England v SA, 2nd Investec Test, Headingley South Africa aim for new script

Like Friends and The Simpsons, South Africa's cricket team have been on your screens doing their thing time and time again. The only difference is that despite numerous episodes and re-runs, too many to count, the team have not come out with a fairytale ending like Racheland Ross, or laughing like Homer and Bart. When the sporting equivalent of a 30-minute TV episode is over, South Africa have usually found themselves in the same place they were when the opening credits rolled: somewhere close to the top but never actually on top. Frankly, it has not been a bad place to be. Always second- or third-best, although once much lower, it has allowed themto command adequate respect and put them in a position to continually challenge to be the absolute best.