• ‘It won’t happen overnight but that’s the journey we are on’•
England will rise to No 4 with victory in Friday’s fourth Test
Joe Root says England are targeting becoming the No 1 team in the world following a crushing innings-and-53 run win in the third Test against South Africa.
This victory in Port Elizabeth was the first time England had won an overseas Test by an innings since beating Australia at
Sydney in January 2011. That team, led by Andrew Strauss, went on to reach No 1 in the Test rankings later that year.