Hussain hurrah

The crisis seemed to have passed when Hussain and Michael Vaughan (29) batted for almost two-and-a-half hours in a third wicket stand of 75 to take the sting out of South Africa’s all-pace attack on an easy-paced pitch in hot, sunny weather.

But a late flurry of wickets, including a controversial decision against Chris Adams, kept the players on the field until there were just two possible overs left.

Earlier, Jacques Kallis and Jonty Rhodes batted aggressively today, however,to add 35 runs off 8.5 overs to enable skipper Hansie Cronje to declare. Kallis finished with 85 not out and Rhodes 57 not out. They put on 126 for the fifth wicket in 174 minutes.

Scoreboard

South Africa (1st innings): 450
England (1st innings): 373

South Africa (2nd innings; overnight 189-4): G Kirsten c Vaughan b Gough 2, H Gibbs c Flintoff b Caddick 10, J Kallis not out 85, D Cullinan b Caddick 18, W Cronje c Vaughan b Flintoff 27, J Rhodes not out 57; Extras: (b4, lb11, nb9, w1) 25. Total: (for four wickets declared off 92.5 overs) 224
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-17, 3-50, 4-98.
Bowling: Gough 19-6-52-1, Caddick 18-4-29-2, Silverwood 10-1-24-0, Tufnell 35-9-71-0, Vaughan 2-0-9-0, Flintoff 8.5-2-24-1

England (2nd innings): M Butcher lbw b Hayward 1, M Atherton b Pollock 3, N Hussain not out 70, M Vaughan c Boucher b Kallis 29, A Stewart lbw b Pollock 28, C Adams c Rhodes b Cronje 1, A Flintoff c Boucher b Kallis 12, A Caddick not out 4;Extras: (lb2, nb3) 5. Total: (for five wickets off 77 overs) 153
Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-5, 3-80, 4-125, 5-137, 6-149
Bowling: Donald 13-4-37-0, Pollock 17-8-18-2, Hayward 20-8-55-1, Kallis 7-1-22-2, Klusener 14-9-17-0, Cronje 6-4-2-1.

Man of the Match: Lance Klusener