England squad
AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, JL Denly,
EJG Morgan, G Onions, MJ Prior, AU Rashid, OA Shah, RJ Sidebottom, GP Swann, LJ Wright
South Africa squad
GC Smith*, J Botha, HM Amla, MV Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis,
JA Morkel, M Ntini, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, RE van der Merwe
Not been on the WRF over the weekend so amazed to see the lack of comment on Englands successful start in the ICC trophy - OK its not Yorkshire and Ok its not a premier tournament that anyone will ever remember the winners of but all the same the turnaround in Englands performances is nothing short of remarkable.
They seem to have sorted out the batting at last, got a relatively stable team and some of the newer players look like they are now in a comfortable environment and able to perform (Ok having Straussy, your Middlesex colleague as skipper may help for 2 of them in particular).
However, the dreaded Yorkshire disease seems to be catching - or should that be dropping - with 2 or 3 absolute sitters going down yesterday. Do they practice fielding under the floodlights?