SECOND TEST, Headingley (day one):
England 2-0 v South Africa
Nottinghamshire pace bowler Darren Pattinson was handed a sensational England debut ahead of the second Test against South Africa at Headingley.
The 29-year-old, who grew up in Australia, was named in the team after Hollywood great Cyd Charisse dies aged 86 ...
Hair set to return in second Test ... Ryan Sidebottom (back) failed a fitness test.
Play started seven minutes late.
An unchanged South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl first in Leeds.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff plays his first Test since January 2007, replacing Durham's Paul Collingwood.
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1110: Eng 2-0
Dangerous Dale Steyn is handed the cherry by Skipper Smith, and there's three slips and a gully in for Strauss. With grey skies overhead, Dangerous pitches 'em up and is driven straight for a casual two. Few technical issues with emails at the mo - get your chat lined up for about 1130 and the problems should be unglitched by then.
1100: Covers are off again - we'll be underway shortly. Now then - apparently Pattinson's not the best with a bat in his hand, so he's likely to come in at 11. Tiny Tim Ambrose will bat at six, with Fred at seven. Anyone else feeling a touch scared?
1050: This being cricket, all the excitement is put on hold as a chilly shower sweeps across the ground. The covers are hurried on, although it looks like a brief delay. Yup - the rain's heading off already.
1042: News from the toss: Graeme Smith calls correctly once again, and he'll have a bowl. Good shout from Skipper; bad news for England, you'd have to think...
1040: Cloudy at Headingley. with swing in the air - so do England turn to home-town hero Matthew Hoggard, the in-form Simon Jones or even Steve Harmison? Nope - they go for a bloke who was working as a roof-tiler in Australia two years ago.
1031: After a world record six Tests unchanged, England are turned upside down - Siders ruled out through injury to be replaced by a 29-year-old who thought he was taking his kids to Alton Towers today, and Colly given the heave-ho in favour of the Returning Fred.
1026: Darren Pattinson - could this be the least expected England selection since Joey Benjamin?
1025: What? Who?
(BBC)
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