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England humbles SA at home
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 31 - 12 - 2015

Moeen Ali took three wickets on Wednesday as England made quick work of securing victory in the first Test by bundling out South Africa for 174 before lunch and ensure a 241-run win on the last day at Kingsmead.
It was only the second triumph in the opening Test of a series for England in 11 years as South Africa's status as the top-ranked Test nation looked distinctly hollow, extending its number of successive Tests without a win to seven.
England will take a massive morale boost into the rest of the four-Test series with a quick turnaround time before the second Test starts in Cape Town Saturday.
"It was a pretty good Test match," a smiling England captain Alastair Cook said afterward. "It's always nice to start a series well and to as well as we did was really pleasing."
South Africa already had its backs to the wall at 136 for four wickets overnight, chasing an improbable 416 for a win, and its hopes of survival rested heavily on AB de Villiers.
But the stumper-batsman lasted only three balls at the start of the final day and was out on his overnight score of 37.
De Villiers was trapped leg before wicket to Ali and failed to overturn the decision on review with the television technology showing the ball would have grazed the leg stump.
South Africa had still not added a run to its overnight tally when Temba Bavuma was stumped by Jonny Bairstow off Ali's bowling in just his second over of the day.
Nightwatchman Dale Steyn was bowled by Steven Finn, who had been the wrecker-in-chief late on the fourth day, and Kyle Abbott was also trapped lbw by Ali as England grabbed the first four wickets of the day for just seven runs.
Dane Piedt tried his best at stonewalling, going 27 balls without scoring before edging a ball from Chris Woakes onto his pads, which popped up for James Taylor to catch at short-leg.
The last man out was Morne Morkel, leg before to Stuart Broad for eight, leaving JP Duminy 26 not out as he held up one end for South Africa.
Finn finished with figures of 4-42, while Ali took 3-47.
"It was not a good Christmas. We didn't play half as well as we could and we've got a lot of work to do now," said South Africa coach Russell Domingo.
The second Test at Newlands runs from Jan. 2-6 with the two remaining matches in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
South Africa adds 2 to squad
The South African selectors Wednesday added wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock and fast bowler Chris Morris to their squad for the second Test against England starting in Cape Town Saturday.
"Following our performance and injuries in the first Test, we have recognized the need to bolster the squad," said Linda Zondi, the convener of selectors.
Apart from taking the gloves to reduce the workload of star batsman AB de Villiers, the left-handed De Kock could strengthen South Africa's fragile batting.
Morris was picked as cover for Dale Steyn, who suffered a shoulder injury in Durban. Steyn remains in the squad but is unlikely to play. Kagiso Rabada is probably next in line if Steyn is ruled out.


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