Ben Stokes came in and immediately set about playing his shots, striking a powerful four with one of his earliest balls, before the umpires brought an end to the day’s action, taking the players off due to bad light.
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However, Broad said that England are not reading too much into South Africa’s defeat in India, and predicted a close-fought series between two teams whose recent fortunes have been very similar.
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Dane Piedt and Morne Morkel both succumbed in Finn’s first over with the new ball to send England to the break in the ascendance. If we get one or two partnerships going and the tail adds a few we can get close to their score or even past it”, he said.
Such is the 32-year-old’s class, even after a day of toiling in the field, he was still able to muster a last burst of pace to have the final say, dismissing Taylor courtesy of a thin edge to De Villiers from an attempted back-foot drive to leave the bowler with figures of 3-29.
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“You can’t replace those players in a short space of time; they were great cricketers”, Cook said.
England, who would have bowled had they won the toss, have handed a test debut to opening batsman Alex Hales, while Nick Compton returns to the side at number three.
Morkel claimed three wickets in six deliveries, and four in total, but a sub-300 total was averted by a 36-run last-wicket stand between Stuart Broad and Steven Finn. “I thought overall it was pretty solid day for us”.
“He’s been a handful for those of us who have had the misfortune of facing him in the nets”, South Africa captain Hashim Amla said of Steyn. It is not the first time Broad has thrived without Anderson.
Morkel also dismissed Stokes, Moeen and Chris Woakes, out first ball, in a hostile spell as the sun came out after a rain-affected first day.
“Every game has a lot of consequences to it. At the start of this Test series, all it takes is one good batting day to start a resurgence for our Test team”.
Preparation for the series had certainly appeared to be peaking well at the start of the week with an innings victory over a South Africa A side that appeared strong on paper, if a little less so on grass.
Hales’ wicket left England 12-2, but Compton was joined at the crease by Root, who has so often been England’s saviour from perilous situations early in their innings, notably during this summer’s Ashes series win over Australia.
The tourists had to overcome a fired up Dale Steyn as the Proteas paceman had accounted for visiting captain Alastair Cook, for a duck, and debutant opening batsman Alex Hales (10).
“So we’re fighting hard, we’re okay, but we’re still seeking to take all of our chances and stay in this game”.
‘That big partnership (between Taylor and Nick Compton) put a dampener on us but they didn’t get away.
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South Africa opted to include a slow bowler in off-spinner Dane Piedt, with Kyle Abbott selected ahead of fellow seamer Kagiso Rabada. I was annoyed with myself getting out a few overs from the top however this stuff occur.
