Merry Christmas to all

[Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man]

Let me put it a little more bluntly... England have South Africa on the ropes; they are absolutely in the box seat and have a string of wins behind them. SA need a Durban 4th innings record to win from there and are already 1 down with a big mountain to climb. If England can't finish them off now, then they certainly won't beat Australia next July... Of course they can win - and they'd better give a bloody good account of themselves or the Ashes tour will be another one-sided affair, and no-one wants that except for maybe a few flat-headed moronic blood-sport-types. No, I think SA will collapse in the middle order and England will win by 100+ runs.

To keep this running related I'll mention Paula Radcliffe.