27 December,2009 10:02 AM IST | | AFP
England grabbed three wickets after tea to wrest control from South Africa on the first day of the second Test at Kingsmead on Saturday. South Africa were 175 for five when bad light stopped play with 29 overs remaining to be bowled.
The host nation looked firmly in command when their two most experienced batsmen, captain Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, put together a third wicket stand of 150.
But both batsmen were out for 75 in quick succession after tea. Kallis fell to off-spinner Graeme Swann before Smith was run out in a mix-up with AB de Villiers.
JP Duminy made only four before he was leg before wicket to Graham Onions shortly before the early close.
"When they were 160 for two and all of a sudden you take three quick wickets it swings the ball game back in your favour," said Onions. "We feel as though we finished the day quite strong."
