• But I knew I had to hang on for another lap because it would have been a disaster to lose after such a great fightback.
• The home side can insist all they like that Durban was an ‘even’ match, but the fact is that had England managed to win, as they certainly deserved to, it would have represented one of the greatest fightbacks in Test history.
• Pre-match and at half-time the air was filled with radio re-runs of derby commentaries, where last gasp winners and never-say-die fightbacks seem to have become part and parcel of the Tynecastle package.

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