SA avoid follow-on but it’s uphill now
With a voluptuous pop, a champagne cork parted company with its bottle and leapt into the honeyed sunshine that soaked the scene.
It was 11.23am.
Ah, the sumptuous sound of summer. Of course, this being England, it didn’t last. Within the hour glum clouds had bearded the ground, and rain made its first intrusion 15 minutes before lunch. It abated long enough for another hour’s play, but not another minute more.
But if you thought not a lot could have happened in the 37 overs bowled in the third test between England and South Africa yesterday, you would be wrong.
Plenty did, and when the fight against the elements was abandoned yesterday, England were 74/1 in their second innings. Or 252 ahead with two days left. Two days, mind, which are forecast to be cloudy — but dry.
That isn’t good news for the South Africans if they are to go to Manchester for next week’s fourth test with a series still to win...
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