Proteas in charge at Newlands

Cape Town - The Proteas started to pile up back-to-back session wins on the second day of the third Test against the West Indies at Newlands on Saturday to give themselves an excellent chance of taking control of the match.

Sessions were evenly shared on the first day when the West Indies scored 276 runs and the Proteas took six wickets.

But the second day belonged largely to the Proteas as they closed on 227/3 with both Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers well set and their overall deficit reduced to 102 runs.

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