A bewildering day of cricket, at once captivating, thrilling and more than a little crazy. It produced 15 wickets and left no one the wiser which one of these two flawed teams would end up with the prize, although South Africa for most of the day seemed to have a firm grip on it, until a late panic set in. Only one thing is certain: game reserves, early flights to Cape Town or tee times for the golf course can be booked for the fifth day. After the twists and turns that saw some fabulous bowling from Vernon Philander and Kagiso Rabada before lunch, followed by a classic English collapse either side of tea and some equally frenetic and implausible South African batting in the…

Source: The Times December 27, 2019 18:00 UTC