South Africa beat England by 107 runs to win first test

Cricket: South Africa beat England by 107 runs to win first test and take lead

South Africa's Kagiso Rabada and teammates celebrate winning the test match at SuperSport Park, Centurion, South Africa on December 29, 2019.

England, needing an improbable 376 to win, were bowled out for 268 just before tea as their bottom order offered scant resistance to a barrage of pace once South Africa had taken the second new ball. The turning point proved the key wickets of both England captain Joe Root and potential match-winner Ben Stokes, whose presence at the crease at lunch still offered England the chance of a dramatic win.

The second new ball then accounted for Jonny Bairstow, who hit a boundary off Rabada before edging the second delivery of the 81st over to gully, where Zubayr Hamza took a sharp catch.He was undone by a fuller delivery from Nortje, playing a poor shot outside off stump and getting a nick through to wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock.The test had still been delicately poised at lunch, even after Rory Burns and Joe Denly had been dismissed.

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