England have been doing alright since winning the Ashes haven’t they. They won the ODI series in South Africa by two games to one and now find themselves one up in the test series with two games to play.
It was a resounding victory in Durban over the past five days with England finally winning by an innings and 98 runs. The victory was largely down to the great performances from Alistair Cook at the top of the order, Ian Bell batting at six and the great spin bowling of Graeme Swann.
After England bowled South Africa out for 343 in their first innings with Swann taking 4-110, England went on to make 574-9 declared, with their top scores coming from Cook (118) and Bell (140).
This gave England a lead of 231 going into the second innings, it was then down to more great bowling from Graeme Swann who took 5-54 in the second innings as England bowled South Africa out for 133 to win by an innings and 98 runs.
So looking ahead to the third test would you stick with the same team, I would. This England team has great potential as it is now. If Graeme Swann keeps performing as he is there is no reason to change anything about this side. So full steam ahead it is to Cape Town where hopefully England can wrap up another test series win.
England Destroy South Africa in Boxing Day Test
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