Ollie Robinson returned his finest England figures earlier than South Africa hit again within the third and deciding Test on the Oval on Saturday after cricket paid its respects to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Sussex seamer Robinson took 5-49 in 14 overs, his third five-wicket innings haul in 11 profession Tests, as South Africa have been dismissed for simply 118. Veteran fast Stuart Broad loved a return of 4-41. Yet a rare third day — however the first lively one within the sport — completed with England 154-7, a lead of simply 36 runs.
South Africa left-arm fast Marco Jansen, who had top-scored with 30 within the Proteas’ meagre complete after he was unluckily unnoticed of the second Test, eliminated England’s prime 4 as he took 4-34 in 11 overs.
Then quick bowler Kagiso Rabada captured the important thing wicket of Ollie Pope, who fell for 67 on his Surrey dwelling floor.
Pope fenced at a good-length ball outdoors off stump and was caught behind — to his evident disgust — as a glowing 77-ball innings that includes 52 runs in boundaries led to tame vogue.
Surrey and England wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, contemporary from his unbeaten hundred within the second Test at Old Trafford, was 11 not out. Robinson was unbeaten on three when unhealthy gentle ended play simply over half an hour earlier than the scheduled 1800 GMT shut despite the fact that the floodlights have been on.
The opening day was washed out and not using a ball bowled and there was no play on Friday following the dying of Britain’s longest-serving monarch on Thursday, leaving three days.
But South Africa thrashed England by an innings and 12 runs at Lord’s inside three days earlier than the hosts have been as fast as they received the second Test in Manchester by an innings and 85 runs.
Stokes had received the toss on Thursday and opted to bowl first and Saturday’s overcast situations favoured the bowlers.
Minute’s silence
After a minute’s silence in reminiscence of the Queen, with the primary rendition at a serious sporting occasion within the reign of Charles III of ‘God Save the King’, South Africa’s longstanding top-order issues once more grew to become obvious.
South Africa captain Dean Elgar, his workforce’s most skilled batsman, was bowled between bat and pad for only one by a effective Robinson supply.
England nice James Anderson then had Sarel Erwee, Elgar’s opening associate, caught behind for a duck, with South Africa slumping to 32-5 within the first hour.
But Khaya Zondo, in his first Test innings, responded to a determined state of affairs by lofting spinner Jack Leach for six.
Together with Jansen, he doubled the rating from 36-6 to 72-7.
Zondo, nevertheless, was out for 23 within the first over after lunch, fending at a lifting Broad supply
Jansen was dropped twice in a single Broad over earlier than edging to Joe Root at first slip.
England have had their very own batting issues and the towering Jansen eliminated the struggling opening pair of Alex Lees (13), bowled between bat and pad, and Zak Crawley (5), lbw to an inswinger.
The hosts’ 84-2 at tea quickly grew to become 84-3 when Root, chasing a large Jansen supply, was brilliantly caught by Keegan Petersen at third slip for 23 — the star batsman’s first double-figure rating of the sequence.
Promoted
Brook, a team-mate of Root at Yorkshire, obtained off the mark in model by cover-driving Jansen for 4 earlier than rain stopped play for half-hour. The 23-year-old had not added to his rating of 12 when he carelessly hoisted Jansen to Rabada at lengthy leg.
Stokes, having practically holed out on 5, fell for six when he edged an extravagant drive off quick bowler Anrich Nortje to first slip.
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