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Nortje says SA will fight with all they have to save third Test against England

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'It's trying to stay there for as long as possible.'

South Africa clawed their way to 208 for six by the close of day three leaving them 291 behind England’s effort of 499 for nine declared.

Fast bowler Nortje‚ who took his role of nightwatchman pretty seriously‚ batted through the majority of the rain-interrupted day three on Saturday for his 18.His was the slowest first innings knock‚ at a strike-rate of 13.2‚ in the history of the game by a batsman who had faced 110 balls or more. "It's trying to stay there for as long as possible. It's not really about scoring runs for me‚ it's about facing a few balls‚ as many as possible‚" Nortje said.

"I'm not too sure how they want to play it. I am not in the batting meeting‚ I can tell you that‚" he laughed.

 

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