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Test No. 2266

South Africa tour of England 2017
2017 season
England vs South Africa - 3rd Test
27-31 July, 2017 (5-day match)

England led the 4-match series 2-1

Venue : Kennington Oval, London
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 239 runs


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook lbw b Morkel
88 
200 
10 
0
44.00 
»
 Keaton Jennings c Elgar b Philander
0 
9 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tom Westley c du Plessis b Morris
25 
50 
5 
0
50.00 
»
 Joe Root c de Kock b Philander
29 
56 
4 
0
51.79 
»
 Dawid Malan b Rabada
1 
17 
0 
0
5.88 
»
 Ben Stokes c Rabada b Morkel
112 
153 
9 
4
73.20 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c du Plessis b Rabada
36 
52 
6 
0
69.23 
»
 Moeen Ali c de Kock b Morkel
16 
40 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Toby Roland-Jones lbw b Maharaj
25 
25 
4 
1
100.00 
»
 Stuart Broad c Amla b Rabada
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
Extras B 7, LB 7, W 3
17
Total : (all out in 103.2 overs)
353
 RR : 3.42

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Jennings, 3.3 ov), 2-64 (Westley, 22.5 ov), 3-113 (Root, 38.2 ov), 4-120 (Malan, 43.6 ov), 5-183 (Cook, 64.2 ov), 6-258 (Bairstow, 81.4 ov), 7-279 (Ali, 90.3 ov), 8-316 (Roland-Jones, 97.2 ov), 9-331 (Broad, 100.3 ov), 10-353 (Stokes, 103.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
28
 .2
7 
70 
3
2.47
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
17
6 
32 
2
1.88
0
1
»
 Kagiso Rabada
26
4 
85 
3
3.27
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
15
1 
61 
1
4.07
0
0
»
 Chris Morris
17
1 
91 
1
5.35
0
2

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar c Bairstow b Roland-Jones
8 
33 
1 
0
24.24 
»
 Heino Kuhn lbw b Roland-Jones
15 
24 
3 
0
62.50 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bairstow b Roland-Jones
6 
15 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Quinton de Kock c Stokes b Roland-Jones
17 
21 
3 
0
80.95 
»
 Faf du Plessis lbw b Anderson
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Bairstow b Roland-Jones
52 
120 
8 
0
43.33 
»
 Chris Morris c & b Anderson
2 
27 
0 
0
7.41 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Cook b Stokes
5 
8 
0 
0
62.50 
»
 Kagiso Rabada b Broad
30 
49 
4 
0
61.22 
»
 Morne Morkel c Cook b Anderson
17 
39 
3 
0
43.59 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
10 
11 
2 
0
90.91 
Extras B 4, LB 5, N 3
12
Total : (all out in 58.4 overs)
175
 RR : 2.98

Fall of wickets : 1-18 (Elgar, 8.4 ov), 2-23 (Kuhn, 10.3 ov), 3-30 (Amla, 12.6 ov), 4-47 (de Kock, 16.3 ov), 5-47 (du Plessis, 17.1 ov), 6-51 (Morris, 23.3 ov), 7-61 (Maharaj, 26.1 ov), 8-114 (Rabada, 39.3 ov), 9-161 (Morkel, 55.1 ov), 10-175 (Bavuma, 58.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
13
6 
25 
3
1.92
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
15
5 
44 
1
2.93
1
0
»
 Toby Roland-Jones
16
 .4
4 
57 
5
3.42
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
7
1 
26 
1
3.71
2
0
»
 Joe Root
2
0 
5 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
5
1 
9 
0
1.80
0
0

