PRETORIA, Reuters: Kagiso Rabada became the youngest South Africa bowler to take seven wickets in an innings as the hosts took charge of the fourth and final test against England yesterday.
The 20-year-old’s brilliant 7-112 helped dismiss the tourists for 342 in reply to South Africa’s first innings 475 at Centurion.South Africa ended day three leading England by 175 runs with nine second-innings wickets intact, finishing on 42 for one wicket with debutant Stephen Cook (23 not out) and Hashim Amla (16 not out).
The only Proteas wicket to fall in their second innings was that of Dean Elgar (one), who edged James Anderson to wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
Rabada had Joe Root (76) caught by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock, two more wickets fell quickly before the break as James Taylor (14) and Bairstow (0) fell to the same combination to leave England teetering at 211 for six.
A rain delay just after the re-start took the players from the field, but when they returned Rabada removed a fluent Ben Stokes (33) with the new ball, caught in the slips by Amla.
The part-time spin of JP Duminy accounted for Chris Woakes (26), before Stuart Broad (five) became Rabada’s seventh victim.
Moeen Ali (61) played an excellent rear-guard hand to frustrate the hosts before he became the last wicket to fall, caught at extra cover off Morkel
Rabada is just the second player in history to take six wickets or more in an innings in both tests and One-Day Internationals before the age of 21, joining Pakistan great Waqar Younis.
England have already wrapped up the series with an unassailable 2-0 lead..
Scoreboard
South Africa 1st innings 475 (Q. de Kock 129no, S. Cook 115, H. Amla 109; B. Stokes 4-86)
England 1st innings (Overnight: 138-2)
A. Cook c de Kock b M. Morkel 76
A. Hales c Piedt b Rabada 15
N. Compton lbw b Rabada 19
J. Root c de Kock b Rabada 76
J. Taylor c de Kock b Rabada 14
B. Stokes c Amla b Rabada 33
J. Bairstow c de Kock b Rabada 0
M. Ali c Piedt b M. Morkel 61
C. Woakes c Elgar b Duminy 26
S. Broad c Cook b Rabada 5
J. Anderson not out 5
Extras (b-2 lb-7 w-3) 12
Total (all out, 104.2 overs) 342
Fall of wickets: 1-22 A. Hales,2-78 N. Compton,3-177 A. Cook,4-208 J. Root,5-211 J. Taylor,6-211 J. Bairstow,7-252 B. Stokes,8-295 C. Woakes,9-320 S. Broad,10-342 M. Ali
Bowling K. Abbott 19 – 9 – 36 – 0 K. Rabada 29 – 6 – 112 – 7(w-2) D. Piedt 24 – 4 – 78 – 0 M. Morkel 23.2 – 4 – 73 – 2(w-1) D. Elgar 4 – 0 – 13 – 0 J. Duminy 5 – 0 – 21 – 1
South Africa 2nd innings
S. Cook not out 23
D. Elgar c Bairstow b Anderson 1
H. Amla not out 16
Extras (b-2) 2
Total (for 1 wickets, 17 overs) 42
Fall of wickets: 1-5 D. Elgar To bat: A. de Villiers, J. Duminy, T. Bavuma, Q. de Kock, K. Abbott, M. Morkel, K. Rabada, D. Piedt
Bowling J. Anderson 5 – 1 – 14 – 1 S. Broad 4 – 1 – 8 – 0 B. Stokes 3 – 1 – 6 – 0 C. Woakes 2 – 0 – 7 – 0 M. Ali 2 – 1 – 1 – 0 J. Root 1 – 0 – 4 – 0 Referees Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena Umpire: Chris Gaffaney TV umpire: Rod Tucker Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle
