There have been no test-runs, says Alain Barbey, Swissair's Italian manager.
But while questions will inevitably demand answers about England's top order, South Africa produced yet another tight-knit bowling performance with Kallis, short of Test runs himself, emphasising his all-round credentials by capturing 3-31 and taking a brilliant low catch to dismiss Cook.
South Africa, who won the first Test by 358 runs, named an unchanged line-up for the fourth Test in a row, again leaving out veteran Shaun Pollock.
But it seems to us that it misunderstands the nature of the rational-basis test and runs counter to the logic of Romer and Lawrence.
So after weeks of test runs and fine-tuning, Soundcheck christened the space on air when the up-and-coming Escher String Quartet stopped by to perform a couple of pieces.
They then beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in the second Test in Kanpur - India's highest ever margin of victory over their opponents.
BBC: India beat Sri Lanka by an innings to top Test rankings
Tendulkar, who fell two runs short of a record-extending 49th Test century in the first innings, had advanced to 38 second time round when he slashed at a Bollinger delivery and gloved a catch straight to Mike Hussey in the gully.
Captain Graeme Smith was the second man to fall after making 36, while Australia's 18-year-old fast-bowling debutant Pat Cummins took the wickets of Jacques Rudolph (24) and key batsman Jacques Kallis, who passed 12, 000 Test runs with his first-innings 54 but this time could manage only two.
In Oregon Intel will convert a development factory (with test runs) into a high-volume production factory.
The 33-year-old reached 10, 000 Test runs with a modest 27 for the hosts.
Former England captain Flintoff scored more than 3, 000 runs for England in both the Test and one-day international forms of the game.
Former England batsman Geoff Boycott , who became the first Englishman to score more than 8, 000 Test runs, breaking West Indies all-rounder Sir Garry Sobers' batting record in the process, told BBC Radio 5 Live that Tendulkar will hold the record for years to come.
This software mastered the tricks of collision-avoidance in a series of desert test runs conducted before the race started.
England inevitably lost the Johannesburg Test - by an innings and 21 runs as it happened - but it wasn't all bad and the tourists improved during the course of the series.
Dravid went past Allan Border's mark of 11, 174 runs in Test cricket, leaving him behind just team-mate Sachin Tendulkar, West Indies' Brian Lara and Australian skipper Ricky Ponting on the all-time scorer list.
India lead the series 1-0 after winning the first Test by 123 runs.
Daniel Flynn and Jesse Ryder both hit half-centuries, with Flynn falling five runs short of a maiden Test century.
Despite India's dogged batting performance, Brett Lee shone in the Australia attack, claiming his eighth Test five-wicket haul at the cost of 119 runs, while Mitchell Johnson and Brad Hogg each took two wickets.
His 514-minute innings, which took him past the 5000 Test runs milestone, saw him share partnerships of 124 with Brendan Nash (65) and 70 with Fidel Edwards (20), before he was caught out by Brendon McCullum off the bowling of Jeetan Patel.
Jadeja made 5, 359 runs with six centuries in 196 one-day international appearances, and gained 15 Test caps.
The 64-year-old Victorian, who made more than 2, 800 Test runs, is scathing in his assessment of Twenty20 cricket and does not see it enjoying sustained success.
Shah struggled to make an impact during the one-day series as England slipped to a 3-1 defeat and knew he needed runs to stand any chance of a Test recall.
Attempting to hit street speeds, and even turning, seems a bit too risky at this point and after a few test runs, which attract a handful of passersby, the C-1 is wheeled back to its resting place.
England go into this week's second Test with a 1-0 advantage having thrashed Pakistan by 354 runs at Trent Bridge.
Harmison was still out of sorts and began with a mixed bag of decent-length deliveries and poorly directed long-hops, one of which Ganga cut to reach 2, 000 runs in Test cricket.
The facts do not lie: Kirsten is the best South African batsman of all time - at least in terms of the number of Test hundreds and total runs scored.
Hayden, 37, scored 8, 625 Test runs at an average of 50.73 and 6, 133 one-day international runs at 43.80.
The 29-year-old had the consolation, however, of passing 5, 000 Test runs in a record time of four years and 273 days.
All-rounder Mitchell Johnson will seek to get the 27 runs he needs for his second Test century when he resumes his innings on day three.
Matt Prior fell 15 runs short of his fourth Test hundred when he spooned a catch to Ponting at mid-on, while Bresnan became Siddle's fifth victim.
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