• England beat South Africa by an innings and 85 runs in second test.
• At Old Trafford. The result sets up a series decider at The Oval.
• On Saturday, which South Africa must win to win the series 2-1.

James Anderson was at his absolute best, taking coordinate figures of 6-62 with his swing and cunning puzzling the South African batsmen.

As they were bowled out inexpensively two times following their triumph by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s the week before.

“We spoke a lot after the last game about how we can be better and certainly with the ball we stuck to our guns and tried to keep attacking fields…” James Anderson told.

“With the bat we spoke about learning when to soak up pressure and then put it back onto the opposition. I thought we did that amazingly.

“It’s been two strange tests, both short matches. South Africa were not at their best this week, we weren’t at our best last week, so it will be interesting to see if we can both bring our ‘A-game’ to the decider.”

Anderson said the administration of “I have truly partaken over the most recent couple of months, the manner in which Ben and Brendon believe we should play. My job has turned into somewhat unique. I’m not a cautious bowler any longer, they maintain that I should contemplate requiring some investment.

“We are getting a charge out of it. I think I’ve grinned more than I at any point have on a cricket field.”

Anderson likewise lauded crafted by Stokes on the pitch, after the captain scored hundred years in England’s innings and afterward dumbfounded a 14 spell to see them to the new ball on Saturday.

“He is a flat out freak, how he does that every day of the week. He just got 100 yesterday, batting for whatever length of time and afterward placing in that spell. It had an immense effect. He is a machine.”

Coach Brendon McCullum and Stokes furnishes the side with the certainty to take the resistance on.

“Everybody is sure about their job and what the chief and mentor expect of them,” Anderson said. “That is a huge assistance, it removes any uncertainty and permits you to zero in on your work.

“It sounds straightforward yet things can get blurred, there is such a great amount to contemplate according to a method perspective.

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