Where the Proteas went wrong today

Almost every batsman was dismissed playing with a horizontal or diagonal bat, where the pitch cried out for vertical play. England played masterfully to the slow, pudding-like nature of the pitch by bowling consistently wide of off-stump. Our batsmen committed suicide. Geoff Boycott had one piece of advice for batsmen: "Never cut before lunch or before May." Had just a few of our batsmen heeded the advice not to cut on this pitch, we'd have won.