Botham's commentary is generally a load of old toss though. I don't really see what he offers to the commentary box, sure he's a legend of English cricket, and as a cricketer he was superb, but as a commentator, there are simply far better options; who either have decent knowledge of the domestic game, can offer technical analysis or are actually entertaining to listen to. Bob Willis would be a better option, I'd have loved to have heard him commentating on Broad and Anderson's bowling in that first innings :L
If we can build a decent score, and the pitch continues to detiriorate, then I think we could have a real chance, so long as Onions and Swann bowl well. The key to bowling on a pitch with inconsistent bounce is bowling straight, which Onions would do, and the cracks and footmarks, especially to the left-handers at the end Harris is bowling at atm would assist Swann. We would need to get very, very close to that South African score, maybe even surpass it to have a chance of winning the game.
