Rain leaves positive result unlikely

South Africa 419 and 39 for 0 (Rudolph 21*, Smith 17*) lead England 425 (Pietersen 149, Prior 68) by 33 runs The favourite statistic at Headingley as the second Test endured a soggy fourth day was that if Yorkshire was a country - and to many people up here it is - it would be lying seventh in the Olympics medal table. The phrase "a strong Yorkshire is a strong England" used to be reserved exclusively for cricket, but the thoughtthat it now had wider currency cheered up the cognoscenti as the rain tippled down.

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