The England all-rounder was confident his team could scrap their way back into the match.
The two bowlers took three wickets each as South Africa reached 273 for seven on the first day of the first Test.
England and Sri Lanka will eye a possible Champions Trophy semi-final against Australia.
England, needing a massive 401 to win, closed the fourth day on 165 for five.
In reply to the tourists' 395 for nine declared England were 233 for 5 at stumps on day three of the third Test against the West Indies.
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The duo put on a 172-run run stand in a score of 184 for 2 at close on day 2 of the second Test against England.
"We got off to a reasonable start but we didn't capitalise on it," said the SA skipper.
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has said that he believes sacked batting star Kevin Pietersen has been made a scapegoat for England's Ashes whitewash after having his international career brought to an end.
Chris Cairns has taken three wickets in his final Test to leave England wavering on 225 for five in reply to the Kiwis total of 384 on day two of the third Test.
Both were named in the squad to face Zimbabwe, in the second Test, starting on Thursday.
England, all out for 285 in the first innings, were still 466 behind West Indies' mammoth 751-5 declared after day four of the fourth Test.
All-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has failed to recover fully from a hernia operation, will be sent home from England's ill-fated tour of Australia, coach Duncan Fletcher said.
England will decide within the next 24 hours whether they will send all-rounder Andrew Flintoff home, captain Nasser Hussain said on Wednesday.
He will be replaced in the squad by Kent's Martin Saggers.
South Africa, replying to England's first innings of 445, were 84 for two wickets at the close on the second day of the third Test.
Darren Gough took four for 26 as Zimbabwe were routed for 92 after being asked to bat first.
Tendulkar and Warne planned to recruit 28 players to play 15 matches.
Describing Virat Kohli as "head and shoulders" above his international contemporaries, former England captain Andrew Flintoff says the Indian skipper is "on a different planet". "He's absolutely on his own. You look at the four main captains -- Steve Smith, Kane Williamson, Joe Root and Virat Kohli. They're all very, very good players but Virat is head and shoulders above all of them," Flintoff was quoted as saying in the Cricket Australia website.
Australia captain Tim Paine said thoughts of how to outwit England batsman Ben Stokes keep him awake at night.
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With 100-plus Tests and 400-plus wickets, most of them not exactly coming on rank turners, Harbhajan's name will always figure among true blue cricketing elites of India.
In the form of his life for the past few years, the 29-year-old all-rounder already has 7000 plus runs and more than 270 wickets across formats and finds his name mentioned alongside the likes of Ian Botham and Andrew Flintoff.
Former captain Sourav Ganguly remains the "catalyst" for transformation of Team India and the "fearless" Virat Kohli has taken it to another level, remarked former England cricketer David Lloyd on Wednesday. The cricketer-turned-commentator was referring to the India-Australia Test rivalry in the early 2000s when the Ganguly-led India first won an epic home contest 2-1 before securing a 1-1 draw Down Under in a classic four-Test series to retain the Border Gavaskar Trophy.
West Indian batting star Chris Gayle has courted fresh controversy when he made 'inappropriate' remarks to a female television presenter live on air after a Big Bash League cricket match. Gayle, who plays for the Melbourne Renegades in the T20 competition, was speaking to Channel 10 presenter Mel McLaughlin after he made a quick-fire 41 runs of 15 balls in his team's victory against Tasmania.
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