Over-by-over report: Can South Africa seal the three-match series or will England fight back to set up a decider? Find out with Tanya Aldred
Buttler looking dangerously in form, four off Nortje’s first ball, through the covers to the rope with ease. The Bs nudge and wink easy runs. Some fabulously athletic fielding by Parnell cuts off an edge from Buttler, he flew across the rope and dipped to cut it off with a couple of fingers.
“In these more gender neutral times, am I alone in wondering about the nomenclature of “maiden” especially when applied to a fast and furious one ?” asks Brian Withington. “Can the collective OBO mind hive offer a more appropriate alternative?”Buttler eases into a couple of reverse sweeps off Maharaj – and nails the second which shimmies through backward point to the rope.This will be South Africa’s biggest test – with the king and the young pretender at the crease. Jansen keeps things tight.
An email! Hello John Starbuck. “Good morning, Tanya. Just finished breakfast , but what is the best South African breakfast?09.38 GMTDuckett has a brain doodle and clips the ball up but not long enough and the ball falls gently into the hands of the sub fielder at long on.
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