England v South Africa 3rd Test

SA tour of England - 2017 (2017) · Kennington Oval, London · 27 July 2017

England won by 239 runs

England won by 239 runs. Dean Elgar top-scored with 136 for South Africa. Toby Roland-Jones took 5/57.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: SA tour of England - 2017 (2017)
Ground: Kennington Oval, London
Dates: 27 July 2017 to 31 July 2017
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: England won by 239 runs
Player of the match: Ben Stokes
Captains: Joe Root (England), Faf du Plessis (South Africa)
Debuts: Tom Westley (England), Dawid Malan (England), Toby Roland-Jones (England)
Umpires: Aleem Dar and JS Wilson
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. Tom Westley, Dawid Malan and Toby Roland-Jones played their first Tests.

England batted first and made 353 all out. Ben Stokes top-scored with 112 off 153 balls, and Alastair Cook made 88. Morne Morkel took 3 for 70 for South Africa.

South Africa replied with 175 all out. Temba Bavuma top-scored with 52 off 120 balls. Toby Roland-Jones took 5 for 57 for England. From 23 for 2 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 51 for 6. England led by 178 on first innings.

England made 313 for 8 declared in their second innings. Jonny Bairstow top-scored with 63 off 58 balls, and Tom Westley made 59. Keshav Maharaj took 3 for 50 for South Africa.

Set 492 to win, South Africa made 252 all out. Dean Elgar top-scored with 136 off 228 balls. Moeen Ali took 4 for 45 for England. The innings was built on a 108-run stand for the fifth wicket between Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma, 43% of the total.

England won by 239 runs.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 353 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	lbw b Morne Morkel	88	200
Keaton Jennings	c Dean Elgar b Vernon Philander	0	9
Tom Westley	c Faf du Plessis b Chris Morris	25	50
Joe Root	c Quinton de Kock b Vernon Philander	29	56
Dawid Malan	b Kagiso Rabada	1	17
Ben Stokes	c Kagiso Rabada b Morne Morkel	112	153
Jonny Bairstow	c Faf du Plessis b Kagiso Rabada	36	52
Moeen Ali	c Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel	16	40
Toby Roland-Jones	lbw b Keshav Maharaj	25	25
Stuart Broad	c Hashim Amla b Kagiso Rabada	3	13
James Anderson	not out	1	5

Extras 17 · Total 353 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	28.2	7	70	3
Vernon Philander	17	6	32	2
Kagiso Rabada	26	4	85	3
Keshav Maharaj	15	1	61	1
Chris Morris	17	1	91	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Keaton Jennings, 3.3 ov), 2-64 (Tom Westley, 22.5 ov), 3-113 (Joe Root, 38.2 ov), 4-120 (Dawid Malan, 43.6 ov), 5-183 (Alastair Cook, 64.2 ov), 6-258 (Jonny Bairstow, 81.4 ov), 7-279 (Moeen Ali, 90.3 ov), 8-316 (Toby Roland-Jones, 97.2 ov), 9-331 (Stuart Broad, 100.3 ov), 10-353 (Ben Stokes, 103.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (12) and Keaton Jennings (0)	12	21
second	Alastair Cook (23) and Tom Westley (25)	52	116
third	Alastair Cook (13) and Joe Root (29)	49	93
fourth	Alastair Cook (6) and Dawid Malan (1)	7	34
fifth	Alastair Cook (34) and Ben Stokes (27)	63	122
sixth	Jonny Bairstow (36) and Ben Stokes (36)	75	104
seventh	Moeen Ali (16) and Ben Stokes (5)	21	53
eighth	Ben Stokes (11) and Toby Roland-Jones (25)	37	41
ninth	Stuart Broad (3) and Ben Stokes (12)	15	19
tenth	James Anderson (1) and Ben Stokes (21)	22	17

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 175 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Jonny Bairstow b Toby Roland-Jones	8	33
Heino Kuhn	lbw b Toby Roland-Jones	15	24
Hashim Amla	c Jonny Bairstow b Toby Roland-Jones	6	15
Quinton de Kock	c Ben Stokes b Toby Roland-Jones	17	21
Faf du Plessis	lbw b James Anderson	1	7
Temba Bavuma	c Jonny Bairstow b Toby Roland-Jones	52	120
Chris Morris	c & b James Anderson	2	27
Keshav Maharaj	c Alastair Cook b Ben Stokes	5	8
Kagiso Rabada	b Stuart Broad	30	49
Morne Morkel	c Alastair Cook b James Anderson	17	39
Vernon Philander	not out	10	11

