With a potent mix of flamboyant batting and superbly disciplined bowling, England ruthlessly tightened their grip on the series against an increasingly hapless South Africa. In fact it took 19 overs to make the breakthrough, though the openers had made little headway in that time. Then Wood propelled a 94mph beauty that brushed the outside edge of Pieter Malan’s bat. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Mark Wood ducks under a bouncer during a defiant late stand with the bat. The first ball after the break from Nortje was fuller and Pope made his first mistake of the day.

Source: The Guardian January 25, 2020 17:07 UTC