It's upto Flintoff now

Andrew Flintoff was doing his best to delay South Africa as the Proteas closed in on an innings victory in the second Test at Headingley here on Monday.England, at tea on the fourth day, were 182 for six in their second innings -- still needing a further 137 runs to make South Africa bat again.Wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose was 16 not out and all-rounder Flintoff, in his first Test after 18 months out injured, nine not out having batted for more than an hour.But, with just the England tail to come and more than a day's play left, South Africa were well-placed to go 1-0 up in the four-Test series.England, who'd already lost star batsman Kevin Pietersen cheaply, had only added 10 runs to their lunch total of 130 for four when Ian Bell was out.He cut forcefully at a short delivery from fast bowler Morne Morkel only for AB de Villiers, whose 174 had been the centrepiece of the Proteas' first innings 522, in the gully to hold a brilliantly one-handed catch as he dived to his right.It was a particularly sweet moment for de Villiers, booed by some fans after appearing to have claimed a catch off Andrew Strauss on Friday when in fact he'd dropped the ball, and he pointed toward his critics in the Western Stand as his teammates celebrated his fine effort.Opener Alastair Cook had fought hard for his 60, batting for nearly five hours when, trying to turn pace-bowling all-rounder Jacques Kallis legside, he got a leading edge and was caught by Hashim Amla, seemingly specially placed in an unusual short cover position.England had earlier been just 12 minutes away from getting through the morning session without losing a wicket when nightwatchman James Anderson's gutsy 111-minute vigil for a Test-best 34 ended when he was lbw to Dale Steyn.South Africa-born Pietersen then struck three superb boundaries in his first four balls on his way to 13.But his fifth, from Kallis, got big on him. Trying to leave it too late, the ball took the shoulder of the bat and gave gleeful wicketkeeper Mark Boucher his eighth catch of the match.England resumed on Monday on 50 for two after fast bowler Makhaya Ntini had removed opener Andrew Strauss and captain Michael Vaughan with two superb deliveries late on Sunday.Cook was 23 not out and Anderson unbeaten on nought after the Proteas had built a first innings lead of 319 on the back of a South African fifth-wicket record stand against England of 212 between de Villiers and Ashwell Prince, who made a Test-best 149.The left-handed England pair got through the first hour as the hosts tried to replicate South Africa's feat in batting for two days to draw the first Test at Lord's.Indeed paceman Anderson, cover-drove successive balls from Paul Harris for four in the spinner's first spell of the match.

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