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Graham Gooch

England bowling lacks menace (0)

The dismissal of Michael Vaughan late in the day was a crucial breakthrough for South Africa who, with still two full days left of this game, are hot favourites to take a 1-0 lead in this series.

Overall these are worrying times for England; their bowling shows a lack of penetration and menace. Stuart Broad and James Anderson can perhaps be excused for looking jaded after their efforts at Lord's, but while Andrew Flintoff and Monty Panesar tried hard, their failure to extract life from this Headingley pitch is a concern.

South Africa's bowling unit has shown more bite throughout this game and seems a lot more threatening.

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