Tuesday 5th January
Hospitality suite today, complimentary food and bar, will be enjoyed as it is going to be very hot today, health warnings being posted by the local authorities.
We enjoy a couple of G&T's for starters early doors, very refreshing in this heat. We then sit down and watch South Africa do to England what we did to them the previous morning, a few more runs are scored though as we finish 18 runs short of South Africa, Prior last man out and a good effort from him to get us there.
South Africa come out to bat, Prince under pressure as he has not performed in the last two tests, he starts a lot more positive than usual, but is then given out caught down the legside, he immediately refers this !
With the hospitality box we get to see the replay and it's a shocking decision, his bat was at least a foot away from that ! Decision rightly reversed. Soon after Swann catches Prince in front and is given LBW, confidently Prince refers the decision only for the replay to show he was plum in front. Amla joins Smith and they start to make hay, England struggling in the heat !! It's going to be a long day. We are even flagging in the heat and with South Africa well on top we decide to make our fourth attempt at getting up the mountain, no more cricket for today.
Make the most of the heat, it reached -18C in Oxfordshire last night!!!!