England take lead despite Marco Jansen’s all-round performance on the 3rd day of the 3rd Test at The Oval. A total of 17 wickets fall on day 3.
Ollie Robinson’s five-for helps England to restrict South Africa to 118 runs. Marco Jansen takes four wickets to keep SA in the match. Jansen was the leading run scorer from South Africa. He made crucial 30 runs for the team.
17 Wickets Fell on Day 3
The third Test was intriguingly balanced at the end of an unusual day that began with Ollie Robinson’s five-wicket haul putting South Africa on the ropes before the visiting bowlers, led by Marco Jansen, cut down England’s lead.
On what was technically the third day but actually the first after Friday’s break in honor of Queen Elizabeth II, whose passing on Thursday was announced immediately after that day’s play was called off, seventeen wickets fell at The Oval.
Toss
England won the toss and decided to bowl first. Nothing happened in the first 2 days. Rain washout the 1st day. On the second day, the play have been called off due to the demise of Queen Elizabeth II.
The match resumed on Saturday day 3. Before the start of the play, both teams and the spectators paid tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and honor her remarkable life and service.
Teams
One change for England Brooks in for Bairstow. Four changes for South Africa; van der Dussen, Harmer, Lungi Ngidi, and Aiden Markram misses. Ryan Rickelton, Khaya Zonzo, Marco Jansen, and Wiann Mulder are playing.
South Africa:
Dean Elgar (capt), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Ryan Rickelton, Khaya Zondo, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
England:
Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (capt), Ben Foakes (wk), Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson
WTC points table, South Africa drops to No. 2
After their victory at Lord’s, South Africa had solidified their place among the WTC standings, but a loss by an innings here has dropped their win percentage to 66.67%, which is below Australia’s 70%.
Sri Lanka is now in third place with 53.33%, but South Africa will look to win this Test to put themselves on track to compete in the ICC World Test Championship final in England the following year.
Scorecard
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SOUTH AFRICA 1ST INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Dean Elgar (c) | b Robinson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 |
Sarel Erwee | c †Foakes b Anderson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keegan Petersen | b Robinson | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
Ryan Rickelton | c †Foakes b Broad | 11 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 55 |
Khaya Zondo | c Lees b Broad | 23 | 57 | 1 | 1 | 40.35 |
Kyle Verreynne † | c †Foakes b Robinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wiaan Mulder | c †Foakes b Robinson | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 |
Marco Jansen | c Root b Robinson | 30 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 50.84 |
Keshav Maharaj | b Broad | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 56.25 |
Kagiso Rabada | not out | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 116.66 |
Anrich Nortje | c Stokes b Broad | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
Extras | (lb 2, nb 4) | 6 |
TOTAL | 36.2 Overs (RR: 3.24) | 118 |
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Dean Elgar, 1.3 Overs), 2-7 (Sarel Erwee, 2.2 Overs), 3-21 (Keegan Petersen, 5.4 Overs), 4-31 (Ryan Rickelton, 8.6 Overs), 5-32 (Kyle Verreynne, 9.3 Overs), 6-36 (Wiaan Mulder, 11.5 Overs), 7-72 (Khaya Zondo, 24.6 Overs), 8-99 (Marco Jansen, 33.2 Overs), 9-110 (Keshav Maharaj, 34.5 Overs), 10-118 (Anrich Nortje, 36.2 Overs)
ENGLAND Bowling
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
James Anderson | 8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 |
Ollie Robinson | 14 | 3 | 49 | 5 | 3.5 |
Stuart Broad | 12.2 | 1 | 41 | 4 | 3.32 |
Jack Leach | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
ENGLAND 1ST INNINGS
BATTING | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Alex Lees | b Jansen | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 216.66 |
Zak Crawley | lbw b Jansen | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 14.7 |
Ollie Pope | c †Verreynne b Rabada | 67 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 87.01 |
Joe Root | c Petersen b Jansen | 23 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 92 |
Harry Brook | c Rabada b Jansen | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
Ben Stokes (c) | c Erwee b Nortje | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 |
Ben Foakes † | not out | 11 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 45.83 |
Stuart Broad | c †Verreynne b Rabada | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 |
Ollie Robinson | not out | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
Extras | (b 1, lb 1, nb 6) | 8 |
TOTAL | 33.4 Overs (RR: 4.57) | 154/7 |
Did not bat: Jack Leach, James Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Alex Lees, 3.1 Overs), 2-43 (Zak Crawley, 9.1 Overs), 3-84 (Joe Root, 16.5 Overs), 4-107 (Harry Brook, 22.5 Overs), 5-129 (Ben Stokes, 26.5 Overs), 6-133 (Ollie Pope, 27.4 Overs), 7-151 (Stuart Broad, 33.1 Overs)
South Africa Bowling
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
Kagiso Rabada | 11.4 | 1 | 78 | 2 | 6.68 |
Marco Jansen | 11 | 2 | 34 | 4 | 3.09 |
Wiaan Mulder | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.5 |
Anrich Nortje | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3.22 |
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