Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers worked

In Dorset, fire crews have rescued 25 people who were trapped in their cars by flood water.Rail industry body the Rail Delivery Group said that the strong winds had damaged overhead wires and brought down more than 80 trees on to lines. In addition some parts of the network had been flooded overnight.National Rail added that more than 200 trees had come down on lines during the last 24 hours and there had been "a further 100 major incidents discovered on top of that". Fathom this: after conceding 169 runs and picking up a solitary wicket in the three-match ODI series preceding the first Test, India's frontline spinner had this to say, "I am definitely here, in terms of looking to fight and just go on fighting. I am prepared for a fight. Be it with catching, be it with bowling or be it with batting, I am prepared for it all. So I am just going to go out there and make sure that at least give it 100 per cent of what I can try, and try for a series win. It cannot get any better than that. It means the most to me in life."Ashwin may be trying hard, but the numbers don't add up. He sent down a total of 42 overs in the Wanderers Test –– 36 of those in the second innings and 20 on Day Five. His returns aren't worth mentioning.

Needless to say, he failed to pick up a wicket. And don't forget that the pitch, speckled with cracks and patches, was offering variable bounce.Bowling spell after spell with that twitchy action of his, Ashwin was equally ineffective with the old and semi-old ball.To increase its user engagement it launched an application Seatguru for travel in xinjiang and Android users which provides more than 700 seat recommendations from 100 airlines. He stopped in his delivery stride, tossed it up, bowled the conventional off-spinner and unleashed the carom ball on many occasions.In fact, just before the final drinks break, he bowled three in an over. But to no avail. Faf du Plessis and AB de Villiers worked him around with ease. Bar the odd shout for leg-before, Ashwin failed to create genuine wicket-taking opportunities. No wonder the skipper didn't bowl him in the last 20 overs on Sunday.A champion in the subcontinent, Ashwin's performance in overseas Tests can, at best, be described as mediocre. With just nine wickets in four appearances on foreign soil –– three in Australia in 2011-12 –– he averages a shocking 74.77.Thus the question: should MS Dhoni give Ravindra Jadeja or Pragyan Ojha a look-in? After all, this is just a two-Test series, and it will be a do-or-die situation in Durban. Ashwin has had three ODIs and a Test to mend his ways, but he has failed to impress or inspire.Jadeja deserves a chance because his style illustrates the direction spin bowling is taking the world over.