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook b Morkel
7 
29 
1 
0
24.14 
»
 Keaton Jennings c Morris b Rabada
48 
78 
9 
0
61.54 
»
 Tom Westley st de Kock b Maharaj
59 
141 
11 
0
41.84 
»
 Joe Root c Morkel b Maharaj
50 
94 
6 
0
53.19 
»
 Dawid Malan lbw b Morris
10 
18 
2 
0
55.56 
»
 Ben Stokes b Morris
31 
38 
2 
1
81.58 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c Rabada b Maharaj
63 
58 
6 
1
108.62 
»
 Moeen Ali run out
8 
4 
1 
0
200.00 
»
 Toby Roland-Jones Not Out
23 
19 
0 
2
121.05 
Extras LB 11, W 3
14
Total : (8 wickets dec in 79.5 overs)
313
 RR : 3.92

did not bat: James Anderson, Stuart Broad

Fall of wickets : 1-30 (Cook, 8.2 ov), 2-92 (Jennings, 25.6 ov), 3-170 (Westley, 55.6 ov), 4-180 (Root, 57.3 ov), 5-202 (Malan, 63.5 ov), 6-251 (Stokes, 71.3 ov), 7-265 (Ali, 73.1 ov), 8-313 (Bairstow, 79.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
19
6 
44 
1
2.32
0
1
»
 Vernon Philander
15
3 
54 
0
3.60
0
2
»
 Kagiso Rabada
18
4 
56 
1
3.11
0
0
»
 Chris Morris
11
0 
70 
2
6.36
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
13
 .5
2 
50 
3
3.61
0
0
»
 Dean Elgar
3
0 
28 
0
9.33
0
0

South Africa 2nd innings
(Target: 492 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Heino Kuhn b Broad
11 
17 
2 
0
64.71 
»
 Dean Elgar c Stokes b Ali
136 
228 
20 
0
59.65 
»
 Hashim Amla c Root b Roland-Jones
5 
37 
0 
0
13.51 
»
 Quinton de Kock b Stokes
5 
6 
1 
0
83.33 
»
 Faf du Plessis lbw b Stokes
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Temba Bavuma lbw b Roland-Jones
32 
97 
2 
0
32.99 
»
 Vernon Philander lbw b Roland-Jones
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Chris Morris c Stokes b Ali
24 
52 
4 
0
46.15 
»
 Keshav Maharaj Not Out
24 
26 
5 
0
92.31 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Stokes b Ali
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Morne Morkel lbw b Ali
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 7, N 4
15
Total : (all out in 77.1 overs)
252
 RR : 3.27

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Kuhn, 5.2 ov), 2-47 (Amla, 15.5 ov), 3-52 (de Kock, 16.5 ov), 4-52 (du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 5-160 (Bavuma, 50.1 ov), 6-160 (Philander, 50.2 ov), 7-205 (Morris, 65.6 ov), 8-252 (Elgar, 75.5 ov), 9-252 (Rabada, 75.6 ov), 10-252 (Morkel, 77.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
13
3 
26 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
16
4 
47 
1
2.94
0
0
»
 Toby Roland-Jones
18
4 
72 
3
4.00
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
14
1 
51 
2
3.64
4
0
»
 Moeen Ali
16
 .1
5 
45 
4
2.78
0
0

Match details
Debuts: T Westley, DJ Malan and TS Roland-Jones (England)
Man of the Match: Ben Stokes (England)
Umpires : Joel Wilson (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: David Millns (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 27 Jul. - England 1st Innings 171/4 (AN Cook 82*, BA Stokes 21*, 59 ov
Day 2 : 28 Jul. - South Africa 1st Innings 126/8 (T Bavuma 34*, M Morkel 2*, 43.0 ov)
Day 3 : 29 Jul. - England 2nd Innings 74/1 (KK Jennings 34*, T Westley 28*, 21.2 ov)
Day 4 : 30 Jul. - South Africa 2nd Innings 117/4 (D Elgar 72*, T Bavuma 16*, 38 ov)
Day 5 : 31 Jul. - South Africa 2nd Innings 252 (KA Maharaj 24*, 77.1 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Alastair Cook (Capt.), Ben Stokes, Dawid Malan, James Anderson, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Keaton Jennings, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, Toby Roland-Jones, Tom Westley
South Africa Chris Morris, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Heino Kuhn, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma, Vernon Philander
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