• England set South Africa 466 to win over final two days
The third innings in a match such as this can be a bit dull. A ballast of 217 runs after declining to enforce the follow-on usually results in hours of relative tedium as an insurmountable lead is harvested.
But it did not quite work out like that at the Wanderers as England lost wickets at regular intervals long before they had disappeared over the hill and far away. The whole point of not enforcing the follow-on is to bat the other side completely out of the game. But that was not their obvious gameplan.
Written by Vic Marks at the Wanderers
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/26/england-south-africa-mark-wood-fourth-test under the title “Mark Wood claims five before England set South Africa target of 466 to win”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
