INDIA FIGHT BACK

MOHAMMED SHAMI (pix) took three wickets in four overs as India fought back on the fourth day of the second Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park yesterday. South Africa were 173 for five at lunch, an overall lead of 201 runs. The match seemed to be slipping away from India as Dean Elgar and AB de Villiers scored freely in the first hour, adding 54 runs in 12.1 overs before Shami had De Villiers caught behind in the last over before the morning drinks break. De Villiers made 80 off 121 balls with ten fours before attempting to nudge a ball backward of square and being deceived by extra bounce. He and Elgar had added 141 for the third wicket after coming together at three for two. Elgar fell soon afterwards for 61 when he hooked Shami to deep square leg where Lokesh Rahul juggled the ball before completing a catch. Quinton de Kock hit three boundaries, all off the edge of his bat, before edging Shami to wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel in the same over. next 48 hours to decide if Stokes will be allowed to take part in England’s upcoming tour of New Zealand, for which he has already been selected. The confrontation in September in the southwestern city of Bristol reportedly left a man with a fractured eye socket. Stokes, 26, was suspended from international cricket until further notice by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), meaning he missed the Australia tour. “The CPS was passed a file of evidence by Avon and Somerset Police on 29 November in relation to an incident of disorder in Bristol city centre,” said a spokesman for England’s Crown Prosecution Service. “Further material was subsequently received in late December. Following a review of all the available evidence, the CPS has today authorised the police to charge three men with affray in connection with the incident.”