + simon jones turned the game ariound with his burst of 4 wickets.
S Africa is lost b/c there bwoling.
Second test, First day, Tea England 125-8 on a lively Durban pitch. Ntini leads the way with three wickets. SA get their chance of equalising the series.
England 139 all out.
SA 3/0
SA 70/3 at close.
I want England to win 
What an amazing match with fluctuating fortures.
SA scored 332 hence gaining a 193 first innings lead.
Englands reply was exceptional with openers putting 273 run stand, scoring hundreds while Thorpe topping it off with hundred of his own. SA were one for 21 at the end of Day four with 357 more runs needed.
This English team is surely the second best in the world right now.