Port Elizabeth: England captain Joe Root had a star turn with the ball as he took his side closer to a series win on the fourth day of their third Test against South Africa at St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
After enforcing a follow-on, Root dismissed opener Pieter Malan, Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock and his South African counterpart Faf du Plessis.
South Africa lost a total of 10 wickets in 66.4 overs over the course of their two innings on Sunday. England pacers blew out the remainder of the South African batting order in the morning session to enforce the follow-on.While the hosts were saved by the resistance from de Kock and Anrich Nortje on the third day, it was only captain Du Plessis who managed to occupy any significant amount of time in the middle in the second innings.
Root’s first wicket was that of Malan by getting him LBW. Van der Dussen then fell after an inside edge he got off Root was pocketed brilliantly by Ollie Pope at short leg. De Kock was more at fault for his dismissal than anything that Root did after the former went for a heave outside off stump and ended up bottom edging it to Mark Wood. (IANS)
