Cape Town has always been South Africa’s fortress, the ground on which they don’t lose, and you have to think that AB De Villiers has a huge innings in him at some stage if he’s allowed to focus on his batting without the worry of keeping wicket.
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However, such hopes depended heavily on star batsman A.B.de Villiers, who as a 20-year-old helped save a Kingsmead Test against England 11 years ago. however, he lasted just three balls into the morning before falling lbw to Moeen Ali.
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Moeen struck again in his second over as Temba Bavuma (0) came down the pitch but the ball went past the outside edge – and this time Bairstow completed the stumping.
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Steyn was next, bowled by a attractive delivery from Steven Finn, who was not even in the original tour party but has been brilliant in this match on a surface tailor-made for his height and bounce.
But in a team whose ability to score runs has seemingly deserted them, Amla’s current malaise is the most troubling aspect of South Africa’s recent decline.
With the win, England have taken 1-0 lead in the series.
England batted better than South Africa, with most of their batsmen making useful contributions, while Broad, Finn and Ali spearheaded their bowling.
But England have been easing their record wicket-taker back into action over the course of the past week, with Anderson sending down regular spells in the nets.
Cook said the tourists will have to guard against a South Africa backlash in the next match, starting on Saturday in Cape Town, where England have not won since 1957.
The procession of wickets began in the first over – dangerman AB de Villiers, 37 not out overnight, going back to the third ball of the day and falling lbw to Moeen as he looked to work to leg.
“We are going to try our best to protect our wickets and stay in as long as we can”, South Africa off-spinner Dane Piedt said. It was a matter of getting through that first day. “It’s different from a first innings; the onus on you in the second is to deliver and he did deliver”.
Quinton de Kock and Chris Morris have also been called up to add options for the second Test. But as Russell Domingo said after Wednesday’s defeat, South Africa “can’t throw everyone out and bring in five new players – England would love that”. Those 26 runs came off 84 balls, suggesting that Hales is caught between his natural game, which is to attack, and the demands of Test cricket where keeping your wicket is the most important factor. They have world-class players so we can’t get too carried away.
But he did say, “The guys have taken big strides forward as a team over the last eight months or so”.
“This a good side to captain; we feel balanced, the guys feel particularly happy and really hungry to push on”.
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For all of South Africa’s problems during what transpired to be a traumatic first Test against England, captain Hashim Amla is perhaps the biggest.
