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11th over: England 41-0 (Crawley 28, Sibley 12) Crawley plays another superb stroke, clipping Nortje between midwicket and mid-on for four. Even after 11 overs, South Africa urgently need a wicket.
10th over: England 37-0 (Crawley 24, Sibley 12) Hendricks moves round the wicket in an attempt to make Sibley play at more deliveries. He achieves that but not much else. South Africa are struggling here. The pitch is doing much less than expected.
“Rob,” says Brian Withington, “Call me a sentimental old git, but isn’t there something life-affirmingly wonderful about watching (and hearing) genuine cover drives by the likes of young Crawley and Pope?”
Written by Rob Smyth (now) and Tim de Lisle (later)
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/jan/24/south-africa-v-england-fourth-test-day-one-live under the title “South Africa v England: fourth Test, day one – live!”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
