Paul Collingwood - Photo Binguyen CCA
Scotland win a rugby game
Of all the sides in action against the might of the Tri-Nations teams, the Scottish were hardly considered likely winners. Strong defence, grim resolution and a stroke of luck when the boot of Matt Giteau failed to do what was expected all combined however to make Scotland 9-8 victors over the Australians. Pretty it may not have been, but the Scots were able not to fall into a pattern which has afflicted the likes of England during this round of Autumn Internationals - one of contending until half time and then slowly tailing away.
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England win a cricket game
It’s the Pakistanis who have the tag of being mercurial, but England’s performances of late never cease to baffle. The drilling they took last week in the Twenty20 verged on cruel, but despite that the team resurfaced in Durban to record a quite comfortable win in the 50 over format. The bowlers contained, and South Africa had no answer to medium-pacers from Jonathan Trott and Paul Collingwood, then the same two put on a huge stand for the third wicket that sealed the victory. For the first time in a while the English ODI side looks on the verge of making sense (taking into the account the restrictions brought about by injuries to bowlers, of course), but for the time being there’s not much to be read into that. England could just as easily be incredibly poor, excellent or average next time out.
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Spurs win a football game - by 8 goals
It may not have been the highest scoring match in Premier League History, but it was the biggest winning margin for the best part of 15 years, and will have delighted Spurs fans, people who like goals, and those who have Jermaine Defore and/or Aaron Lennon in their fantasy football teams alike. Wigan buckled, having been just 1-0 down at half time, and lost with such conviction that at least manager Roberto Martinez may be able to dismiss this result as a freak. As for Spurs, we’ll simply let the footage do the talking:
PS - We’ll also let a commenter on the footage do the talking - “I think we don’t going to see this again in our life time”. Well, it’s a theory.
