England Test victory beyond reach of outplayed Proteas
History is against the tourists, who need another 375 for a win but Elgar and Bavuma are in fighting form
London — SA’s chances of winning their Test series in England all but evaporated at The Oval on Sunday. Stumps on the fourth day of the third Test could not come soon enough for the visitors, who teetered on 117/4 in search of 492 to win. They looked out on their feet at the crease, from Heino Kuhn’s limp leap, which had him bowled, to Hashim Amla trying to leave and instead steering a catch to second slip, to Quinton de Kock being yorked off his boot, to Faf du Plessis trapped in front playing no stroke — for the second time in the match. But, for all that, there were a couple of hard players out there. Their names are Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma, and they will be back on Monday. Elgar, hit on the left hand when he fielded off his own bowling in England’s second innings and again when he batted, and dropped on nought, was 72 not out. Bavuma, his back against the wall, not for the first time and probably not the last in his fire-fighting career, faced 59 balls for his unbeaten 16. T...
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