Over-by-over report: Follow all the action from the third day of this one-off Test in Bloemfontein with our writers
Two singles off a tidy over from Mlaba. Fifteen overs in the first hour, one wicket to South Africa and 37 runs to England. Good Test criggit.Dercksen has really tightened up and sends down a maiden, finding some pace and movement to keep NSB honest.Mlaba starts well, flight and dip drawing Sciver-Brunt into a drive and the edge squirts wide of slip and away for four.Dercksen tightens up after that loosey-goosey first over. Just a single to Knight.
Gone! Beaumont is undone by a nip-backing inswinger, the ball thudding into her pad in front of all three stumps giving the umpire no reason to doubt and duly raise the finger. A reward for fine bowling so far this morning from South Africa.The pressure cooker just begins to hiss in Bloemfontein as a third maiden in a row is reeled off. Knight is solid in defence, de Klerk is finding a bit of swing through the air.
And here’s Ali’s report of the men’s side going down in the final Test of the series in New Zealand, to dip into your Burford Browns:Hello and welcome to day three of South Africa v England in Bloemfontein.
The captain and experienced hand Tammy Beaumont are at the crease with a lead of 145 and nine more wickets in which to stretch it to a match winning position. South Africa need quick wickets to keep their fourth innings chase to a manageable one. It promises to be a corker. The action gets away in a little over half an hour, I’ll be here to take you through the first half of the day before throwing to Daniel Harris for the second. Let us know your thoughts, theories and festive musings at the email on the left hand side of this page.
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