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Centurion - After bowling South Africa out for 418 shortly after tea on the second day of the first Castle Lager Test at Supersport Park on Thursday, England made good headway in reply, finishing the day on 88 for one, still trailing the home side by 330 runs.
At one stage, the visitors were scoring at five runs an over, and Proteas captain Graeme Smith had to introduce the spin bowling of Paul Harris as early as the 12th over to bring the run rate down.
South Africa had earlier resumed on their overnight score of 262 for four, with Jacques Kallis having scored his 32nd Test century.
However, he added just eight runs before falling to England's premier bowler, Jimmy Anderson, half an hour into the day's play when Paul Collingwood took an excellent low catch at second slip to dismiss Kallis for 120. Kallis batted for five hours and nine minutes, faced 225 balls and hit 16 boundaries and a six.
JP Duminy, who shared a fifth wicket stand of 124 with Kallis, moved to his third Test 50 off 120 deliveries, reaching the milestone with a lovely cover drive to the boundary. But having got there, he added just six runs in the next hour before Graeme Swann, as he had done on the first day, grabbed a wicket in his first over of the day when Collingwood took another superb slip catch to dismiss Duminy.
With that catch, Collingwood equalled the England record of four catches in an innings, and came close to equalling the world record when he appeared to catch Mark Boucher, but the third umpire ruled that the ball had hit the ground and not Boucher's foot as originally thought.
Morne Morkel also had a reprieve when he was adjudged out leg before wicket to Swann in the over before lunch. He asked for a review and the decision was overturned and Morkel lived to fight on.
However, Morkel did not last long after the break before being caught behind by Matthew Prior off Graham Onions for 15. Mark Boucher was next to go, caught at short leg by Alistair Cook off Swann for 49.
The tourists thought they had got into the South African tail but the Proteas' tail-enders continued to frustrate the England attack, which was wilting in the hot sun.
Paul Harris stuck it out for two hours and faced 89 balls before he was bowled by Onions for a patient 38, and debutant Friedel de Wet made 20 in just over an hour before he was trapped leg before by Swann, to give the England off-spinner his third five wicket haul.
Swann finished with figures of 110 for five, and Onions took three for 86 as South Africa were finally bowled out for 418.
One of South Africa's favourite sons, Makhaya Ntini, received a rapturous standing ovation when he led the Proteas onto the field in his 100th Test.
Ntini was accompanied down the stairs by his young son, who hugged his illustrious father before running off the field.
In the absence of Dale Steyn, who has a hamstring injury, Ntini opened the bowling for South Africa and almost succeeded in taking a wicket in his first over, when AB de Villiers failed to take a high catch that would have sent Cook back without a run.
The other new-ball seamer, De Wet, had an awful start, opening with a no-ball, but in his third over he was able to celebrate his first Test wicket when Cook was caught behind by Boucher for 15.
At close of play, Andrew Strauss was not out on 44 and Jonathan Trott was unbeaten on 18.
At one stage, the visitors were scoring at five runs an over, and Proteas captain Graeme Smith had to introduce the spin bowling of Paul Harris as early as the 12th over to bring the run rate down.
South Africa had earlier resumed on their overnight score of 262 for four, with Jacques Kallis having scored his 32nd Test century.
However, he added just eight runs before falling to England's premier bowler, Jimmy Anderson, half an hour into the day's play when Paul Collingwood took an excellent low catch at second slip to dismiss Kallis for 120. Kallis batted for five hours and nine minutes, faced 225 balls and hit 16 boundaries and a six.
JP Duminy, who shared a fifth wicket stand of 124 with Kallis, moved to his third Test 50 off 120 deliveries, reaching the milestone with a lovely cover drive to the boundary. But having got there, he added just six runs in the next hour before Graeme Swann, as he had done on the first day, grabbed a wicket in his first over of the day when Collingwood took another superb slip catch to dismiss Duminy.
With that catch, Collingwood equalled the England record of four catches in an innings, and came close to equalling the world record when he appeared to catch Mark Boucher, but the third umpire ruled that the ball had hit the ground and not Boucher's foot as originally thought.
Morne Morkel also had a reprieve when he was adjudged out leg before wicket to Swann in the over before lunch. He asked for a review and the decision was overturned and Morkel lived to fight on.
However, Morkel did not last long after the break before being caught behind by Matthew Prior off Graham Onions for 15. Mark Boucher was next to go, caught at short leg by Alistair Cook off Swann for 49.
The tourists thought they had got into the South African tail but the Proteas' tail-enders continued to frustrate the England attack, which was wilting in the hot sun.
Paul Harris stuck it out for two hours and faced 89 balls before he was bowled by Onions for a patient 38, and debutant Friedel de Wet made 20 in just over an hour before he was trapped leg before by Swann, to give the England off-spinner his third five wicket haul.
Swann finished with figures of 110 for five, and Onions took three for 86 as South Africa were finally bowled out for 418.
One of South Africa's favourite sons, Makhaya Ntini, received a rapturous standing ovation when he led the Proteas onto the field in his 100th Test.
Ntini was accompanied down the stairs by his young son, who hugged his illustrious father before running off the field.
In the absence of Dale Steyn, who has a hamstring injury, Ntini opened the bowling for South Africa and almost succeeded in taking a wicket in his first over, when AB de Villiers failed to take a high catch that would have sent Cook back without a run.
The other new-ball seamer, De Wet, had an awful start, opening with a no-ball, but in his third over he was able to celebrate his first Test wicket when Cook was caught behind by Boucher for 15.
At close of play, Andrew Strauss was not out on 44 and Jonathan Trott was unbeaten on 18.
