in three yea rs until the tokyo paralympics in three years but otherwise another disappointing nightght when there was celebration for britain. track and field success for britain but not so much out in the middle. england's cricketers have slumped to a heavy 340—run defeat against south africa in the second test at trent bridge. it means the tourists have levelled the series at one apiece with two to play. tim hague reports. practising to save this game board chased down and almost impossible world record, england's batsmen will need to be at their best but south africa's vest has been vastly superior so far and was again this morning. vernon philander got keith jennings and balance —— and gary ballance, except that town but england would need a guardian angel to get out of this one although chris morris's fall to joe root would get past the guard of anyone. the tourists were too good and you can hide your eyes, go, it is the only english monk who had any success , only english monk who had any success, alastair cook, was out on 42. another morris special arrived and the game was ov

said was unhappy that the ipc have decided to withdraw the 100 metres event from the paralympics ahead of the tokyoeally frustrating me, notjust as an athlete, an individual. the ibc are stepping back and letting the athletes dictate the programme, it's ridiculous. england lost the second test against south africa at trent bridge yesterday — by 340 runs. they were all out for 133 in their second innings. it was a disastrous day for the hosts, who lost regular wickets throughout. skipperjoe root cleaned up by chris morris, with what was possibly the best ball of the day. south africa dominated in all departments though, and won the game with well over a day to spare. the series is now level at 1—1 with the third test at the oval next week. it has been a bit of a contrast in emotions in terms of the first two test matches but we obviously need to look at certain areas. we don't wa nt to to look at certain areas. we don't want to dwell too much on them. we need to stay tight as a squad and make sure when we turn up at the 0val we are absolutely ready to go and make sure we can continue in the series.