South Africa in England

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England - 1 Alastair Cook, 2 Andrew Strauss, 3 Michael Vaughan (capt), 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Tim Ambrose (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Ryan Sidebottom, 10 Monty Panesar, 11 James Anderson

South Africa - 1 Graeme Smith (capt), 2 Neil McKenzie, 3 Hashim Amla, 4 Jacques Kallis, 5 Ashwell Prince, 6 AB de Villiers, 7 Mark Boucher (wk), 8 Morne Morkel, 9 Paul Harris, 10 Dale Steyn, 11 Makhaya Ntini.

Couple of new names in that SA side that I haven't heard before (Harris and McKenzie), but South Africa should really dominate this series. I look forward to watching Steyn bowl tonight, he's quality.

My Tip - South Africa to win series 3-0

Forecast is rain for every single day of the test except for Day 4. So a draw could be a strong possibility for Game 1 at Lords.

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Heres some Trivia:

In the last 3 tests at Lords between these 2 countries, what is the record?

Who was the last side that England beat at Lords?

How many centuries has Vaughan scored at Lords?

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Who saw some footage of the test over the past couple of night? Anyone see Flintoff bowling to right handers? It was really, really strange, whenever he bowled full the SA righties had absolutely no idea where the ball was. Flintoff picked up a number of wickets because of this, apparently it had something to do with a window above the sight screen. Anyway it was still very strange, it shows real the big importance of the batsman having the backdrop perfect!

And by the way, a final test victory to the Proteas will have me spot on with my tip