Finding the top of off
Down on his knees
Nothing is going right for Makhaya Ntini at the moment. He can’t buy a wicket and when Matt Prior sent an outside edge flying past the outstretched hand of Ashwell Prince at gully it was almost too much to cope with as he sank to his knees in his follow through. It takes a lot to stop Ntini smiling, but he’s wearing a permanent frown these days and despite being given a crack at England’s lower order he still ended wicketless. In fact, he’d just bowled one of his fieriest overs to Graham Onions – striking the No. 11 on the helmet – when Andrew Strauss declared England’s innings. A wicket wasn’t meant to be. Read more
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