• Stuart Broad and Jofra Archer make it through injury-free• Quinton de Kock says after his 95, ‘It will get more difficult’Sam Curran is an effervescent cricketer but a measured, mature speaker. He almost sounded like an old pro when asked to assess an intriguing day’s play at Centurion, during which he was England’s most effective bowler with a career best four for 57 as
South Africa finished on 277 for nine.
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“It’s been a tough week as a squad and we’re pleased how we’ve stuck together as a group,” Curran said. “It was tough out there, warm with not much breeze.