27/07Result
3rd Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 27-31 2017
England won by 239 runs
Player of the Match
Ben Stokes
Ben StokesEngland
27/07Result
3rd Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 27-31 2017
England won by 239 runs
Player of the Match
Ben Stokes
Ben StokesEngland

Graham Onions the last England pace bowler to get five wickets on debut, against West Indies at Lord's, Adil Rashid took five on debut in Abu Dhabi. Here's a full list. England have a lead of 178. From 61 for 7 it's a decent fightback from South Africa, led by Bavuma, but they are still a long way behind. However, the clouds are rolling in - rain is forecast later - so it won't be a bad time to bowl. Mo: "Temba is a xhosa word that means hope, he has certainly given us that today"

58.4
W
Roland-Jones to Bavuma, OUT, caught behind, five for Roland-Jones! A good length ball just outside off, delivered from wider on the crease, so credit to TRJ, Bavuma pushes forward and gets an outside edge which Bairstow takes to his right

T Bavuma c †Bairstow b Roland-Jones 52 (197m 120b 8x4 0x6) SR: 43.33

58.3
1
Roland-Jones to Philander, 1 run, tries to go over the off side, spoons the ball in the air but it loops over Broad at mid-off
58.2
0
Roland-Jones to Philander, no run, blimey! That takes off from a good length, wide enough to leave, thankfully for Philander, and Bairstow has to jump to take it above his head
58.1
4
Roland-Jones to Philander, FOUR, edged! Finds the gap, wide of third slip...pushing away from his body, bottom hand comes off the bat. Would have been swallowed by a fourth slip

END OF OVER:
58 | 5 Runs | SA: 170/9

  • Temba Bavuma52 (119b)
  • Vernon Philander5 (8b)
  • James Anderson13-6-25-3
  • Toby Roland-Jones16-4-52-4
57.6
0
Anderson to Bavuma, no run, a little fuller this time, finds the middle of the bat as he defends to cover

SA tour of England 2017 News

Mr Consistent

5

Test centuries in the last six series that Elgar has played. He scored centuries against Eng and SL at home and against Aus, NZ and Eng away.

Opening failure

12.91

South Africa's average first-wicket stand in the last 12 Test innings, since the start of the series in New Zealand. Their highest opening stand during this period is 21

Uphill for South Africa

1947

The only time South Africa have batted 100+ overs in the fourth innings in England - they faced 141 overs and drew the game at The Oval in 1947

Root's run-fest continues

9

Consecutive Tests in which Root has made a 50-plus score. Only seven batsmen have had a longer stretch: Tendulkar, Edrich (10 each), Mominul, Sehwag, Gambhir, Richards (11 each), and de Villiers (12)

Debut half-century at No. 3

10

England batsmen who've made 50+ on Test debut at No. 3, like Tom Westley has in this Test. The previous one was Owais Shah (88 & 38) v India in 2006

Morkel's Bunny

11

Number of times Morne Morkel has dismissed Alastair Cook in Tests - Most he has been dismissed by any bowler. This was also the first time Cook got bowled by Morkel.

Dream Debut

2009

Last instance of a fast bowler from Eng to take a 5 wicket haul on debut.Graham Onions took 5 for 38 against WI at Lords.Toby Roland Jones took 5 for 57.

Stokes vs SA

2

Number of centuries for Ben Stokes against South Africa. He has an average of 49.83 from 12 innings against them.

New Ball delivers

23

Runs made by England in 11 overs since the new ball was taken.England lost 2 wickets in this period. They made 44 runs for no wicket in the 10 overs prior to the new ball

Time for a change?

6

Number of single digit scores from 8 innings for Keaton Jennings since his century on debut. He averages 12.37 and has three ducks.

Three Debutants

2014

Last instance of England playing 3 debutants in a Test. Sam Robson, Moeen Ali and Chris Jordan played their first game against SL at Lords.