Alastair Cook proud of his team after win against South Africa

Captain Alastair Cook hailed a “relentless” performance as England completed a convincing 241-run win over South Africa in quick time on the final day in Durban

England started this morning needing six wickets to go 1-0 up in the four-Test series and they needed less than a session to do it as the world’s top-ranked side were cast aside.

“It is really satisfying. It was just a good five days really – we played some good cricket and we were pretty relentless actually,” Cook told ecb.co.uk.

“It is really pleasing to start the series well.


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