{"id":13201,"date":"2012-08-06T02:07:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-3-cricket-england-toil-for-wickets-as-storms-intervene\/"},"modified":"2012-08-06T02:07:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T00:07:42","slug":"update-3-cricket-england-toil-for-wickets-as-storms-intervene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-3-cricket-england-toil-for-wickets-as-storms-intervene\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 3-Cricket-England toil for wickets as storms intervene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds quotes)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Richard Sydenham<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LEEDS, England<\/span> Aug 5 (Reuters) &#8211; England failed to make a<br \/>\nbreakthrough before rain forced the abandonment of play at 1715<br \/>\n(1615 GMT) on the fourth day of the second test at Headingley on<br \/>\nSunday as South Africa reached 39 without loss in their second<br \/>\ninnings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jacques Rudolph, opening in place of the injured Alviro<br \/>\nPetersen, was unbeaten on 21 while skipper Graeme Smith was on<br \/>\n17 as he continued to bat with a minor knee injury.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thunder and lightning arrived just minutes after the players<br \/>\nleft the field with the skies over northern England turning an<br \/>\nominous dark grey. A minimum 45 overs were lost in the day.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u201cIt was frustrating,&#8221; England&#8217;s Matt Prior, who hit 68,<br \/>\ntold reporters. &#8220;\u201cTo get a small lead and to put South Africa<br \/>\nunder some pressure it would have been nice to have had the<br \/>\nopportunity to pick up some wickets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8221;There are now only two results that can happen: a draw or<br \/>\nan England win. It can be hard sometimes to know you have got to<br \/>\nbat out a day, which is what South Africa have to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was a frustrating passage of play for England, who had<br \/>\nfailed to capitalise on Kevin Pietersen&#8217;s exhilarating first<br \/>\ninnings century that helped the hosts to 425 in reply to the<br \/>\nProteas&#8217; 419.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith survived a scare before lunch when England reviewed an<br \/>\nlbw appeal but it was rejected. Television replays showed the<br \/>\nball would have bounced over the stumps.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds quotes) By Richard Sydenham LEEDS, England Aug 5 (Reuters) &#8211; England failed to make a breakthrough before rain forced the abandonment of play at 1715 (1615 GMT) on the fourth day of the second test at Headingley on Sunday as South Africa reached 39 without loss in their second innings. 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