Cricket: It's a Fine Mess As England Wasters Let Boks Back in ; South Africa V England First Test Showdown, Second Day , at Port Elizabeth

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WASTEFUL England squandered their chance to nail South Africa in the first Test here yesterday.

And Mark Butcher admitted: "We could have made it a lot easier for ourselves."

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Cricket: It's a Fine Mess As England Wasters Let Boks Back in ; South Africa V England First Test Showdown, Second Day , at Port Elizabeth

Butcher's battling 79 carried England into the lead at St George's Park, but his dismissal sparked a collapse from 346-4 to 425 all out.

Then South Africa closed on 99...