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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Chennai, Jan 7:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;India&#39;s Test off spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is hoping the ongoing second Test between South Africa and England gets a &quot;grandstand finish&quot; after being in the balance at lunch on the fifth day at Newlands in Cape Town.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;South Africa are 4 down now, however I think and hope this test gets to a grand stand finish,&quot; Ashwin said in a tweet.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Set a target of 468, South Africa were 170\/4 at lunch on Day 5, still 268 runs behind and realistically looking to salvage a draw.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Opener Pieter Malan, who got a hundred on Test debut, continued his good work with the bat as he went into the break on 83 from 273 balls.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Proteas lost skipper Faf du Plessis (19) and Rassie van der Dussen was around to give Malan company on 1.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The hosts began their fightback at the overnight score of 126 for 2. Nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj (2) was removed early by James Anderson, trapped in front.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Earlier, England had scored 269 in the first innings with South Africa managing 223 in reply as Anderson snared five wickets, his 28th five wicket haul.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England piled on the runs as they declared on 391\/8 in their second essay to set South Africa an improbable target.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">South Africa are 4 down now, however I think and hope this test gets to a grand stand finish. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ENGvSA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ENGvSA<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ashwinravi99\/status\/1214498565692649473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>",
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