{"id":13689,"date":"2012-08-20T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/cricket-south-africa-in-control-at-lunch\/"},"modified":"2012-08-20T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2012-08-20T13:02:41","slug":"cricket-south-africa-in-control-at-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/cricket-south-africa-in-control-at-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket-South Africa in control at lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Richard Sydenham<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON<\/span> Aug 20 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa were in pole<br \/>\nposition to win the third and final test at Lord&#8217;s on Monday<br \/>\nafter reducing England to 120 for four at lunch on the last day.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England, chasing an improbable 346 to square the series at<br \/>\n1-1 and avoid losing top spot in the world rankings to South<br \/>\nAfrica, lost two wickets in the morning session after resuming<br \/>\non 16 for two.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Trott was 57 not out and Jonny Bairstow unbeaten on<br \/>\n43 after Ian Bell (4) fell without adding to his overnight score<br \/>\nand James Taylor (4) was run out.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>West Indies, who scored 344 for one in 1984, are the only<br \/>\nteam to have successfully chased a total beyond 300 in a Lord&#8217;s<br \/>\ntest.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>England also need to better their highest fourth-innings run<br \/>\nchase of 332 for seven against Australia in 1928.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bairstow&#8217;s arrival at the crease added some aggression to<br \/>\nthe home side&#8217;s effort. He has so far faced just 36 deliveries,<br \/>\nhaving struck a fighting 95 in the first innings.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Runs were not easy to come by earlier. Trott scored the<br \/>\nfirst boundary of the innings in the 17th over by slashing<br \/>\nVernon Philander over the head of third slip off a thick edge.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Bell tried to duplicate Trott&#8217;s positive intent, having<br \/>\ngone 11 balls without scoring, he edged Philander to first slip<br \/>\nGraeme Smith who held the catch at the second attempt.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>That was 34 for three and the total soon became 45 for four<br \/>\nwhen Taylor sprinted for a fourth run that Trott had no interest<br \/>\nin.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Philander had figures of three for 14 in nine overs at<br \/>\nlunch.<\/p>\n<p> (Editing by Tony Jimenez)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard Sydenham LONDON Aug 20 (Reuters) &#8211; South Africa were in pole position to win the third and final test at Lord&#8217;s on Monday after reducing England to 120 for four at lunch on the last day. 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