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**wizzy** · 14th July 2012, 12:24 AM

^Rudolph is a good bat and he spends most of his time in county circuit..with ABDV keeping Saffers can afford to play Duminy and Rudolph..opening bats are a major worry..seems Swann is iffy for the series..some light in the tunnel

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**Arvind Srinivasan** · 14th July 2012, 12:41 AM

Originally Posted by wizzy

^Rudolph is a good bat and he spends most of his time in county circuit..with ABDV keeping Saffers can afford to play Duminy and Rudolph..opening bats are a major worry..seems Swann is iffy for the series..some light in the tunnel

Feel the English can whittle any top team with their bowling and that Swann may not be actually required...He's just an added advantage to an already power packed bowling line up...

**P_R** · 14th July 2012, 10:50 AM

Originally Posted by Plum

Interviewer: Did you ever consider playing for England
James Pattinson: No, never thought of crossing over to the dark side

Feeyar -

avan kadakkuraan kappakkezhangu. avanga aNNanaiyE naanga sErththukka mAttOm

**P_R** · 14th July 2012, 10:52 AM

SA bowling attack versus England batting - that'll be the fun to watch this series.
enga range-ku ippo dhaan oru fast bowling attack kidaichirukku. Looking forwerd!

**P_R** · 14th July 2012, 11:11 AM

Plum, a penny for your thoughts: http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/...ry/572361.html

(Pietersen) complained that he had "never been looked after" by the England management

adappAvi

and insisted that his schedule would have to be eased before he consented to a return.

**wizzy** · 14th July 2012, 11:14 AM

enga range-ku

Finn would walk into any test side..donno why Andy Flower prefers Bresnaan..Proteas phast bowling bench ought to be completely bare to call up Albie Morkel for De lange

**Plum** · 14th July 2012, 10:36 PM

England #1 ranking is safe even after Saffer series
Basically, SA have to cross seven mountains, seven seas and strangle the offspring of a King Fisher and a Crane to replace England as #1 after this series. England kAranaunga Aadama jeyichAngadA!

**Plum** · 14th July 2012, 10:37 PM

Finnn will be surprise weapon against SA, Wiz. Kirsten will be preparing his boys for Bresnan now. Flower will keep a twist in the screenplay on the day of the match.

**wizzy** · 14th July 2012, 11:07 PM

Plum, did you happen to see India's rating after the annual refresh

..pliss to open a thread for Basil D'Oliveira Trophy

with the rain threat around it should have been a 4/5 match series..ECB and their underhand tactics to call OZ to boost their odi ratings

**ajithfederer** · 15th July 2012, 10:04 AM

Somebody open a thread for Eng-SA Series.

England given Test ranking boost
ESPNcricinfo staff
July 14, 2012

England's gap at the top of the ICC Test rankings has increased after the annual update of the table, but they can still be overhauled if South Africa win the series that starts on July 19.

Following the refresh to the table, which sees results before 2009 wiped off to give more emphasis on recent form, South Africa have slipped to third behind Australia - that is partly due to a lack of recent Test action for them. However, any margin of victory against England over the three Tests will see them reach top spot.

For England any victory will also see them hold onto the No. 1 position they attained last year by whitewashing India, but they can also maintain their ranking with a drawn series. England are currently in 122 points with South Africa on 113.

South Africa, though, are unperturbed by their shift. "It was the only way we were looking at it, that we have to win the series to go No.1," Russell Domingo, the assistant coach, said. "So it doesn't make a difference to us where we are ranked now."

Australia are currently sandwiched between the two teams, following their successful run in Test cricket under Michael Clarke. Since he took on the captaincy from Ricky Ponting they have beaten Sri Lanka away, drawn in South Africa, drawn at home to New Zealand, whitewashed India and beaten West Indies in the Caribbean.

South Africa's fall to third is because, annually, the oldest results are no longer counted - in this case from 2008-09 - and it was in that period that they won both in England and in Australia. At the same time England's ranking has improved because that home defeat to South Africa and the away defeats in India and West Indies are no longer counted in the rankings calculations. Ada da enna oru system

Elsewhere, India and Pakistan have changed places. Pakistan, despite a 1-0 defeat in the three-Test series that finished in Sri Lanka on Thursday, have moved up to fourth and MS Dhoni's side, No. 1 this time last year, are now down in fifth place.

For the full rankings tables click here. http://www.espncricinfo.com/rankings...ge/211271.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/c...ry/572410.html