Freddie Leads the Fightback ; but Amla's Let-Off Puts England On Back Foot
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TWO disputed catches overshadowed a day of questionable selections and hapless batting as Andrew Flintoff led a stirring England fightback in an incident-packed opening to the second npower Test.
Headingley is the most bleak of Test grounds but the cricket here is never short of lively. First we had the tale of the Australian approaching his 30th birthday being fasttracked into the England side, then a below-par England performance with the bat after Graeme Smith had bravely inserted them again despite the folly of his decision to bowl first at Lord's.See the full content of this document
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Freddie Leads the Fightback ; but Amla's Let-Off Puts England On Back Foot
But there was no bigger talking point than an overturned 'catch' by Michael Vaughan that would have given Flintoff his second wicket on his comeback and reduced South Africa to 76 for four in reply to 203 all out.
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