121/1 at stumps. Nicely poised.
England 203/3. Another 173 runs required.
208/4 now
It’s all on Root now you’d think.
England predictably slipped from 232/5 when Root departed to 268 all out. 107 run win for South Africa.
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england are shit
They’ll probably play twenty twenty on the day saved.
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England 110/3. Root departs.
Newlands is some venue for test cricket.
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Ben Stokes well set on 47 and really starting to motor inexplicably gets himself out going after a fairly harmless looking delivery from Nortje that pitched just outside off stump. England 185/5. This is a fairly decent looking batting wicket. Would have thought they needed close to 400.
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Newlands is absolutely awesome. Only prettier ground is the one in the himalayan foothills in India.
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Buttler looked well set on 29 when Pretorius picked up his wicket. 227/6. Story of the day for England, bar Crawley, the other six have all got starts but failed to capitalise.
New ball due in two overs.
Sam Curran leaves one from Pretorius pitching outside off stump which nips back in and clips the top of off stump. 231/7.
Wickets tumbling fast now. Vernon Philander first delivery with the new ball claim the wicket of Dominic Bess, out for a duck. 231/8.
Rabada clean bowls Broad. 234/9
England all out for 261. Maybe not. No ball from Rabada. 262/9.
Ollie Pope 56 n.o.
England 262/9 at stumps on Day 1.
Root injured Burns yesterday in their little football game. Very costly. He must have read the telegraph where Scyld Berry was talking Burns up as the next captain.
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England 269 & 391/8 South Africa 223 & 126/2 going into the final day at Newlands.
South Africa need another 312 runs to chase down a world record 438 to win.
Terrific maiden century from Dom Sibley yesterday. Carried his bat as well.
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Pitch not doing much by all accounts.