South Africa: Clash of the Speed Titans

Johannesburg — It's Ntini versus Aktar as the batsmen put on dismal performances on day one, writes NEIL MANTHORP in Port Elizabeth

SOMETIMES sport goes mad, like when the horse running last wins the race because the 10 ahead of it all fall in a mass pile-up, and when the Springboks lose 49-0 to Australia, and when 16 wickets fall on the first day of a Test match being played on a fine and fair batting surface.

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