An unbeaten 94 run 6th wicket partnership helped England end day one 317/5 and on top in the second Test in Cape Town against South Africa.
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Smith, a former South Africa captain, was working as a television commentator for the first Test and was very critical of the performances shown by the batsmen.
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South Africa made three changes, two of them forced by injury. Despite still having three or four outstanding players of their generation, they are unsure of the appropriate balance of the side and who should be doing what in it. They have to decide quickly whether it is sensible to continue to pick makeshift openers and ask De Villiers to keep wicket as well as carry the batting. After all, Hales has been billed as England’s answer to Australia’s David Warner, picked to add attacking impetus to the early exchanges, while Compton has been billed as a respawning of Chris Tavaré who likes to entrench himself at the crease in a bubble of self-denial.
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Stokes plundered 17 runs from the first over with the new, bowled by Morris, as he reached his 50 in 70 balls. “We don’t want to hinder ourselves and have an injury that we could have prevented”.
Amla took over the Test captaincy in 2014 and made a good start with series wins against Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and West Indies, contributing heavily with the bat as well. “It will be a tough decision, whether it is Faf (Du Plessis) or JP (Duminy) because these have been integral guys in our team for many years”.
Viljoen, 26, was called up as cover for Abbott.
Hales sent the 20-year-old’s first two deliveries to the ropes but then played and missed twice outside off stump.
Bowler James Anderson was fit to play in a further boost for England after missing the 241-run win in the first test in Durban.
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“Graeme can give guidance to the batters, which he already has today”, said Amla.
“That’s just the nature of global sport”.
“When people criticise the team there is going to be some value in it, so you take it on the chin and move on”. To get to the top you’ve got to play well consistently and that was an area of concern over the summer.
Cook said the biggest challenge for England was to find consistency.
So they will hope their luck will change for the better in the second Test, particularly with the bat, following the poor showing in Durban and the miserable 3-0 series loss to India.
It took 17 overs for the breakthrough to come, Cook squirting Rabada towards third slip.
“But we managed to drag it back through absolute determination and skill”. When he gets it right, he is a unsafe bowler.
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The mistakes against Hales were not the only time that Amla was guilty, with the South Africa skipper again just letting things happen, allowing the game to drift.
