England vs. South Africa Test cricket, Day 5

Well, despite their top batsmen not doing what they needed to do, England made the last day of their third Test cricket match with South Africa real interesting.   They had to score 346 runs -- which even though I'm not a born-to-the-green cricket fan, I know is a lot -- before losing 10 wickets.  That's the way it works in Test cricket.  Because their best batsment didn't score many runs, it fell to their middle lineup -- the non-batting specialists and the bowlers (the ones that deliver the ball) to try and score enough runs to win.

And they came close enough to make it pretty exciting.  But they didn't get there. So now South Africa is #1 in Test cricket.  And England needs to work on its batting (especially with Kevin Pietersen on the outs).   And if the article is credible, England may be sliding down a few more places.  I guess the cricket world will have to see what happens when they play India. 

England loses Test, #1 ranking to South Africa