James Anderson’s likely return, probably with Chris Woakes’ ouster, might make the venomous English pace attack all the more lethal, and the success that Moeen Ali has had- not just in Durban, but since the English summer of 2014 against India, reinforces the chances of England repeating and perhaps bettering their decent run of 2015.
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The Rebels offense wasn’t a surprise, as they were balanced and efficient all season, while the Cowboys struggled defensively. Kelly faked a sweep to Jaylen Walton , rolled to his right, and threw back across his body to a wide-open Laremy Tunsil .
The worst case scenario for England would be Anderson pulling up lame mid-match, as happened to South African spearhead Dale Steyn last time out.
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Vardy remaining will obviously be key to Leicester’s chances of maintaining their position during the second half of the season. Stanislas and Dan Gosling were then guilty of scooping shots over the crossbar from good positions inside the penalty area.
Chris Morris made his debut for the Proteas, with wicketkeeper Quinton De Kock and Kagiso Rabada also returning to the line-up. England got off to a fast start reaching fifty in little time as the bowlers strayed onto the pads too often. The fast bowler missed the first Test because of a calf strain.
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Residents from as many as 100 homes that had evacuated from Solimar and Faria beaches were then allowed to return to their homes. Ms Sumagaysay said reopening the highway is a top priority, which officials said they hoped to accomplish by Saturday afternoon.
Cape Town: Alex Hales is loving life in cricket’s Test arena, the England opener said after chalking up his maiden half-century in the five-day format on Saturday. Can we be more consistent and harder to beat?
“If he’s fit and ready and confident, then he’ll be opening the bowling but we don’t want to hinder ourselves and have an injury caused that we could have prevented”.
Stokes, batting with the kind of verve and magnetism that makes him such a danger at number six, dominated the final hour to lead the tourists to 317 for five, the foundations of big first-innings total. “It was a good contest between bat and ball but Stokes’s innings got the bowlers, who were sleeping on the physio’s couches, out to come and watch”, Hales told reporters.
“They played shots, they executed”, Rabada said of the Stokes-Bairstow stand. “Tomorrow we’re going to have to be tight and knock them over quickly”. Faf du Plessis has been in even poorer form, averaging 16.75, while JP Duminy, with an average of 14, is the other worry.
First came a stand of 56 runs with Joe Root, out for a round half-century, before he and Jonny Bairstow turned up the temperature as the sun went down, wrecking the home side’s plans for the second new ball, exposing the absences through injury of Dale Steyn, Kyle Abbott and Vernon Philander in a session that saw 150 runs flow. The off-spinner capitalised on South Africa’s recent struggles against spin to bag seven wickets in the Test alongside the Man of the Match award.
As South Africa celebrated there was an unmistakable feeling that England were busy throwing away a glorious opportunity.
“Graeme can give guidance to the batters, which he already has today”, said Amla. “That’s just the nature of global sport”.
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“When people criticise the team there is going to be some value in it, so you take it on the chin and move on”, said Amla. You’ve got to nearly refresh what the processes are that made you successful. It took a lot out of us to win in Durban.
