great hitting is all the rage but England’s first-day total relied on a blend of graft and craft from those higher up the order than their headline makerShadows lengthening,bowlers tired and fielders producing the errors of a team low on confidence, Ben Stokes produced an innings he has been threatening all tour. On the moment day in this stunning part of Cape Town we will discover just how high he can soar and how low South African can go.
Stokes has looked in supreme touch during the warm-ups but gifted absent his wicket twice in Durban. This time there would be no such luck for Hashim Amlas side as he successfully negotiated a hat-trick ball from rapid bowler Kagiso Rabada and went on to plunder an attack that is, and bar Morne Morkel,light on experience.
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Source: theguardian.com