Eng vs SA - England's innings crumples like a cheap concertina

As Damien Rice said in his faux folk AOR dirge 'The Blower's Daughter', "And so it is, just like you said it would be, England's have ballsed up yet another innings" or something like that. 

Vaughan won the toss and decided to bat, which was about as good as it was to get for the hapless England who finished on 154 all out.  The opening pair went cheaply, then the golden goose Pietersen was skittled, leaving Strauss and Collingwood to fashion something like a partnership; albeit totally unconvincingly.

England then managed to lose 5 wickets for 10 runs in an astonishingly bad 5 over spell, leaving the innings in more ribbons than were used at the now foolish looking Ashes parade in 2005.  Ravi Bopara was the only batsman who looked remotely comfortable reaching 27 not out- this lad could be some find - and Panesar played stoically for his 2 off 27 balls, displaying a technique that some of the top order could do with studying.

In partial defence of the England travelling comic sideshow, South Africa did bowl very well, and there is a glimmer of hope in that the ball is seaming and swinging.  But England are now going to lose and going home from the Cricket World Cup, make no mistake.  I wonder how Vaughan's media bullshit will spin this one in the press conference? [lee calvert]