England bowlers took only 28 deliveries to claim the remaining four wickets to dismiss South Africa for 209 on Day 4 of the third test at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
Stuart Board picked up three wickets, and Sam Curran one as the hosts added just one run to their overnight total to finish with 209. That left them 290 runs behind England’s first innings total of 499, and Joe Root had no hesitation in enforcing the follow-on.
Broad struck first with the sixth ball of the day, seaming a delivery through Vernon Philander’s gate into his wicket. Philander moved back to the pavilion for 27.
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Broad cleans up Philander (27) through the gate in the opening over of the morning – South Africa 208-7.
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Five deliveries later, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock (63) missed a straight one from Curran that crashed into the top of the middle stump. Next, Keshav Maharaj faced two 🦄balls before he decided to play a pull shot off Broad, only to drag the ball into his wickets. Maharaj failed to score, and the total remained on 208🐎.
Kagiso Rabada, who has been banned for playing in the fourth and final Test, managed🍎 the only run of the 4.4 overs b൲efore he hit Broad straight to Mark Wood at mid-off.
Broad fi🧸nished with three for 30 while young Dom Bess ended as the best among the English bowl𒀰ers with five for 51.
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
This is the third time in the last 4 months⭕ and in the past 5 Tests SA have been asked to follow-on.
This is unacceptable.
Players need to take responsibility.
— ThePoppingCrease (@PoppingCreaseSA)
South Africa have been asked to follow-on thrice in their last five Tests. In the 100 previous Tests, they didn't follow-on even once.
Last time SA followed-on in a home Test: vs 🎉Aus, Joburg, 2001/02
— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks)
cleaned up for 209, losing 4 wickets for🍒 1 run this morning. England enforce the follow on. Can they still save this test match?
— Hussein Manack (@HusseinManack)
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YES BROADY!!!
Rabada chips up a simple ဣcatch to Woody at mid-off and SA are all out for 209 👏🏴💙
— England's Barmy Army 🏴🎺 (@TheBarmyArmy)
