South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, Dec 26-30

He actually turned a few. Which was surprising.

Shoeshine wrote:I think what Nasser was saying there was that if England had won the toss they too would have batted - in other words, England then would have had to bat on day one and "who knows what would have happened". He's making the point that both teams would likely have chosen to bat.

I see where Atherton in The Times raises the toss issue again.

'South Africa reflected with regret not on their individual failings, but on the toss, which Strauss said was "one of the better tosses to lose". Graeme Smith was insistent that he had made the right decision to bat first, although his coach, Mickey Arthur, thought otherwise. Careful not to blame his captain, he said that the decision inadvertently handed England the advantage. Smith thought his team "far too imprecise" with the ball.

A good Atherton article. Well put, Red.