Extras 12 · Total 175 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	13	6	25	3
Stuart Broad	15	5	44	1
Toby Roland-Jones	16.4	4	57	5
Ben Stokes	7	1	26	1
Joe Root	2	0	5	0
Moeen Ali	5	1	9	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-18 (Dean Elgar, 8.4 ov), 2-23 (Heino Kuhn, 10.3 ov), 3-30 (Hashim Amla, 12.6 ov), 4-47 (Quinton de Kock, 16.3 ov), 5-47 (Faf du Plessis, 17.1 ov), 6-51 (Chris Morris, 23.3 ov), 7-61 (Keshav Maharaj, 26.1 ov), 8-114 (Kagiso Rabada, 39.3 ov), 9-161 (Morne Morkel, 55.1 ov), 10-175 (Temba Bavuma, 58.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Heino Kuhn (10) and Dean Elgar (8)	18	52
second	Hashim Amla (0) and Heino Kuhn (5)	5	11
third	Hashim Amla (6) and Quinton de Kock (1)	7	15
fourth	Faf du Plessis (1) and Quinton de Kock (16)	17	21
fifth	Faf du Plessis (0) and Temba Bavuma (0)	0	4
sixth	Temba Bavuma (1) and Chris Morris (2)	4	38
seventh	Keshav Maharaj (5) and Temba Bavuma (3)	10	17
eighth	Temba Bavuma (20) and Kagiso Rabada (30)	53	80
ninth	Morne Morkel (17) and Temba Bavuma (24)	47	95
tenth	Vernon Philander (10) and Temba Bavuma (4)	14	21

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 313 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Alastair Cook	b Morne Morkel	7	29
Keaton Jennings	c Chris Morris b Kagiso Rabada	48	78
Tom Westley	st Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj	59	141
Joe Root	c Morne Morkel b Keshav Maharaj	50	94
Dawid Malan	lbw b Chris Morris	10	18
Ben Stokes	b Chris Morris	31	38
Jonny Bairstow	c Kagiso Rabada b Keshav Maharaj	63	58
Moeen Ali	run out (Temba Bavuma)	8	4
Toby Roland-Jones	not out	23	19

Did not bat: Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Extras 14 · Total 313 for 8 declared

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	19	6	44	1
Vernon Philander	15	3	54	0
Kagiso Rabada	18	4	56	1
Chris Morris	11	0	70	2
Keshav Maharaj	13.5	2	50	3
Dean Elgar	3	0	28	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-30 (Alastair Cook, 8.2 ov), 2-92 (Keaton Jennings, 25.6 ov), 3-170 (Tom Westley, 55.6 ov), 4-180 (Joe Root, 57.3 ov), 5-202 (Dawid Malan, 63.5 ov), 6-251 (Ben Stokes, 71.3 ov), 7-265 (Moeen Ali, 73.1 ov), 8-313 (Jonny Bairstow, 79.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (7) and Keaton Jennings (18)	30	50
second	Tom Westley (28) and Keaton Jennings (30)	62	106
third	Tom Westley (31) and Joe Root (46)	78	180
fourth	Dawid Malan (4) and Joe Root (4)	10	9
fifth	Dawid Malan (6) and Ben Stokes (16)	22	38
sixth	Jonny Bairstow (32) and Ben Stokes (15)	49	46
seventh	Moeen Ali (8) and Jonny Bairstow (6)	14	10
eighth	Jonny Bairstow (25) and Toby Roland-Jones (23)	48	40

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 252 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Heino Kuhn	b Stuart Broad	11	17
Dean Elgar	c Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali	136	228
Hashim Amla	c Joe Root b Toby Roland-Jones	5	37
Quinton de Kock	b Ben Stokes	5	6
Faf du Plessis	lbw b Ben Stokes	0	1
Temba Bavuma	lbw b Toby Roland-Jones	32	97
Vernon Philander	lbw b Toby Roland-Jones	0	1
Chris Morris	c Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali	24	52
Keshav Maharaj	not out	24	26
Kagiso Rabada	c Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali	0	1
Morne Morkel	lbw b Moeen Ali	0	1

Extras 15 · Total 252 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	13	3	26	0
Stuart Broad	16	4	47	1
Toby Roland-Jones	18	4	72	3
Ben Stokes	14	1	51	2
Moeen Ali	16.1	5	45	4

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Heino Kuhn, 5.2 ov), 2-47 (Hashim Amla, 15.5 ov), 3-52 (Quinton de Kock, 16.5 ov), 4-52 (Faf du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 5-160 (Temba Bavuma, 50.1 ov), 6-160 (Vernon Philander, 50.2 ov), 7-205 (Chris Morris, 65.6 ov), 8-252 (Dean Elgar, 75.5 ov), 9-252 (Kagiso Rabada, 75.6 ov), 10-252 (Morne Morkel, 77.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Heino Kuhn (11) and Dean Elgar (9)	21	32
second	Hashim Amla (5) and Dean Elgar (15)	26	65
third	Dean Elgar (0) and Quinton de Kock (5)	5	6
fourth	Faf du Plessis (0) and Dean Elgar (0)	0	1
fifth	Dean Elgar (73) and Temba Bavuma (32)	108	201
sixth	Vernon Philander (0) and Dean Elgar (0)	0	1
seventh	Dean Elgar (16) and Chris Morris (24)	45	94
eighth	Dean Elgar (23) and Keshav Maharaj (24)	47	59
ninth	Keshav Maharaj (0) and Kagiso Rabada (0)	0	1
tenth	Morne Morkel (0) and Keshav Maharaj (0)	0	7

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