England’s batsman Nicholas Compton plays a shot during the first day of the cricket test match between England and South Africa at Kingsmead stadium on December 26, 2015 in Durban.
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Joe Root showed some nice touches and looked to have got his eye in before he was dismissed lbw by paceman Dane Piedt.
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Compton and Taylor came together with England struggling on 49 for three and forged a partnership of 125 off 274 balls. Taylor is a busy player, always moving a lot. South Africa’s limitations against spin were cruelly exposed in India in a one-sided fourtest series, which the home team won 3-0 and which could have been a whitewash had weather not intervened.
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Steyn still had time to strike an early blow and remove Cook, who never settled and sent a thick edge to Dean Elgar in the third over of the test.
Steyn celebrated theatrically, roaring himself into a frenzy as Cook traipsed from the field.
With England resuming on 179/4 Ben Stokes was the first wicket to fall on the day as he was out trying to pull Morkel, but only succeeded in getting a top edge which looped to JP Duminy in the slips as the visitors fell to 196/5.
England new cap Alex Hales was on 10 not out.
But the pressure was still palpable, not least when Compton called for a risky single to get off nought.
Taylor, who made seventy six within the final check towards Pakistan in November on his return to the workforce after a 3-yr absence, joined Compton with England in hassle at forty nine for three shortly after lunch on a rain-affected day. There are numerous key head-to-heads in this series and Steyn had claimed the first honours in his with Cook, for whom this was his first Test duck since facing Australia, at Perth, in late 2013.
Fast bowler Steyn was pick of the of the home team’s bowlers with figures of three for 29 from 15.1 overs, with spinner Piedt taking one for 39 from 11 overs. Ahead of this series he has promised to set about correcting those returns and he took his first opportunity with considerable success after England had been put into bat on a muggy, damp Durban day where play was frequently interrupted.
England had begun to turn the tide when Amla made a decision to experiment with part-time seam bowler Stiaan van Zyl near the end of the afternoon session in an attempt to break the Taylor-Compton partnership. But he went back on his stumps when Piedt came into the attack and was trapped leg before wicket by a ball which spun back at him.
He is the eighth batsman to partner Cook at opener since Andrew Strauss’ retirement, and England dearly hope the Nottinghamshire man is ready to put an end to that merry-go-round.
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Another rain delay allowed Compton and Taylor to take stock and when they re-emerged the pair started to drag their side back into the game.
