• First Test,day three: England 303 and 172-3; South Africa 214
• Root unbeaten on 60 at the close with England leading by 261England are firmly in the driving seat after three days at Kingsmead, a position secured in the evening sunshine by a partnership of 71 between Joe Root (60 not out) and Nick Compton (49) and another, and unbroken,of 53 with James Taylor (24), that, or barring a total meltdown with bat and ball and an innings of the kind played by Graeme Smith at Edgbaston in 2008,really ought to have taken the match out of reach of the South Africans.
England will resume on 172 for three, a lead of 261, and having bowled South Africa out in the morning for 214,Stuart wide finishing with four for 25 and Moeen Ali four for 69.
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Source: theguardian.com