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Rabada stars as South Africa defeat England

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Kagiso Rabada starred again as South Africa finished the series with England on a high by claiming victory in the fourth and final Test by 280 runs on day five.
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England resumed on 52-3 at Centurion on Tuesday, with an unlikely victory target of 382 a very distant prospect, but lost their last seven wickets for 43 runs in just over an hour to crumble to 101 all out.

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Having taken 7-112 in the first innings, Rabada returned 6-32 second time around. His match figures of 13-144 represent the best by a South African on home soil, as well as trumping Mitchell Johnson's Test-best 12-127 on this ground.

At 20 years old, Rabada also became the youngest South African to take 10 wickets in a Test, surpassing Hugh Tayfield, who was 23 when he achieved the feat against Australia in 1952.

Victory means the Proteas regain some pride after being skittled for 83 on their way to defeat in the previous Test at the Wanderers.

England, perhaps lacking motivation with the series already sewn up, collapsed in meek fashion to bring an unsatisfactory close to an otherwise promising Test tour.

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James Taylor and Joe Root strode to the crease in the morning, but the former was soon on his way in the third over of the day as he gloved a short ball from Morne Morkel (3-36) through to Quinton de Kock for 24.

Root (20) fell in the very next over, driving loosely at Dane Piedt (1-11) and edging a regulation chance to Dean Elgar at slip.

It looked as though Jonny Bairstow (14) had a lucky escape when Rabada overstepped in inducing an edge to captain AB de Villiers in the cordon, but the wicketkeeper-batsman nicked the very next ball through to De Kock behind the stumps.

That left England in disarray on 83-6, and things went from bad to worse in the next over as Ben Stokes (10) holed out to the midwicket boundary off Morkel.

Moeen Ali was subsequently left with the tail, but Rabada was in a hurry to get through them.

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Chris Woakes (5) and Stuart Broad (2) were caught behind the wicket before James Anderson was given out lbw first ball following a review as Rabada delivered yet another sign of his burgeoning talent.

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