Second Test, Durban (day three):
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By Tom Fordyce
0756: Eng 113-2
What a ball that is from Morkel, the same one that did for Trott - tempting length, drawing the defensive push, biting on the track and snaking past the edge. Nervous times out there under the African sun.0753: Eng 111-2
Punters still strolling into Kingsmead, the grassy banks beyond the deep square leg boundary a popular spot for baking and boozing. Steyn pushes more leave-alones across Cook’s front pad before straying leggie and getting clipped for one - with another to KP to the mirror side.0748: Eng 109-2
Thick stripes across the lush outfield - in the verdant sense, rather than the Gavin and Stacey - and KP twitches with adrenaline as Morkel canters in. There’s a man in at short midwicket for that flamingo drive - ooof, straight to him on one bounce. Morkel feeds the monster and this time gets bitten - into that slot again, clipped past the fielder by KP for his first runs of the day. Cook still to score a run this morning…0743: Eng 104-2
KP will have to wait - Cook on strike to Steyn, two slips in and a fine gully, mid-on and midwicket, backward point, cover and mid-off. Steyn’s radar was awry on Sunday, and he’s seeking control rather than expensive wickets here - six angled across the bows, watched dolefully by the doe-eyed opener.**From Sean, TMS inbox: ** "Good morning from a cold Heathrow T.3. I’m looking forward to today’s play. Cookie, Bell and maybe KP really need to show us what they can do and put us in command of this test. Mmm, now for the turkey sarnies for brekkie!!"0739: Eng 104-2
Morkel and his team-mates are cock-a-hoop, and rightly so - big wicket, delightful delivery. Angled in a fraction, going up and away a little off the track and taking the hesitant edge through to the stumper. Now then - who’s this coming in The ego has landed…0736: WICKET Trott c Boucher b Morkel 18, Eng 102-1
Morkel, the pick of yesterday’s attack - edged, caught!0735: Eng 104-1
Trott clips Steyn’s second ball, a late in-dipper, into the leg-side for a squeaky single before Cook stays steady on the other two. Anyone see the Coogan retrospective last night IRA spokesman on helium from The Day Today
0725: 98 overs to be bowled today, which is about as likely to happen as Cookie is to switch-hit the first ball for six. Particularly as it’s Trotty on strike.
0718: Big old session coming up - with the exception of Morkel, South Africa’s bowlers were all over the shop on Sunday, and already the new ball looks a spent force. At the same time, Alastair Cook was batting with the fluency of a rusty robot, and Skipper Strauss - silky in the afternoon - is back in the hutch. England 240 behind, the pitch staying steady, batting conditions overhead a delight.
0710: Brrr. Shiver. Gulp. Far from toasty en Angleterre this morning, but it’s looking like an old-fashioned scorcher doon in Durban toon.