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Journalism of Courage
Port Elizabeth, DEC 13: England captain Nasser Hussain guided his team to a draw on the fifth and final day of the second Test against South Africa at St George’s Park here today, ending a 10-match streak of home victories by South Africa.
Hussain, who made 82 in the first innings, batted for just over five hours, scoring an unbeaten 70 as England struggled to 153 for six after being set a target of 302 runs in 79 overs. England had a scare when openers Mike Atherton and Mark Butcher were dismissed within the first seven overs.
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
