London — Mind the mental gap between England and SA in a Test series that is threatening to veer off the rails for the home side. SA overcame the absence of Faf du Plessis at Lord’s‚ in happy circumstances‚ and of Kagiso Rabada and Russell Domingo at Trent Bridge‚ both in unhappy circumstances‚ to level matters with two matches to play. The noise from outside made by Graeme Pollock‚ who has destroyed his greatness by exposing his racism‚ would not have permeated too far into the dressing room. But it would not have helped. On top of that‚ SA had only four days between Lord’s and Trent Bridge to fix things. Fix them they did‚ following the 211-run hiding they suffered in the first Test with a 340-run thrashing of England in the second. It was an impressive display of fortitude. But‚ for now‚ Joe Root’s team are reeling from one ridiculousness to the next.
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