Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad exchanging thoughts on Sunday

England's Stuart Broad said the home team were "not disappointed" to be chasing 197 to win the final Test against South Africa at The Oval.

South Africa's tail-end frustrated England's bowlers to score 318.

Broad said taking wickets had proved difficult but suggested that batting on Monday might not be too tough.

"The wicket flattened out, it was quite slow and took bounce out of the equation. It's still a very good wicket," the paceman told BBC Sport.

The Nottinghamshire star also backed England's defensive strategy with the ball on Sunday.

After taking the second new ball with the tourists seven wickets down, captain Kevin Pietersen declined to set attacking fields when AB de Villiers, the last recognised batsman, was on strike.

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But Broad reasoned: "We knew we didn't want them to get away from us. It's a very quick scoring ground at The Oval with the square being so large but we didn't want [De Villiers] to get away and the new ball comes a bit harder.

"We set defending fields with the aim of keeping them to a total of about 320 and that's what they got."

England's opening batsmen faced a potentially awkward final hour, but eight balls into their chase bad light and rain ended proceedings for the day.

Broad said: "We are pleased to have 10 wickets in hand going into the final day. If we can win it will be a great ending and a fantastic start for Kev as captain.

"He's been brilliant all week and hopefully we can pull it off for him."

If we can pick up a couple of early ones I can't see why we can't push through AB de Villiers

De Villiers fell in the 90s for the fifth time in his four-year Test career when Monty Panesar dismissed him for 97 - but he was more concerned about his team's position.

"My target was to get a 250-run lead for the boys. I came up short by 50 runs, so that was very disappointing," he said.

"I was just trying to score runs, I was not even thinking of my hundred, it was never an issue.

"But we have a really good chance - the bowlers have not really been where they can be, so it will be a good chance for them to hit their straps and bowl like we know they can.

"If we can pick up a couple of early ones I can't see why we can't push through."