Get Ball by Ball Commentary of South Africa vs England, ICC World Test Championship 2019, 3rd Test

The last time England won overseas after enforcing the follow-on? The Christchurch Test of 1992, of course... I remember it like it was yesterday.

Yep, just to confirm, England have enforced the follow-on. "Cheers at the ground when follow-on decision shown on scoreboard," reports George.

10.26am: So South Africa are bowled out for 209, some 91 runs short of the follow-on target, and it looks as though England are going to enforce it. Five wickets for Bess, three for Broad, one each for Stokes and Curran... overcast conditions this morning have meant the ball has nipped around a bit, but there have been some dire shots, too.

86.4

Broad to Rabada, OUT, chipped in the air, straight to Wood at mid-off, and South Africa have lost four wickets for one run this morning! Tame shot from Rabada, driven uppishly straight into the hands, and this has been an abject start to the day from South Africa

K Rabada c Wood b Broad 1 (15m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 12.50

86.3

Broad to Rabada, no run, a fraction away from hitting the top of the off stump, little bit of nip away and beats Rabada all ends up

86.2

Broad to Rabada, no run, beauty, fullish outswinger which nips away and beats Rabada's attempted drive

86.1

Broad to Rabada, no run, beaten outside off, length ball shaping in from round the wicket and can't connect with his defensive prod

TKL: "Really feel for Nortje. All his hard work thrown away by some awful awful shots"

END OF OVER:
86 | 1 Run | SA: 209/9

Dane Paterson0 (6b)
Kagiso Rabada1 (4b)

Sam Curran11-2-32-1
Stuart Broad13-6-30-2

85.6

Curran to Paterson, no run, beaten again, an apologetic poke outside the off stump, plays and misses

Round the wicket

85.5

Curran to Paterson, no run, how has that missed everything? Outswinger, no foot movement from Paterson, who hangs his bat at it, and somehow it neither takes the edge nor the top of off stump

85.4

Curran to Paterson, no run, eep, that's not a clever shot... pushed across the right-hander from over the wicket, clears the front dog and looks to mow this over the off side. No connection, through to Buttler

85.3

Curran to Rabada, 1 run, fullish on leg stump, worked out to long leg for the first run of the morning!

85.2

Curran to Rabada, no run, shuffling medium pace on a length, defended off the back foot

85.1

Curran to Rabada, no run, fired down the leg side, bit of late wobble on its way through to Buttler

END OF OVER:
85 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/9

Dane Paterson0 (3b)
Kagiso Rabada0 (1b)

Stuart Broad13-6-30-2
Sam Curran10-2-31-1

"This is absolutely dreadful stuff from South Africa," laments Malcolm. "The only thing they seem to be good at these days is getting worse and worse. Previously stoic fighting batsmen lost in a quagmire of indecision. The worst part is its experienced batsmen playing nervous, rash shots. Wonder when this horror show will end for them?"

84.6

Broad to Paterson, no run, fullish on leg stump, kept out

84.5

Broad to Paterson, no run, just full of a length on off stump, forward defence out towards mid-off

84.4

Broad to Paterson, no run, just full of a length, defended awkwardly

Faf du Plessis looks furious on the balcony. In comes Dane Paterson on debut, averaging 12.20 in first-class cricket with one half-century. Two slips, short leg, short midwicket

84.3

Broad to Maharaj, OUT, and another, chopped on! South Africa have lost three wickets, all bowled, without adding a run this morning... utter scenes! This is a really awful shot from a relatively competent batsman: length ball on off stump, Maharaj looks to hammer this through midwicket and bottom-edges onto leg stump. Carnage!

KA Maharaj b Broad 0 (9m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00

84.2

Broad to Maharaj, no run, length ball, bit of nibble away, nudged out to point

Short leg in place

QdK has been bowled in seven of his last 13 Test innings... suggests a technical problem, or at least asks questions about his shot selection. Sam Curran has got him out in the first innings in all three Tests

84.1

Broad to Maharaj, no run, fullish on fourth stump, defended out to mid-off

END OF OVER:
84 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/8

Kagiso Rabada0 (1b)
Keshav Maharaj0 (0b)

Sam Curran10-2-31-1
Stuart Broad12-5-30-1

83.6

Curran to Rabada, no run, fullish, defended into the leg side

Three slips for the left-handed Rabada. Stays over the wicket

Huge problems for South Africa now as Kagiso Rabada comes out to the middle. Still 92 more runs to save the follow-on... surely England will enforce it if they get the chance to?

83.5

Curran to de Kock, OUT, straight through him! England have two in the first two overs of the day! A fraction full of a length, just a hint of nibble back in again, another loose shot from de Kock and it bursts through his wafty push to hit the top of middle!

Q de Kock b Curran 63 (166m 139b 9x4 0x6) SR: 45.32

83.4

Curran to de Kock, no run, inswinger on a length, strikes de Kock on the pad. Half-hearted appeal from the cordon, nothing from the bowler. Always sliding down, and possibly too high

83.3

Curran to de Kock, no run, length ball on off stump, sits deep in his crease and defends off the back foot

83.2

Curran to de Kock, no run, bustling medium pace on a length, left alone

South Africa INNINGS		R	B
PJ Malan	lbw	12	79
D Elgar	bowled	15	22
Zubayr Hamza	caught wk	2	12
F du Plessis	caught	36	123
HE van der Dussen	caught	10	36
Q de Kock	caught	3	26
VD Philander	caught	13	47
KA Maharaj	run out	71	106
K Rabada	caught	16	24
A Nortje	bowled	5	19
D Paterson	not out	39	40
EXTRAS	(b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)
TOTAL	237 (all out; 88.5 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	10.0	5	14	1	1.40	(1nb)
SM Curran	6.0	0	46	0	7.66
MA Wood	16.5	6	32	3	1.90	(1w)
DM Bess	22.0	11	36	1	1.63
BA Stokes	5.0	2	9	0	1.80
JE Root	29.0	13	87	4	3.00

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	18	D Elgar	PJ Malan
2nd	4	PJ Malan	Zubayr Hamza
3rd	22	F du Plessis	PJ Malan
4th	22	F du Plessis	HE van der Dussen
5th	8	F du Plessis	Q de Kock
6th	9	F du Plessis	VD Philander
7th	19	VD Philander	KA Maharaj
8th	26	KA Maharaj	K Rabada
9th	10	KA Maharaj	A Nortje
10th	99	KA Maharaj	D Paterson

Team	M	W	L	D	PT	SW	RpWr
AUS	14	8	4	2	332	2	1.392
IND	17	12	4	1	520	5	1.577
ENG	21	11	7	3	442	4	1.120
NZ	11	7	4	0	420	3	1.281
PAK	12	4	5	3	286	3	0.822
SL	12	2	6	4	200	1	0.729
WI	13	3	8	2	194	1	0.661
SA	13	5	8	0	264	2	0.787
BAN	7	0	6	1	20	0	0.601

END OF OVER:
86 | 1 Run | SA: 209/9

END OF OVER:
85 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/9

END OF OVER:
84 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/8

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END OF OVER:86 | 1 Run | SA: 209/9

END OF OVER:85 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/9

END OF OVER:84 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/8

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END OF OVER:
86 | 1 Run | SA: 209/9

END OF OVER:
85 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/9

END OF OVER:
84 | (wicket maiden) | SA: 208/8