The true surreal nature of the contest was summed up by Alan Border in commentary remarking that he had batted in an innings longer than this Test had indeed lasted. A game so full of the bizarre and freakish, ended with sanity being restored with South Africa brushing the rust off their 1st innings all round performance. To truly victimise an inept Australia.


If you look at the game honestly, the competitive stages in the game for Australia were propelled by the freakish coupled with the relative rust of a South African Team that hasn't played in near on a year in Test Cricket.


Let us look at the flaws and merits of both.

Paris,France -- World No.4 Roger Federer claimed his 800th career win in Paris on 11.11.11  by beating Juan Monaco Of Argentina in straight sets 6-3 ,7-5.  The No. 4-ranked Swiss will next play Tomas  Berdych of the Czech Republic, who edged Andy Murray of Britain 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.

The Indo-Pak Express also got through to the semi-finals after easing past No.2 seeded Michael Llodra and Nenad Zimonjic .

Federer has never won the title of BNP PARIBAS Paris Masters .

Shahid Afridi and Younis Khan helped rampant Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in Dubai to go one up in a five match series. Imran Farhat (50) and Younis Khan (56 not out) made a chase of 132 relatively easy as they dominated the toothless Sri Lankan attack. Mohammad Hafeez fell early in the chase as he played a nothing shot to get out caught at mid-on, but a 103 run partnership in 17 overs, killed the contest, if there ever was one.

Afridi stars as Pakistan thump Sri Lanka.

 
The Man, Who was under the Limelight!

The Man who came back to international Arena after 5 months Proved himself to be counted as the Best all rounder in the World!

SHAHID KHAN AFRIDI is the MAN! The Leg-spinner capped an excellent return to international cricket.

He ripped through the Sri Lankans. What a player, what an individual! His mere presence can enforce a victory.

You just have to love the theatre of the man.

He gets thrown the ball from Misbah with one of his first offerings sailing high over mid on for 6 courtesy of Dinesh Chandimal. Then unfazed, he goes back to the top of his mark and bowls Chandimal an unplayable googly trapping him plumb in front

Arms raised in the middle of the pitch in a typical Afridi pose oozing that unique charismatic aura with the crowd going gonzo in appreciation of him.

Pakistan Cricket Board was expected to announce the coach after the series against Sri Lanka, but still it has not appointed any permanent coach.

Mohsin Khan,who was named interim coach in place of Waqar Younis will be coaching the team against Bangladesh.

It is to be remembered that PCB said in the coaching of Mohsin Khan, Pakistan has beaten Sri Lanka in test series.

Frank Lampard has been confirmed as England captain for Saturday's friendly international with Spain at Wembley.

The Chelsea midfielder will lead out England for the second time as the official captain, John Terry, is not starting against the World Champions.

Fabio Capello however did, confirm that Terry will captain England against Sweden on Tuesday and reiterated that he is 'innocent until proven guilty' in the ongoing race row.

Manchester United have surpassed Coca Cola to become the world's sixth biggest brand according to the Daily Mirror.
 

The defending Premier League champions are only bettered in brand terms by Google, Apple, the BBC, Dyson and Facebook, meaning the much maligned Glazer family, who saddled Manchester United in huge debt when they bought the club in 2005, have managed to engineer their way past Microsoft and the aforementioned soft drink giants.