Bavuma sparkles for Proteas on Day Four

England were 16/0 in their second innings at the close of play on the fourth day of the second Test at Newlands on Tuesday.

Alastair Cook was eight not out and Alex Hales unbeaten on five to give England a lead of 18 runs going into the final day.

Earlier, South Africa had declared on 627/7 after a memorable unbeaten 102 by Temba Bavuma and 201 from Hashim Amla to leave the match looking set to end in a draw.

Bavuma hit a sparkling knock after three South African wickets fell in quick succession on the fourth day.

South Africa were 525/6 at tea, 104 runs behind England’s first innings total of 629/6 declared. The hosts had looked close to safety after double centurion Amla and Faf du Plessis continued their fourth wicket partnership, largely untroubled, until lunch.

The third new ball was taken immediately after lunch and Amla added only one run before he was bowled for 201 by Broad, ending a stand of 171 with Amla. Four balls later du Plessis was caught at gully off Anderson for 86. Quinton de Kock made only five before he was caught. Scoreboard England (1st innings): 629/6 decl.

South Africa (1st innings) (o/n 353/3): D. Elgar c Compton b Stokes 44, S. Van Zyl run out 4, H. Amla b Broad 201, A. de Villiers c Anderson b Finn 88, F. du Plessis c Stokes b Anderson 86, T. Bavuma (not out) 102, Q. de Kock c Anderson b Broad 5, C. Morris c Root b Finn 69, K. Rabada (not out) 2

Extras (b4, lb9, w13) 26. Total (for 7 wkts decl., in 211 overs) 627

FoW: 1-7, 2-85, 3-268, 4-439, 5-439, 6-449, 7-616

Bowling: Anderson 35-12-77-1, Broad 34-8-94-2 (2w), Ali 52-14-155-0, Finn 39-5-132-2 (2w), Root 20-4-54-0 (3w), Stokes 28-4-100-1 (4w), Hales 3-1-2-0

England (2nd innings) A. Cook (batting) 8, A. Hales (batting) 5

Extras (nb3) 3. Total (in 6 overs) 16/0 Bowling: Morkel 3-2-4-0 (1nb), Rabada 3-0-12-0 (2nb)