
Proteas bowlers finally show grit in final session
The Proteas will have to chase 466 runs to win the final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
The Proteas will have to chase 466 runs to win the final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
It seems the Proteas are going to have to chase another big score in their second innings if they want to win the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers.
Proteas seamer Vernon Philander has found himself in hot water in his final match for South Africa after an incident with Jos Buttler on Saturday at the Wanderers.
The Proteas look set to follow on at the Wanderers after England’s bowlers worked well in tandem to dismiss the hosts for just 183 at lunch on day three.
What must have Anrich Nortje been thinking when he walked out to the middle of the Wanderers at 6:06pm carrying his bat in the fading Johannesburg light? DANIEL GALLAN has more.
The Proteas slumped to 88-6 – amid a 312-run first-innings deficit – at the close of play on day two of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday.
The Proteas moved to 11-0 without loss at tea on day two of the fourth and final Test against England at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Former England captain Michael Atherton has called for more common sense and better consideration when it comes to verbal incidents in cricket.
England slipped to 300-7 at lunch on day two of the fourth and final Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Debutant fast bowler Beuran Hendricks has asked the Wanderers crowd to respect the visitors after an incident with Ben Stokes boiled over on Friday.
England batsman Joe Denly continues to enjoy the benefits of poor fielding as he moves top of the list of ‘most dropped’ player in recent times.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes has apologised for swearing at a spectator during day one of this week’s fourth and final Test against the Proteas at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.
Sport offers South Africans a much-needed opportunity to escape the realities of their day-to-day grind, but cricket hasn’t presented too many feelgood moments in 2019 and 2020.
So that’s what fight looks like. The word has been used so liberally by the South Africans throughout this series that it seemed they had forgotten what it meant, writes DANIEL GALLAN.
JON CARDINELLI charts the worrying decline of South Africa’s top six, following the retirement of Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith six years ago.