Proteas belatedly find their mojo as England wilt late on day one

When bad light stopped play on a rain interrupted opening day of the final Test‚ England had reached 192 for four in their first innings.

It is to the South African attack’s credit that they clawed their way back into the contest later in the afternoon.Anrich Nortje and even debutant Beuran Hendricks found the pace and at times accuracy that made batting a tricky exercise in fading light.The tourists had been sitting pretty and looked largely untroubled before lunch.

The South African attack had failed to use the new ball effectively and to captain Du Plessis it was soon clear that his front line bowlers weren’t having the impact he had desired. Hendricks‚ who came around the wicket from the Golf Course End‚ strangled Sibley who was familiarly sedate and luxuriated in the ineffectiveness of the South African bowlers earlier in the day for 44.Crawley nicked off to Rassie van der Dussen at first slip for 66 and although it was his maiden half century‚ the opener must have felt something significantly more substantial was on the cards.

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