A sensational spell of bowling from Stuart Broad, reminiscent of his 8-15 in the Ashes at Trent Bridge last summer, guided his side to a 2-0 series victory after a clinical England won the third Test in Johannesburg.
Broad took 6-17, including a spell of five wickets for just one run in 31 balls, either side of lunch as South Africa collapsed to 83 all out, leaving England just 74 to win after they had been finished their first innings on 323 earlier on in the day, a lead of ten runs.
Alastair Cook (43) then added some much needed runs, with Alex Hales making 18, as England knocked off the required total inside 23 overs to win by seven wickets and take an unassailable 2-0 series lead.
England began the day on 238-5, with second day centurion Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow looking to eat further in to the 75 runs the hosts still led by.
Root added four to his overnight score before falling to an expansive drive off Kagiso Rabada, caught behind by Dane Vilas for 110.
It was then left to Bairstow, who had scored his first Test century in the second game at Cape Town, to shepherd the tail and edge England ahead on first innings total.
Moeen Ali fell for 19, brilliantly caught by Vilas, and Broad added 12 before Bairstow was last man out for 45, England had amassed 323 and a lead of ten runs.
South Africa faced a tricky period before the lunch interval in helpful bowling conditions but Dean Elgar and Stiaan van Zyl guided their side to the break on 16-0.
However, with a new ball only six overs old, Broad wreaked havoc after the break to reduce South Africa to 35-5 and put England firmly on the front foot.
First, Elgar was caught behind by Bairstow off a lifting delivery for 15, before van Zyl was smartly caught by Ben Stokes at gully for 11.
Broad then took two more crucial wickets in quick succession, South African captain AB de Villiers cut in half by a searing delivery from the Nottinghamshire fast bowler, caught behind for 0.
James Taylor then took a superb reflex catch at short leg to remove Hashim Amla for five, the Nottinghamshire limited-overs captain clinging on to a low chance from a flick off the legs from the South African number three.
Broad then took his fifth wicket in 31 balls to go to his 15th Test five-wicket haul, Temba Bavuma unable to duck under a short ball, seeing it ricochet off his gloves and on to the stumps.
Whilst Broad was given a well-deserved rest, Taylor never strayed far from the action and he was on hand to give England their sixth wicket and Finn his first wicket.
Vilas, only playing in the Test due to an injury to Quinton de Kock, flicked Finn off his legs only to see Taylor dive one-handed to his right and take his second catch of the innings.
Faf du Plessis was running out of partners, Ben Stokes bowling Chris Morris for one and Kagiso Rabada for 16 before James Anderson had Hardus Viljoen LBW for six.
Morne Morkel joined du Plessis but the latter became Broad’s sixth victim, brilliantly caught and bowled by the England paceman, South Africa all out for 83 leaving the tourists just 74 to win the series.
Cook and Hales then took advantage of some poor bowling from the South African pace attack to get off to a quick start before the Nottinghamshire was trapped LBW for 18 by Dean Elgar.
The left arm spinner then had Nick Compton caught for 0 and Morris removed the England captain for 43, leaving Joe Root to hit the winning runs to take a 2-0 series lead and secure their first away victory since India in 2012/13.
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