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

#1 Can South Africa pull themselves out of this mess?

Faf du Plessis and Amla will play a key role if South Africa are to salvage the series

Granted, their bowlers did a tremendous job for most part of the day to reduce England's hold in the game. But much of the hard work done by Olivier and the others was undone by Moeen Ali late in the day and the visiting batsmen are left with a humungous task on day 4 and 5 if they are to pull off a win from here and level the series.

Much of South Africa's hopes would depend on their senior players, Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis, both of whom haven't had the best of tours. The pitch is slowly deteriorating and this makes the task all the more difficult for this Proteas outfit.