Starched collar to the fore, and never a grass stain in sight, Alec Stewart is not the type of cricketer who wears his heart on his sleeve

For one Test in the summer of 2003 against South Africa, he was golden. Then everything went pear-shaped

At the home of cricket, a young South African makes a statement

Marcus Trescothick's double-century against South Africa at The Oval has propelled him nine places into ninth spot in the PwC ratings for batsmen

After writing England's, and Michael Vaughan's, summer obituaries at the end of the first day at The Oval, the English newspapers were forced to change their tune after England's historic win against South Africa yesterday

Batting performance of the series It's hard to ignore those two double-hundreds by Graeme Smith, but they came in more innocent times

Michael Vaughan "Throughout my short career to date this is my best Test victory

England's victory in the final npower Test against South Africa today improved its rating in the ICC Test Championship table from 101 to 104

A packed fifth-day crowd crammed into The Oval to see England blow away the South African tail inside an hour and then knocked off the 110 runs needed to win the match - and square the series - 41 minutes into the afternoon