FILE PHOTO: Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup Semi Final - England Nets - Edgbaston, Birmingham, Britain - July 9, 2019 England's Mark Wood during nets Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers
PORT ELIZABETH (Reuters) - Ben Stokes survived several scares but featured in a 76-run late afternoon partnership with Ollie Pope as England reached 224 for four wickets at close on the opening day of the third test against South Africa on Thursday.
England's talisman, named International Cricket Council Cricketer of the Year on the eve of the test, will resume on 38 runs at St George’s Park on Friday along with the 22-year-old Pope, unbeaten on 39.
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