With all the claims flying around, there were times when I just wanted the summer to go away, even though I've been bowling better than at any stage in my career in recent weeks.

BBC: Graeme Swann 'did not want to play' Pakistan at Lord's

You have to go back to the 1980s really to find them so short of quality in the bowling department.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Bowling in Twenty20 and Test cricket are very different skills and they need to go back to basics, which can take a little while, but it illustrates perfectly the difference between the two forms of the game.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column

Simon Katich (37) had looked in good touch but was next to go as he edged to Boucher off the bowling of Jacques Kallis, before the brief resistance of Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey was ended to leave the hosts struggling on 88-4.

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