16-01-2020, 17:32
Very, very slow pitch in Port Elizabeth. Hardly a swashbuckling day's cricket, but both sides had their spells on top. South Africa kept the brakes on and snaffled wickets when they could; on the edge of a collapse, England managed to rebuild and create a decent platform for tomorrow through Pope and Stokes.
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