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Duo steer England towards draw
15:45, Dec 20 2009
Kevin Pietersen and Jonathan Trott defied their native country to put England within sight of a comfortable draw at Centurion.
Pietersen (81) and Trott (65no) shared a stand of 145 to help the tourists to 192 for four with a maximum 21 overs left in the first Test.
The former shot himself in the foot immediately after tea when he run himself out by calling for a rash single and refusing to turn back when his push-drive towards mid-off failed to beat bowler Friedel de Wet in his follow-through.
Trott never moved from the non-striker's crease, and Pietersen was run out by the length of the pitch - but it seemed he had already done enough to ensure a stalemate.
South Africa still had the second new ball in reserve to try to make one last victory push, but the stoic Trott was joined by Paul Collingwood to keep the hosts at bay.
Each playing his maiden Test in South Africa, the fourth-wicket pair had employed contrasting styles - Pietersen the more adventurous throughout on his way past a 50 which took only 76 balls, to Trott's in 135.
The notional 364 South Africa set England to win appeared out of reasonable calculations from a start-of-play 11 for one.
It was still a fanciful scenario two sessions later, and then terminally so from the moment Pietersen ran himself out.
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