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Feeyar - my EA Sports simulation results for Basil D Olivera pArunga

First Test
England won the toss and decided to bat first

Inns 1: England - 497 in 132.3 overs ( Strauss - 131, KP - 119, Bell - 108*). ( Steyn - 4/81, Tahir - 4/158)
Highlights: Cook got a snorter from Steyn and was bowled for 20(48), after a solid start by England despite nervy moments against Steyn. Trott was runout for 4. Bopara made an attractive 28(28) including 3 peaches of cover drives off Steyn. Bresnan - 23, Broad - 33, Swann - 22. KP made a run a ball century before attempting to bed in for a long innings only to lose patience and hole out. Strauss struggled initially agtainst Steyn but held on gamely until Day 1 evening, whence England finished at 348/6. Bell, assisted by the able all rounders, took the score to 497 post Lunch on Day 2. An uncharaestirically dour, unattractive innings by Bell which took 244 balls.

Inns 2: South Africa - 2 in 27.2 overs ( Extras - 2, Tahir - 0*). (Swann - 4/0, Pietersen - 3/0, Broad - 1/1, Anderson - 2/0)

Highlights: Broad and Andersen fired off the openers for nought before Kallis (o off 57 balls) and Rudolph (0 off 32 balls) fought bravely before succumbing to the wiles of The World's Best Spinner. A collapse followed with KP, buoyed by his sprightly innings, and the sight of his Saffer brethren, polishing the tail with tidy figures of 3/0( 3 wickets for zero runs).

Inns 3 : England - 111/4 decl in 21.4 overs ( KP - 42, Trott - 49)
Highlights: England decided to have some fun with the bat given the duration left in the match. Strauss and Cook fell early again, with Steyn once again trapping Cook in front. But KP and Trott decided to swing their bats and as both fell short of 50s, Strauss decided to declare and end Saffers' agony quickly

Inns 4: South Africa - 8 in 31.4 overs (Extra - 4, Amla - 2, de Villiers - 1, Steyn - 1*). ( Bresnan - 2/4, Broad - 1/2, Swann - 4/1, Pietersen - 3/0)
Highlihts: Broad cleaned up Smith off the second ball for the second time in the match, and Anderson induced a collapse with Kallis alone fighting a lone battle for a typically brave 0(32), making him the Saffer batsmen to face the highest number of balls in the match, albeit without scoring a single run. Smith, Kallis, Boucher, Petersen, Philander, de Lange and Rudolph all bagged a pair. Once again, KP polished off the tail.

Result: England won by 598 runs.
Man of the Match: KP, with 161 runs and 6 wickets for 0 runs in the match.