Many of them will have been among the legions of fans whose letters bombarded Sir Patrick, each of which would getareply bashed out on Sir Patrick's long-suffering Woodstock typewriter.
Slimtrader is a promising start-up that launched a commerce platform a year ago using the tools available in the developing world: feature phones and SMS. A traveler in Lagos, Nigeria can enter the text shortcode for a bus ticket and getareply with a schedule and prices.
Teenager Iqbal hit four boundaries in Johann Louw's first over and two fours and a six off Steyn in the next to get Bangladesh's reply off to a bold start.