• Recovered duo could be recalled; Dom Sibley latest to fall ill
• Spinner Dom Bess also under consideration for Friday’s Test
This is the age of the super analysts, who can churn out data to prove just about anything. Yet there may not yet be a formula that takes into consideration the impact of cricketers being afflicted by a flu epidemic before and during a Test match. No doubt some wizard is working on that right now. In the meantime assessing England’s performance at Centurion is a puzzling operation.
Only the most ruthless of observers or the most blinkered would give the team no leeway after their defeat to South Africa in the first Test. It is tough enough trying to avoid splitting the odd infinitive when beset by flu let alone bowling with a shortage of oxygen in temperatures in the mid-30s or batting against 90mph projectiles.
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