Anderson leaves England eyeing South Africa series win
Updated | By AFP
James Anderson took four wickets from the newly-named James Anderson End to put England in a commanding position against South Africa in the fourth Test at Old Trafford on Saturday.
South Africa were 220 for nine in reply to England's first innings 362, featuring Jonny Bairstow's 99, at stumps on the second day.
That left them 142 runs behind in a match they have to win to draw this four-match series 2-2.
Morne Morkel was 18 not out after Kagiso Rabada (23) was brilliantly caught by a diving Ben Stokes in the gully off Stuart Broad in what became the last ball of the day.
At stumps, paceman Anderson had figures of four wickets for 33 runs in 15 overs.
The 35-year-old was now in sight of his first five-wicket haul in a Test innings at Old Trafford.
But his seventh Test at Old Trafford was the first fixture since what was known as the Pavilion End had been renamed in honour of Anderson, England's all-time leading Test wicket-taker.
"It was great today," Anderson told BBC Radio's Test Match Special. "We spoke about creating pressure...and getting as many balls (as possible) in the right area."
Anderson needed just three balls to have Dean Elgar, fresh from a hundred in South Africa's 239-run defeat in the third Test at The Oval, lbw for a duck in the first over of the Proteas' reply.
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