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56th over: South Africa 138-7 (de Kock 53, Pretorius 25) “Some excellent sourdough toast this morning has moved me to compose a dodgy haiku for Mark Wood,” says Kim Thonger.
Mark Wood is famed for
horseplay, but now also for
55th over: South Africa 137-7 (de Kock 52, Pretorius 25) England don’t look like taking a wicket. Yesterday they beat the bat in almost every over, but this morning there have been few false strokes. The moment I type that, Pretorius plays a couple of windy cross-bat shots at Broad and is beaten.
Written by Rob Smyth (now) and Adam Collins (later)
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