SECOND TEST, Headingley (day one):
England 2-0 v South Africa
Nottinghamshire pace bowler Darren Pattinson was handed a sensational Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Australia ...
Japan vows to double Africa aid ... 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 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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By Tom Fordyce
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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