England v South Africa, London

England 353/10 & 313/8

South Africa 175/10 & 252/10

England won by 239 runs

England v South Africa 2017 · 3rd Test Kennington Oval, London 27–31 Jul 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

England

0.94× -6%

South Africa

0.94× -6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Ben Stokes England

143 +262

D Elgar South Africa

144 +203

JM Bairstow England

99 +139

T Bavuma South Africa

84 +138

AN Cook England

95 +123

Best bowling

Top match figures

TS Roland-Jones5/57

MM Ali4/45

JM Anderson3/25

KA Maharaj3/50

Top score

136

D Elgar · South Africa

Biggest stand

108

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · South Africa

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 239 runs

Length5 days

England

353 /10 (103.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b M Morkel	88	200	10	0	44.00
KK Jennings	c D Elgar b VD Philander	0	9	0	0	0.00
T Westley	c F du Plessis b CH Morris	25	50	5	0	50.00
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	29	56	4	0	51.79
DJ Malan	b K Rabada	1	17	0	0	5.88
Ben Stokes	c K Rabada b M Morkel	112	153	9	4	73.20
JM Bairstow	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	36	52	6	0	69.23
MM Ali	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	16	40	1	0	40.00
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b KA Maharaj	25	25	4	1	100.00
SCJ Broad	c HM Amla b K Rabada	3	13	0	0	23.08
JM Anderson*	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00

Extras 17 (b 7, lb 7, w 3)

Total 353/10 (103.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	28.2	7	70	3	2.47
VD Philander	17.0	6	32	2	1.88
K Rabada	26.0	4	85	3	3.27
KA Maharaj	15.0	1	61	1	4.07
CH Morris	17.0	1	91	1	5.35

Fall of wickets

1-12 (KK Jennings, 3.3)·2-64 (T Westley, 22.5)·3-113 (Joe Root, 38.2)·4-120 (DJ Malan, 43.6)·5-183 (AN Cook, 64.2)·6-258 (JM Bairstow, 81.4)·7-279 (MM Ali, 90.3)·8-316 (TS Roland-Jones, 97.2)·9-331 (SCJ Broad, 100.3)·10-353 (Ben Stokes, 103.2)

South Africa

175 /10 (58.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	8	33	1	24.24
HG Kuhn	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	15	24	3	62.50
HM Amla	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	6	15	1	40.00
Q de Kock	c Ben Stokes b TS Roland-Jones	17	21	3	80.95
F du Plessis	lbw b JM Anderson	1	7	0	14.29
T Bavuma	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	52	120	8	43.33
CH Morris	c & b JM Anderson	2	27	0	7.41
KA Maharaj	c AN Cook b Ben Stokes	5	8	0	62.50
K Rabada	b SCJ Broad	30	49	4	61.22
M Morkel	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	17	39	3	43.59
VD Philander*	not out	10	11	2	90.91

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 5, nb 3)

Total 175/10 (58.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	13.0	6	25	3	1.92
SCJ Broad	15.0	5	44	1	2.93
TS Roland-Jones	16.4	4	57	5	3.42
Ben Stokes	7.0	1	26	1	3.71
Joe Root	2.0	0	5	0	2.50
MM Ali	5.0	1	9	0	1.80

Fall of wickets

1-18 (D Elgar, 8.4)·2-23 (HG Kuhn, 10.3)·3-30 (HM Amla, 12.6)·4-47 (Q de Kock, 16.3)·5-47 (F du Plessis, 17.1)·6-51 (CH Morris, 23.3)·7-61 (KA Maharaj, 26.1)·8-114 (K Rabada, 39.3)·9-161 (M Morkel, 55.1)·10-175 (T Bavuma, 58.4)

England

313 /8 (79.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	b M Morkel	7	29	1	0	24.14
KK Jennings	c CH Morris b K Rabada	48	78	9	0	61.54
T Westley	st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	59	141	11	0	41.84
Joe Root	c M Morkel b KA Maharaj	50	94	6	0	53.19
DJ Malan	lbw b CH Morris	10	18	2	0	55.56
Ben Stokes	b CH Morris	31	38	2	1	81.58
JM Bairstow	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	63	58	6	1	108.62
MM Ali	run out	8	4	1	0	200.00
TS Roland-Jones*	not out	23	19	0	2	121.05

Extras 14 (lb 11, w 3)

Total 313/8 (79.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	19.0	6	44	1	2.32
VD Philander	15.0	3	54	0	3.60
K Rabada	18.0	4	56	1	3.11
CH Morris	11.0	0	70	2	6.36
KA Maharaj	13.5	2	50	3	3.61
D Elgar	3.0	0	28	0	9.33

Fall of wickets

1-30 (AN Cook, 8.2)·2-92 (KK Jennings, 25.6)·3-170 (T Westley, 55.6)·4-180 (Joe Root, 57.3)·5-202 (DJ Malan, 63.5)·6-251 (Ben Stokes, 71.3)·7-265 (MM Ali, 73.1)·8-313 (JM Bairstow, 79.5)

South Africa

252 /10 (77.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
HG Kuhn	b SCJ Broad	11	17	2	64.71
D Elgar	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	136	228	20	59.65
HM Amla	c Joe Root b TS Roland-Jones	5	37	0	13.51
Q de Kock	b Ben Stokes	5	6	1	83.33
F du Plessis	lbw b Ben Stokes	0	1	0	0.00
T Bavuma	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	32	97	2	32.99
VD Philander	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	0	1	0	0.00
CH Morris	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	24	52	4	46.15
KA Maharaj*	not out	24	26	5	92.31
K Rabada	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	0	1	0	0.00
M Morkel	lbw b MM Ali	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 7, nb 4)

Total 252/10 (77.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	13.0	3	26	0	2.00
SCJ Broad	16.0	4	47	1	2.94
TS Roland-Jones	18.0	4	72	3	4.00
Ben Stokes	14.0	1	51	2	3.64
MM Ali	16.1	6	45	4	2.78

Fall of wickets

1-21 (HG Kuhn, 5.2)·2-47 (HM Amla, 15.5)·3-52 (Q de Kock, 16.5)·4-52 (F du Plessis, 16.6)·5-160 (T Bavuma, 50.1)·6-160 (VD Philander, 50.2)·7-205 (CH Morris, 65.6)·8-252 (D Elgar, 75.5)·9-252 (K Rabada, 75.6)·10-252 (M Morkel, 77.1)