England have stubborn South Africa two down at lunch on day four
Written by News on 27/01/2020
Ben Stokes bounced out Dean Elgar on the stroke of lunch to earn England their second wicket against a stubborn South African batting effort, as the hosts look to chase a record 466 in the fourth Test.
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Elgar (24) and Rassie van der Dussen (39no) had put on fifty for the second wicket, with England’s bowlers made to work hard of a fairly unresponsive pitch and in the baking Johannesburg heat.
But Stokes (1-8) dismissed Elgar in the penultimate over before the interval, sending down a rapid bouncer that Elgar could only half pull, half fence back to the bowler.
Earlier, Pieter Malan (24) and Elgar had seen off the threat of the new ball with a watchful first hour of batting, only for Malan to edge Chris Woakes to Stokes at second slip with the first ball after the drinks break.
Woakes (1-12) thought he had a second strike in the over, with Van der Dussen given out lbw for a duck, but the decision was overturned on review, shown to be bouncing too high.
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