South Africa 169 all out in 2nd innings – England on the brink of victory

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Manchester:

The 3rd Test match between England and South Africa is taking place at the Oval. England won the toss and elected to bowl.

Batting first, South Africa were bowled out for 118 runs in 36.2 overs in the first innings. Jansen scored 30 runs as the team’s highest score.

On behalf of England, Ollie Robinson took 5 wickets and Stuart Broad took 4 wickets.

England continued to play and were all out for 158 runs in the first innings. Ollie Pope was the highest scorer with 67 runs.

Johnson took 5 wickets and Rabada 4 wickets on behalf of the South African team.

South Africa played the 2nd innings trailing by 40 runs. In the second innings, the players did not stand up. The leading players soon left.

In the end, South Africa were bowled out for 169 in the 2nd innings. Captain Elgar scored 36 runs and Ervy scored 26 runs.

On behalf of England, Ben Stokes, Stuart Broad took 3 wickets each, Anderson and Ollie Robinson took 2 wickets each.

Subsequently, the England team entered the field with a simple target of winning if they score 130 runs.

At the end of the fourth day, England scored 97 runs without losing a wicket. Opener Jack Krale scored a half-century. He remained unbeaten on 57 and Alex Lees on 32.

Today is the final day of play. With 33 more runs needed to win, fans are expecting an easy win for England.

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