#2 Failing to convert starts into big totals

When a side gets dismissed for just 226 runs despite the fact that as many as nine batsmen entered double figures, you know that things could have been done much better.
That's exactly what South Africa faced in their first innings as none of the batsmen failed to capitalise on their starts to register a big score. Wickets kept tumbling down at regular wickets as England managed to arrest the growth of big partnerships with much success.
Even when Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis managed to get a 123-run partnership in the second innings that gave a glimmer of hope for the tourists about an unlikely victory, Moeen Ali managed to nullify the benefits of that stand with three quick wickets to all but end South Africa's resistance in the second innings.
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