England vs South Africa 2017: 5 positives for England from the Manchester Test

#4 Wickets in quick succession

England were excellent with the ball throughout

After dismissing England for 362 in their first innings, South Africa started off handsomely with the bat. After 40 overs, with the score at 131, the Proteas trailed by 231 runs with 7 wickets remaining in hand.

However, the English bowlers kept pegging away at the Proteas batsman and it paid dividends for them. The South African innings experienced a slump as they lost their final 7 wickets for just 95 runs. More importantly, it gave England a massive lead of 136 runs.

Several of South Africa’s middle and lower order batsmen got their eyes in and threatened to take the game away from England. However, they perished one after the other courtesy some marvellous bowling by Anderson and Broad.