South Africa vs England 2017, 3rd Test, Day 4: 5 talking points

#2 England push home advantage with early wickets

Stokes took back to back wickets to dent South Africa's blockathon hopes

While there is little South Africa could have done to win this game with a target of 492 on the board, this Proteas side has a knack of pulling off 'blockathons' in the recent past even though England did not seem too concerned by that. And with the new ball in hand, the hosts showed just why.

Broad sent back Heino Kuhn with a beauty while three fell in quick succession after the 15th over. Hashim Amla was first to go, edging Toby Roland-Jones to the slips.

Ben Stokes then pushed the game further in England's favour with wickets off of consecutive balls, sending back Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis off consecutive balls. De Kock was undone by a pinpoint yorker while Du Plessis, the architect of South Africa's resistance game, was caught in front for a golden duck.