Published: Dec 28, 2015, 03:26 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 28, 2015, 11:28 PM (IST)
Morning session was no different than the last two session for South Africa. Stuart Broad continued to be England’s chief tormentor cleaning up Temba Bevuma on the very second ball of the day. England easily hold the edge over South Africa easily with them getting all out for 214. Dean Elgar carried his bat through remaining unbeaten on 118. Bevuma who played well in the final session edged one on to his stumps for 10. After Broad if was all the Moeen Ali show who went through the South African middle-order dismissing JP Duminy and Kyle Abbott and well settled Dale Steyn. Dale Steyn has provided good support to Elgar facing 52 balls. Steyn and Elgar added 54 runs for the eighth wicket. Duminy having had a horrible tour to India continued his bad patch getting out to Ali as he was brought into the attack for the same reason. Live Cricket Scorecard: South Africa vs England, 1st Test at Durban, Day 3
Moeen Ali struck back in his second over to get Abbott caught at short-leg with James Taylor taking a wonderful diving catch. South Africa’s only bright spot has been Dean Elgar who has looked in good nick playing the fast and spin bowlers with much confident. Elgar who resumed his innings on 67 got on to his fourth Test ton flicking Joe Root for three. Steven Finn picked up the final two wickets after the new ball as taken to dismiss Piedt and Morne Morkel. LIVE CRICKET UPDATES: South Africa vs England 2015-16, 1st Test at Durban, Day 3
Elgar has been batting since the start of South Africa innings, has seen his team go down the drain. Dale Steyn has showed great prowess with the bat, providing much valuable support to Elgar in his marathon innings.
Brief Scores:
England 303 (Nick Compton 85, James Taylor 70, Jonny Bairstow 41; Morne Morkel 4 for 75, Dale Steyn 4 for 70) lead South Africa 214 (Dean Elgar 118*, AB de Villiers 49, Dale Steyn 16; Stuart Broad 4 for 25, Moeen Ali 4 for 69) by 89 runs
(Vishal Mehra is a reporter at CricketCountry, who enjoys his weekly dose of anime, and plays cricket once a white moon. His twitter handle is @vishal_oxyjinn.)
