Yes you have been a challenge, which is very good for us. I don't think losing to a South Africa team that is ranked 6th will effect them more than losing to the teams above you.
South Africa have quite clearly shown they are a better side than ranking suggests, but I also think this is alot to with you having a bad year and teams becoming alot closer, except Australia, who are light years ahead. I always thought this would be a tough series before it started. My opinion changed after the second test, when it should've been 2-0, but it wasn't. I personally thought your young side might have thrown in the towel after Durban, but you then came back really, really well at Cape Town. Proving me wrong and others wrong!
To be fair I think alot of people saw this as a good, tough challenge, just what we need ahead of the ashes and a good tough challenge is what we've had. If we lose, we lose, we'll just have to pick ourselves up and throw everything we've got at Australia in the summer.
Right, on the subject of Geraint Jones. He took a knock on his thumb chasing down one of the many wayward deliveries from day 3. The byes hes conceded, you said you were there, surely you saw the crap that was being bowled by Anderson and co? He's not our number one 'keeper, thats Chris Read, but he's our number 1 'keeper/BATSMAN.
Don't say we whinge more than the Australians when we play crap, we're more likely to be too hard on our players, no offence to the Aussies, but they look for excuses, Ricky Ponting blamed the pitch in India for losing the on test, when Australia, quite rightly too, prepare pitches that suit them.
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