IN their final match of the decade the England cricket team turned out their best performance for many years.
Their comprehensive demolition of South Africa was a joy to behold. The only way it could have been improved was if Paul Collingwood had scored a century instead of falling just nine runs short.
Martin Birtle, Billingham
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