South Africa vs England 2017: 4th Test day 1, 5 talking points

#2 Morkel interrupts Malan's career saving knock

Malan might as well have slammed the bat on his head after that loose shot at the stroke of tea

Dawid Malan was looking to salvage his reputation with a decent knock in the company of his skipper, Joe Root. He had been undone by a rip roaring Kagiso Rabada yorker on his debut and was willing himself to construct an innings this time around.

He drove Rabada through the covers with elegant ease to put behind the corker of a delivery he had received on debut. A well clipped four off Morkel followed. But a rush of blood followed the two boundaries as he unleashed an expansive drive off Morkel and edged to du Plessis at slip right before tea.