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.
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.
The 29-year-old had the consolation, however, of passing 5, 000 Test runs in a record time of four years and 273 days.
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.
This software mastered the tricks of collision-avoidance in a series of desert test runs conducted before the race started.
Meanwhile, South Africa ended the third day of the second Test against Australia with a lead of 199 runs after Hashim Amla and A.B. de Villiers took the home side to 229-3 in their second innings in Johannesburg.
Hayden, 37, scored 8, 625 Test runs at an average of 50.73 and 6, 133 one-day international runs at 43.80.
The first match of the three-Test series begins in Colombo on 23 July and all eyes will be on Tendulkar, who is just 172 runs short of breaking retired West Indies captain Brian Lara's world record of 11, 953 Test runs.
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.
Richards was greatest of them all, scoring over 8, 000 Test runs and thrilling crowds with his combative style of batting.
Lara hit 191 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo to surpass Viv Richards' career total of 8, 540 Test runs.
Innovation: The team creates thousands of evolutionary designs during the racing season, based on terabytes of sensor data, test runs, and computerized simulations.
Taylor roared back into form spectacularly in the Test series, scoring 319 runs at an average of 106.33, including twin tons in the first Test.
Ponting scored 13, 378 Test runs at an average of 51.85, compiling 41 centuries, but he made just 32 at 6.40 in his final series as he struggled to regain his past heights.
He dispatched a Graeme Swann long-hop to the mid-wicket boundary to bring up a half-century stand, and reached his own maiden fifty in his fourth Test from 47 balls, 44 of those runs coming in boundaries.
He holds the record for the most centuries in Tests, with 39 in 150 matches, and is only 77 short of beating Brian Lara's record for the most runs in Test cricket, the former West Indies captain having retired with a total of 11, 953.
Daniel Flynn and Jesse Ryder both hit half-centuries, with Flynn falling five runs short of a maiden Test century.
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.
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.
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.
The day began with Amla 15 runs short of his fourth Test century, and first on foreign soil, and the 24-year-old did not waste any time in reaching three figures with three consecutive boundaries through the off-side from the bowling of Sree Santh.
But Ponting's team were dismissed for 160 in their first innings of the final Test and eventually lost by 197 runs.
Ponting has nearly 12, 000 runs in Test matches at an average of 55.22 and more than 13, 000 in one-day internationals at 42.95.
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.
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.
When construction is finished, vehicle convoy test runs will begin to ensure the smooth running of the road when needed.
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Hick has scored 3, 383 runs in 65 Test appearances at an average of 31.32, including six centuries, but it has been a stop-start career since his debut in 1991.
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.
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