England v South Africa 2nd Test

Day Four: England resume needing 269 to avoid an innings defeat with only eight wickets intact but survive the first hour

The South Africans try all manner of tactics, including some short ones, but James Anderson survives and fares well

Nightwatchman Anderson also plays some fluent strokes as he records his Test highest score of 34

Anderson soon requires treatment, however, after receiving a sickening blow on the grille from Steyn

Kevin Pietersen plays a curious cameo innings and departs shortly before lunch as South Africa scent imminent victory

Ian Bell makes only four before he is superbly caught in the gully to become the fifth England wicket in a sorry tale

England's increasingly desperate plight has a marked effect on the number of spectators, despite the sunshine at Headingley

The crowd cling to the hope that Andrew Flintoff can save them, and the all-rounder begins in watchful fashion, with just a few big hits

Tim Ambrose shares 68 with Flintoff but falls to Steyn attempting a cut, having struck five fours in his 36

Steyn shows he is not afraid to hit back at the rather bigger and stronger Flintoff, after the all-rounder hits him for four

But hopes of a famous fightback all but end when Flintoff is dismissed by Morne Morkel and caught at slip for 38

But Stuart Broad hits some thrilling strokes in a superb third Test fifty to ensure that South Africa have to bat again

Darren Pattinson is comprehensively bowled and South Africa are faced with the somewhat token target of nine runs

McKenzie (left) hits the winning run to seal a crushing 10-wicket win, of which skipper and fellow opener Graeme Smith is justifiably proud

At 1-0 down in the series, England's selectors have some big decisions to make ahead of the third Test at Edgbaston next week

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