De Kock takes fight to England
A swashbuckling 85 by Quinton de Kock has boosted South Africa to 421-8 at lunch on day two at Centurion.
A swashbuckling 85 by Quinton de Kock has boosted South Africa to 421-8 at lunch on day two at Centurion.
A swashbuckling 85 by Quinton de Kock has boosted South Africa to 421-8 at lunch on day two at Centurion.
South Africa have made full use of the favourable batting conditions and England’s poor bowling as they reached 224-1 at tea.
Left-arm spinner Sean Whitehead took five wickets for six runs as South Africa beat Fiji by 282 runs in a warm-up match ahead of the U19 World Cup.
Stephen Cook looked assured in his first Test innings as he guided South Africa to 107-1 at lunch on day one.
South Africa have made five changes to their team as Stephen Cook makes his debut against England at Centurion.
Dale Steyn’s mind wants Shaun Pollock’s South African record of 421 Test wickets, but his body is fighting the mind of the cricketer England’s Stuart Broad described as the greatest bowler of this generation.
India’s Virat Kohli has knocked AB de Villiers off his perch as the fastest batsman to 7 000 ODI runs.
AB de Villiers has denied he ever thought about quitting Test cricket and says the players South Africa have are the right ones.
It’s important for the young players in the team to get through this tough period of results, says captain AB de Villiers.
Stuart Broad took 5-14 to leave South Africa reeling at 71-8 at tea on day three at the Wanderers.
The Proteas were 16-0 at lunch after Kagiso Rabada took a career best 5-78 to limit England to 323 on day three.
England will resume on 238-5 on day three of the Test at the Wanderers.
England were 238-5 when bad light stopped play midway through the second day at the Wanderers.
Debutant Hardus Viljoen took the big wicket of Alastair Cook with his first ball as England went to lunch on 27-2.