South Africa keep England at bay (0)
- 14 Jul 08, 05:14 PM
It might not have been the most compelling viewing we have ever seen on a cricket field, but the discipline and patience shown by South Africa's top order batsmen to save the Lord's Test was mighty impressive.
There will, sadly, be those who think that this was an example of tedious Test cricket, but that is a shallow observation.
We are lucky to enjoy a sport which can, in its various guises, accommodate all tastes, and the character shown by Neil McKenzie, who was at the crease for more than nine hours and had the slowest run rate ever by a Lord's centurion, was immense.
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