Game is not over yet says Graham Gooch - Cricket News Update
England’s batting coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 is not over yet, despite watching his side struggle on Day four, trailing the visitors by 150 runs with just six second inning wickets in hand.
"We're not winning the Test, are we?" Gooch said. "But the game is not over yet. We have to believe we can still get out of this game with a draw and if we do it will be a great performance. We have to break it down into small bits and try and win every
ball. It's not a bad wicket; you can get runs on it and we've had big partnerships to save games before."
"Our bowlers couldn't get much out of the pitch and the runs flowed easily," Gooch added.
The opening innings saw the English men score 385, with the main highlight being a ton by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 on the first day, which had put the hosts in the driving seat.
Later, things turned on their head when South African batsmen replied by posting a massive 637 for 2 declared, courtesy sublime centuries from captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JH-Kallis-c1692, 131 and 182* respectively, followed by an unbeaten triple ton by Hashim
Amla.
The bowlers from the home team remained short on aggression, with only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 managing to grab a wicket each. The pitch appeared to have also acted in favour of the batsmen, leaving the English side helpless.
However, the Proteas bowling attack asked all sorts of questions when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409 and
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193 Tahir, halting the hosts on their own back yard at 102 for 4.
Trailing by 150 runs and with six wickets in hand, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373, unbeaten on 14 and 15 respectively, will have to dig deep on the final day to attain a draw and save their reputations and more importantly, Test supremacy.
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