Updates from Port Elizabeth with the series tied at 1-1The Knowledge: footballers doing a reverse Rory BurnsAnd feel free to email rob.smyth@theguardian.com 6.09am GMT
Hello and welcome to live, over-by-over coverage of the third Test between
South Africa and
England at Port Elizabeth. Let’s start with something thrilling, a list of scores: 1-1, 1-0, 2-1, 2-1, 2-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-1, 0-2, 1-2, 3-1. Those are the series results between these sides since South Africa were readmitted in 1991. No whitewashes, not even a rout, and only three dead rubbers in 11 series.
South Africa and England have been the most well-matched teams in world cricket in the last 30 years. Some might say that’s because they’re essentially the same team, but that’s probably one for the Guardian Sport SuperBrains to consider. What we can say with confidence is that contests between the two usually come with a guarantee of tense, hard-nosed, occasionally brilliant cricket.