England on track after the U-turn

South Africa, chasing 202 for victory, had struggled to 63 for five when bad light prematurely ended the fourth day of the third Test agains...

South Africa, chasing 202 for victory, had struggled to 63 for five when bad light prematurely ended the fourth day of the third Test against England on Sunday.

The touring side, 1-0 up in the series, gave themselves hope of an unlikely victory by bowling out England for 118 in their second innings, fast bowler Shaun Pollock providing the inspiration with figures of six for 39.

But England’s four-pronged seam attack responded to the challenge, removing Graeme Smith, Jacques Rudolph, Herschelle Gibbs, Boeta Dippenaar and Jacques Kallis to leave South Africa in trouble at 50 for five.

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Just as in the first innings, however, Neil McKenzie and Mark Boucher proved saviours for their side, digging in for nearly an hour to add 13 runs in the deepening gloom before the umpires offered them the chance to leave the field.

SCOREBOARD

England (1st Innings): 445
South Africa (1st Innings): 362
England (2nd Innings): M.Trescothick c Adams b Pollock 0; M.Vaughan c Boucher b Pollock 5; M.Butcher b Hall 8; N.Hussain lbw Pollock 30; E.Smith lbw Hall 0; A.Stewart c Boucher b Kallis 5; A.Flintoff c Gibbs b Pollock 30; A.Giles c Boucher b Pollock 21; J.Kirtley c Boucher b Ntini 3; S.Harmison not out 2; J.Anderson lbw Pollock 2; Extras (b4, lb5, nb3): 12; Total: 118
Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-17, 3-39, 4-39, 5-44, 6-76, 7-91, 8-114, 9-114
Bowling: Pollock 17.4-4-39-6, Ntini 13-5-28-1, Kallis 10-2-36-1, Hall 6-2-6-2
South Africa (2nd Innings): G.Smith lbw Kirtley 5; H.Gibbs c Giles b Harmison 28; J.Rudolph lbw Kirtley 0; J.Kallis b Anderson 13; B.Dippenaar c Smith b Anderson 1; N.McKenzie batting 6; M.Boucher batting 9.
Extras (lb1): 1; Total (for 5 wkts): 63
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-28, 3-40, 4-41, 5-50
Bowling: Kirtley 8-5-13-2, Flintoff 8-3-26-0, Harmison 8-1-16-1, Anderson 9-4-7-2.

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