• Fourth Test day four:
England 400 & 248;
South Africa 183 & 274• England win by 191 runs as hosts collapse at the WanderersThe dynamic Durham pace duo, who are never seen at Chester-le-Street, bowled England to victory on the hottest, steamiest day of the series. Ben Stokes and Mark Wood shared six wickets as England completed yet another emphatic Test win to seal the series 3-1. Here the margin was 191 runs – it was 189 runs in Cape Town, an innings and 53 runs in Port Elizabeth. The Test at Centurion now seems a century ago.
The Durham monopoly extended to the end-of-series celebrations. Wood finished with nine wickets in the game and was given the man of the match award; Stokes was the man of the series. He has long since given up any hope of anonymity. In this series, after a late arrival because of accepting the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award in Aberdeen, he has had to deal with his father’s ill health, a little fracas with a spectator here at the Wanderers on the first day, which grabbed the headlines in between delivering vital runs, wickets and catches, which he has done in abundance.