Cricket: England stride to 88 for 1

England batted confidently to reach 88 for one wicket by stumps yesterday after Graeme Swann had taken five wickets to help bowl out South Africa for 418 on the third day of the first test.

Swann claimed his third five-wicket haul in 13 tests, finishing with 5-110 from 45.2 overs of offspin at SuperSport Park, with the Proteas' tailenders adding more than 100 runs after the last specialist batsman, J. P. Duminy, had been dismissed for 56.

England captain Andrew Strauss was 44 not out at the close and will resume today alongside Jonathan Trott on 18.