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[petehosk]

Anyone else just been watching Steyn bowling at his best??
He just took 7 for 51.
Since Tea he took 5 wickets for 3 runs!!

Awsome spell! Phew!

[leeroy_acko]

Blimey, I left for work and he had 2 off 14 overs, and Parnell had just got Sehwag in ridiculous fashion. Whats been going on???

[Jeet]

Very good swing and reverse swing bowling from Steyn. Mind you what Vijay and Saha where doing shouldering arms, is anyone's guess!!!

[PM7]

I woke up hoping to watch Sachin bat, gutted when I realized that he had come and gone.Decided to take the dog for a good walk, came back in and was horrified to see Sehwag batting for the second time.Cant believe how deadly Steyn is on a subcontinental wicket!!! Awesome stuff!!!

[petehosk]

India had to follow on. Currently Morkel got Gambhir for a duck. And now Steyn has just taken Sehwag!
24 for 2! And Steyn is pure joy to watch! Could be an interesting contest between the best batsman in the World (imo) and the best bowler!

[Buzz]

PM7 - looks like you will get your chance to watch the little master bat this morning afterall!!

I can't believe the Saffa's have run through the Indians like that...

[Jeet]

Being one Tendulkar's biggest fan, even I can't see him digging India out of this hole.

The guy who chose Saha as backup batsman should also get shot. Where the hell is Kolhi?

[petehosk]

To be fair, Morkel is on good form, and Steyn is almost unplayable some of the time!
The ball he got Tendulkar out with in the first innings was an absolutely jaffa! Although there have been a couple of wickets to slightly rash shots! India have a lot of rebuilding to do now. But even with the top notch batsmen they have, I can't imagine them doing anything more than putting up a fight!! If India get a draw out of this, then it will be a miracle!

[petehosk]

Soth Africa do have some VERY good batsmen, but in my opinion India have the best batting line-up out of any team! But there are a couple missing in this test, so slightly weakened! But the big difference with South Africa is their bowling! IMO they are far superior to the India bowlers, although Khan is excellent when he fires! I rate the Indian spinners seperior to SA spinners, but they lack the pace bowlers!

Its actually just as well that India DON'T have that high level of pace bowlers, otherwise they would be almost unbeatable when you consider their batting attack as well!

[PM7]

Spot on Pete, The top heavy Indian batting line up is definately weakened in this match  but the full strength one is awesome.All the Indian batsmen have historically struggled against the swinging ball and have been exposed especially in England and NZ but Steyn is virtually unplayable today.Apart from Zaheer none of the Indian bowlers look threatening.

[leeroy_acko]

Hats off to the Saffas, beating India away from home is a telling vistory. Will this put them top of the table now?

[Jeet]

PM7 - Tendulkar, Dravid , Laxman and Ganguly have brilliant records in England. They struggle in South Africa and New Zealand.

Leroy - South Africa need to win the series to regain the world number 1.

[Alvaro]

saha only got a game as rohit got injured in a warm-up - it was like manou at edgbaston, an unavoidable selection as the back-up wk was the only fit guy with kit...

[cd0070]

selection for the test series was horrible.. Indian selectors are dumb..

[Buzz]

I saw this pic on cricinfo... http://www.cricinfo.com/indvrsa2010/content/image/447432.html?page=1

Amit Mishra is at no fault for being cleaned up by Steyn - many better batters have suffered that fate, but are these some of the worst stickers on a bat you have seen? (the bat itself looks decent enough)