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ENGLAND SECOND INNINGS
By Ben Dirs
“Hi Ben, it seems Swanny shares Alexander’s (see below) optimism. I quote from his Twitter page: ‘… also that I’m going to score my maiden test century tomorrow… you heard it here first’ - centuries from Collingwood, Pietersen (about time), Prior, Broad and Swann could see England save this Test.”
Andrew in New Zealand in the TMS inbox
0807 - 55-3 Morne Morkel to bowl the first full over of the day. Collingwood on strike, three slips, a gully and a short-leg posted. Short and wide and Collingwood bags the first runs of the day courtesy of a skewed cut over the slip cordon for four. More deliberate this time from Collingwood, upper-cutting for three.
0803 - 48-3 It’s like morning assembly out there, with a rather bleary-eyed version of Jerusalem belted out before Steyn’s over is through. Pietersen negotiates it with little fuss.
0801 - 48-3 Dale Steyn has four balls of an over left over from last night, and it’s Kevin Pietersen on strike…
By Paul Grunill
**0750: ** I’ve checked out a couple of weather sites and it seems England can expect some more overhead assistance today, but I suspect they’ll have to rely more on the mettle of their batsmen to get out of this one. Anyway, the good news is that Mr Dirs has just breezed through the door, so I’ll be handing over to him shortly… “Adelaide 2006 - PD Collingwood 206, KP Pietersen 158. I still have hope.” Alexander Houghton in the TMS inbox
**0745: ** “It’s overcast and it feels like a good bowling morning”, former England skipper Michael Vaughan tells TMS. Play gets under way at 0800 and you can bet your bottom dollar, indeed every dollar in your pile, that KP and Colly are going to face some serious heat from South Africa first up.
**0735: ** The first thing to report is that Mr Dirs is en route from somewhere out Essex way, so until he arrives you’ve got to put up with me. So what can I tell you Well, I can tell you that Richie Blackmore’s Rainbow are ideal driving music as you head down the M1, even the Joe Lynn Turner version…but perhaps we should stick to cricket. So is Aggers right Will Steyn and Morkel run through England like a paper guillotine through…well, paper Or will KP emerge from his shell and produce a barnstorming innings to put a smile on the faces of England fans everywhere **0730: ** Morning all. According to BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: “Unless they are spared by a thunderstorm, England are destined to lose today.” Hmmm, let’s see, shall weThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.