I can just see his old man up in heaven giving the Vs to all those who slagged him off after the West Indies series.

Hats off to the lad - I was one of those who prematurely wrote him off after that series and its probably still too early to judge him one or the other, but its a show of decent character to play an innings like this in the team's delicate position.

Hopefully, the lad can go on and get good support from Prior and the tail.

Will be nice for him to get his name on the century board in the long room too!! Mixing it with some great names there......

exactly - his dad will be a proud man

must give kids like him a fair chance surely ?

persisting with Bell for example has paid dividends

Oh dear

Well batted none the less lad

Id say advantage SA. I don't fancy England having to chase 200+

How about 300 plus?

This series has exposed the myth that England have the best attack in the world.

True, and its exposed how bowling as a whole is now a dying art and the game has become geared towards batsmen bullying bowlers on flat tracks.

It also highlights that all these batsmen, with their artificially high averages, are being extremely flattered compared to the eras of yesteryear, when bowlers were the dominant force and batsmen had to work hard to get an average of above 40.

This South African attack is an ok one, but compared to some of the fearsome attacks of the 70's, 80's and 90's, it is very, very average.....No side around today would score more than 200 against a Lillie/Thomson Aussie attack or a Holding/Marshall West Indian attack, because none of the batsmen have techniques that could cope with high class bowlers.

I was slightly disappointed that we didn't go for it at Headingley when we had the chance, but I guess tomorrow we have no option.

England have been outplayed from start to finish but have also blown the opportunities that have come there way. Peterson dropped early and made 180, ABDV and Amla dropped in this Test. Not good enough.

Hope there is a way back for KP but I very much doubt it.

Not a chance.
Booed onto the field at Southampton yesterday. Booed back off again one ball later. And what did for him? Slow left-arm

Following the test on BBC text commentary, but it seems that Taylor has just gone for an all run 4, when we're already 3 wickets down and looking at saving, rather than winning, the match, and been run out. What on earth is he thinking of???

Trott's fault.


Bairstow fancies this

let him (I am KP and I love myself) sod off to the IPL and make some dosh - good riddance

deserves all he gets the big headed, egoistic barsteward

bugger