England versus South Africa 3rd Test 5th Day: England thrash South Africa to win series

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 The England Cricket Team ended the summer with a comprehensive win over South Africa on the 5th day of the 3rd Test match played at Kia Oval, London on Monday.

With 33 runs required to win, Alex Lees was dismissed via review for LBW. Dean Elgar decided to review the decision after a muted appeal before the umpire changed its decision to out. Crawley and Lees added 108 runs for the opening wicket. Ollie Pope impressed with his shots along with Crawley. Crawley hit the winning runs with a lovely boundary to help England register an emphatic 9-wicket win and seal the series after going down badly in the first Test by an innings and 12 runs.

England produced some magical performances after facing a humiliating defeat in the first Test. The second Test at Old Trafford, Manchester saw England bowlers skittling out South Africa for 151 runs in the first innings.

Thanks to brilliant centuries by Stokes and Foakes, England declared their innings 415 for 9. Another superb bowling display by England bowlers skittling out visitors South Africa for 179 to give England an innings and 85 runs win to level the series at 1-1.

The third Test saw the bowlers dominate the proceedings. Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, and James Anderson showed their skills in bowling-friendly conditions to bowl out South Africa for a modest total of 118.

The first day saw rain arriving after England won the toss and decided to field first. Due to Queen Elizabeth 2 death, the second day was abandoned. Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada created damage with 9 wickets between them to restrict the lead to just 40 runs.

After a decent opening partnership between Elgar and Erwee of 58 runs, England bowlers showed brilliant skills to bowl out South Africa for 169. Crawley and Lees showed attacking skills to end the 4th day at 97 for 0.

South Africa slipped down to 2nd place in the latest ICC Test Championship 2021-23 cycle.

 England 158 in 36.2 overs (Ollie Pope 67, Jansen 5/35, Rabada 4/81) and 130 for 1 in 22.3 overs ( Crawley 69*, Lees 39, Rabada 1/57) beat South Africa 118 in 36.2 overs (Jansen 30, Robinson 5/49, Broad 4/41) and 169 in 56.2 overs ( Elgar 36, Erwee 26, Stokes 3/39, Broad 3/45) by 9 wickets.

For his 7 wickets in the game, Ollie Robinson was named as the man of the match award. Stokes named the man of the series for his 10 wickets and 149 runs.  

 







England thrashed South Africa by 9 wickets to seal the series 2-1 

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