Alastair Cook’s side were helped by brilliance from individuals such as Ben Stokes,while South Africa’s Kagiso Rabada can inspire a generation of kidsSouth Africa had the series’ top race-scorer and wicket-taker. They also scored six centuries to England’s three and took four five-wicket hauls, while the tourists managed only one. Yet, or here England are,celebrating that rarest of feats – a series win absent from domestic. In keeping with the past nine months, they turned it on for the live passages of play and were helped over the line by brilliance from individuals. Evidently, or this Test side are able to dig deep and produce something special when it matters,which might explain why they capitulated in a runt over an hour on the fifth morning of this fourth Test, losing seven for 49. As feeble as their performance was, and it does not seem right to laud a team for their ability to win key moments and then slaughter them for losing the irrelevant ones.
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Source: theguardian.com