JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa’s fast bowling duo of Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel finally delivered as the host nation squared the series with an emphatic innings and a 74-run win on the fourth day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium yesterday.

“Steyn and Morkel were excellent on this wicket,” said England captain Andrew Strauss after England were bowled out for 169 in their second innings in the last over before lunch.

South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, who shared the man of the series award with England off-spinner Graeme Swann, said he wouldn’t yet rate them ahead of Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock as a pair of fast bowlers he had kept wicket to but he felt they had “the potential to be up there with the best that have ever played the game”.

Steyn and Morkel took seven wickets each and were named joint men of the match. Morkel sent the game hurtling to an early finish with a spell of three wickets for no runs in seven balls on Sunday morning. He finished with four for 59.

Only the obdurate Paul Collingwood stood firm for England, scoring 71 on a morning during which seven wickets fell for 121 runs.

It was a pitch tailor-made for the South African pair, according to Strauss.

Both captains had regrets about sharing the honours after a hard-fought series.

England went into the match 1-0 up in the series after winning by an innings and 98 runs in the second Test in Durban.

The first and third Tests in Centurion and Cape Town were drawn, with England nine down in their second innings on both occasions.