South Africa defeated England by 10 wickets in the second Test at Headingley on Monday to take a 1-0 lead in the four-match series with a day to spare.
England, who made 203 on Friday, were dismissed for 327 in their second innings shortly before the close on the fourth day, leaving South Africa needing only nine runs to win.
South Africa's winning performance was dominated by centuries from AB de Villiers (174) and Ashwell Prince (149) as they set up their team's imposing first innings total of 522. De Villiers revealed he was motivated by boos from the crowd and abuse from England players after he claimed a catch on Friday that was shown to have bounced first.
Andrew Flintoff, in his first Test for 18 months, resisted South Africa's victory charge in an unusually slow innings of 38 from 95 balls before he was caught at second slip off Morne Morkel. The time in the middle should at least be some consolation for him and England.
The day started well for England as night-watchman James Anderson took some painful blows to the body from Dale Steyn while making a Test best 34.
Top scorer Alastair Cook was caught off a leading edge by Hashim Amla at cover from the bowling of Jacques Kallis for 60 after batting for almost five hours.
South Africa are seeking their first series win in England since their return from international isolation. They last won in 1965.
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