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Day 5

2607dESPNcricinfo staff

De Villiers hints at long-term captaincy

AB de Villiers has dropped another hint that he is willing to stay on as South Africa's long-term Test captain, after his new-look team completed an impressive 280-run victory

2634dThe Report by David Hopps

Red-hot Rabada routs feeble England

Kagiso Rabada completed a dream sequence with 13 wickets in the match as South Africa thumped England by 280 runs in the final Test at Centurion

Day 4

2634dThe Report by David Hopps

New-ball strikes set up SA victory push

South Africa will be confident that a first Test win in 10 attempts will fall their way on the final day of the fourth Test after grabbing three England wickets in the last 21 overs at Centurion

Day 3

2634dThe Report by David Hopps

Rabada's seven-wicket best keeps SA on victory track

Kagiso Rabada continued to bear a heavy burden after tearing through England's batting line-up with three quick wickets on the stroke of lunch to leave South Africa scenting victory in the final Test at Centurion

Day 2

Day 1

2635dThe Report by David Hopps

Cook and Amla hundreds lead South Africa

South Africa shook off a week of introspection by taking two centuries off a flaccid England attack on a satisfying opening to the final Test in Centurion

Others

2634dGeorge Dobell in Centurion

Cautious South Africa likely to be vindicated

Having had a barren 12 months in Test cricket, South Africa played like a side remembering how to win for much of the fourth day but they had a bit of luck with a storm just skirting the ground and victory is within grasp

2634dESPNcricinfo staff

Steyn ruled out of England ODIs

Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the ODI series against England as he continues to recover from a shoulder injury.

2634dFirdose Moonda in Centurion

Rabada shows he can be a new leader

As England's middle order was shredded by a new pace star in world cricket, watching from the stands Makhaya Ntini - a man who knows well the burden Rabada will carry - could not hide his excitement

2634dGeorge Dobell in Centurion

Hales' lean series should not surprise

England appear no nearer to finding a long-term partner for Alastair Cook but this was always likely to be a tough series for openers and, given the endless merry-go-round, it could be worth investing more time in Alex Hales

2635dFirdose Moonda in Centurion

South Africa's wonder kid grows up

Quinton de Kock was marked for great things from a young age but it was his maturity that shone through during his maiden Test hundred

2635dGeorge Dobell in Centurion

England's party falls flat

Motivation should not have been lacking for England - with several players eager to make a mark - but the first two sessions of the opening day were as poor as they have bowled for a considerable time

2635dFirdose Moonda in Centurion

A father's duck to a son's century

Sat in the stands at Centurion, Jimmy Cook could understand what his son was going through but he had every faith that he would not be overawed

2635dFirdose Moonda

Cook defends domestic scene after dream day

As South Africa's domestic structures come under scrutiny for their standard of cricket, Stephen Cook has proved that spending sufficient time in the set-up can still be prime players up for success at the top level

2634dFirdose Moonda in Centurion

SA close to appointing batting coach

Russell Domingo hit back criticism after South Africa's 2-1 series defeat and said he hoped that a new batting coach would be brought in soon

2635dFirdose Moonda

De Villiers talks up England weaknesses

Even though England have already won the series against South Africa, AB de Villiers has declared them "not unbeatable" in a feisty press conference ahead of the final Test

Scintillating Rabada

13/144

Rabada's figures in this Test, are the second-best for South Africa in Tests. Only Makhaya Ntini's 13 for 132 vs WI, Port of Spain, 2005 was better.

Youngest for SA

0

No. of SA bowlers who took 10 or more wkts in a Test at younger age than Rabada (20y, 242d). Hugh Tayfield was the previous youngest (23y, 329d)

Many a slip

6

Number of SA batsmen including Hashim Amla who have got a hundred and a score in the nineties in a Test. The last one was Neil McKenzie

SA's session

102

Runs scored without the loss of a wicket by the hosts in the 2nd session. They are now 356 runs ahead. In the 1st session SA had made 79 for the loss of 3 wickets.

Amla in Centurion

10

No. of fifty-plus scores by Hashim Amla in Centurion - the most he has got at any venue. He's got at least one fifty-plus score in eight of his ten Tests at this venue.

A rare pair

1912

The last and the only time before AB de Villiers a SA captain got a pair in Tests. Louis Tancred had got out for a duck in both innings at the Oval in 1912.

Visiting teams' misery

2

No. of times the visiting teams have taken a first-innings lead while batting second vs SA in Centurion, in the 9 Tests before this. Eng is one of them, in 2004-05.

Promising start

1

No. of SA bowlers who have taken two six-wicket hauls in International cricket before the age of 21 - Kagiso Rabada took 6 for 16 on his ODI debut and in this Test.

The collapse

3 for 3

England's collapse just before lunch on day three, as they slumped from 208 for 3 to 211 for 6

Nervous 99

2

Number of 99-run stands between Cook and Root in Tests; only one other pair has more than one 99-run stand: Aravinda de Silva and Hashan Tillakaratne

Consistent Root

4

Fifty-plus scores for Root in this series, the third time he has made four or more 50-plus scores in a series in his Test career