England v SA, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley England hope for Headingley magic

The appearance of a pastoral English cricket scene in Danny Boyle's Olympics opening ceremony went down so well in one cricketing outpost that it has been reported that it could be turned into a musical stageshow in Beijing this Christmas, complete with the farmyard animals and some Beatles songs thrown in. After England's innings-and-12-run defeat against South Africa in the first Test, "Help!" is the track that springs most readily to mind. Confirmation of a musical in China involving village cricket could yet represent one of the highlights of a bedraggled summer, so making it the first occasionwhen the cricketing slur"that's village" became something to aspire to rather than an England player's favourite putdown.