SA vs ENG: South Africa on top after Rabada's seven

England were all out for 342 in their first innings, following which South Africa scored 42 for one before play was stopped due to bad light.

Rabada (left) dismissed Joe Root, James Taylor and Jonny Bairstow in quick succession to have figures of five for 76 - his second five-wicket haul in successive matches.

South African fast bowling prodigy Kagiso Rabada took seven wickets to put South Africa on top on the third day of the fourth and final Test against England at SuperSport Park on Sunday. England were all out for 342 in their first innings, following which South Africa scored 42 for one before play was stopped due to bad light.

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Rabada, 20, finished with seven for 112, including a devastating burst of three wickets in 12 balls shortly before lunch. He dismissed Joe Root, James Taylor and Jonny Bairstow in quick succession — all caught behind by wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock — to claim his second five-wicket haul in successive matches.

He followed up by ending an aggressive innings of 33 by Ben Stokes, who was caught at first slip by Hashim Amla off the second delivery with the second new ball.

Moeen Ali still confident of a win

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Chris Woakes was dropped by a leaping De Kock off Morne Morkel when he had one but went on to score 26, helping Moeen Ali add 43 for the eighth wicket, before he was caught at slip in part-time off-spinner JP Duminy's first over.

Root, who hit a century and two fifties in the first three Tests, made 76 off 128 balls with 11 fours before edging Rabada to wicketkeeper De Kock.

Batting conditions were tricky under a heavily overcast sky on a pitch with occasional variable bounce but England lost only one wicket before Rabada's burst.

Alastair Cook and Root made their third wicket stand worth 99 with largely watchful batting, adding 37 runs in an hour before Morne Morkel dismissed Cook.

The tall fast bowler, who had been wayward, followed up a wretched wide with a superb delivery from around the wicket which squared up Cook, straightened off the pitch and found the outside edge for wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock to take the catch. Cook made 76 off 186 balls with 11 fours.