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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 239 runs

England
353 & 313/8d
South Africa
175 & 252
Date
Thursday 27 July 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 353 all out (103.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b M Morkel 88 200 10 0 44.0
KK Jennings c D Elgar b VD Philander 0 9 0 0 0.0
T Westley c F du Plessis b CH Morris 25 50 5 0 50.0
Joe Root c Q de Kock b VD Philander 29 56 4 0 51.8
Dawid Malan b K Rabada 1 17 0 0 5.9
Ben Stokes c K Rabada b M Morkel 112 153 9 4 73.2
Jonny Bairstow c F du Plessis b K Rabada 36 52 6 0 69.2
Moeen Ali c Q de Kock b M Morkel 16 40 1 0 40.0
TS Roland-Jones lbw b KA Maharaj 25 25 4 1 100.0
Stuart Broad c HM Amla b K Rabada 3 13 0 0 23.1
James Anderson not out 1* 5 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 3, nb 0) 17
Total 103.2 overs 353

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (KK Jennings, 3.3 ov), 2-64 (T Westley, 22.5 ov), 3-113 (JE Root, 38.2 ov), 4-120 (DJ Malan, 43.6 ov), 5-183 (AN Cook, 64.2 ov), 6-258 (JM Bairstow, 81.4 ov), 7-279 (MM Ali, 90.3 ov), 8-316 (TS Roland-Jones, 97.2 ov), 9-331 (SCJ Broad, 100.3 ov), 10-353 (BA Stokes, 103.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 28.2 7 70 3 2.47 0 0
VD Philander 17 6 32 2 1.88 1 0
K Rabada 26 4 85 3 3.27 0 0
KA Maharaj 15 1 61 1 4.07 0 0
CH Morris 17 1 91 1 5.35 2 0

South Africa · 1st innings 175 all out (58.4 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones 8 33 1 0 24.2
HG Kuhn lbw b TS Roland-Jones 15 24 3 0 62.5
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones 6 15 1 0 40.0
Q de Kock c BA Stokes b TS Roland-Jones 17 21 3 0 81.0
F du Plessis lbw b JM Anderson 1 7 0 0 14.3
T Bavuma c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones 52 120 8 0 43.3
CH Morris c & b JM Anderson 2 27 0 0 7.4
KA Maharaj c AN Cook b BA Stokes 5 8 0 0 62.5
K Rabada b SCJ Broad 30 49 4 0 61.2
M Morkel c AN Cook b JM Anderson 17 39 3 0 43.6
VD Philander not out 10* 11 2 0 90.9
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 3) 12
Total 58.4 overs 175

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (D Elgar, 8.4 ov), 2-23 (HG Kuhn, 10.3 ov), 3-30 (HM Amla, 12.6 ov), 4-47 (Q de Kock, 16.3 ov), 5-47 (F du Plessis, 17.1 ov), 6-51 (CH Morris, 23.3 ov), 7-61 (KA Maharaj, 26.1 ov), 8-114 (K Rabada, 39.3 ov), 9-161 (M Morkel, 55.1 ov), 10-175 (T Bavuma, 58.4 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 13 6 25 3 1.92 0 0
Stuart Broad 15 5 44 1 2.93 0 1
TS Roland-Jones 16.4 4 57 5 3.42 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 1 26 1 3.71 0 1
Joe Root 2 0 5 0 2.50 0 0
Moeen Ali 5 1 9 0 1.80 0 0

England · 2nd innings 313/8 dec (79.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b M Morkel 7 29 1 0 24.1
KK Jennings c CH Morris b K Rabada 48 78 9 0 61.5
T Westley st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj 59 141 11 0 41.8
Joe Root c M Morkel b KA Maharaj 50 94 6 0 53.2
Dawid Malan lbw b CH Morris 10 18 2 0 55.6
Ben Stokes b CH Morris 31 38 2 1 81.6
Jonny Bairstow c K Rabada b KA Maharaj 63 58 6 1 108.6
Moeen Ali run out 8 4 1 0 200.0
TS Roland-Jones not out 23* 19 0 2 121.1
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 3, nb 0) 14
Total 79.5 overs 313/8

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (AN Cook, 8.2 ov), 2-92 (KK Jennings, 25.6 ov), 3-170 (T Westley, 55.6 ov), 4-180 (JE Root, 57.3 ov), 5-202 (DJ Malan, 63.5 ov), 6-251 (BA Stokes, 71.3 ov), 7-265 (MM Ali, 73.1 ov), 8-313 (JM Bairstow, 79.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 19 6 44 1 2.32 1 0
VD Philander 15 3 54 0 3.60 1 0
K Rabada 18 4 56 1 3.11 0 0
CH Morris 11 0 70 2 6.36 0 0
KA Maharaj 13.5 2 50 3 3.61 0 0
D Elgar 3 0 28 0 9.33 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 252 all out (77.1 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HG Kuhn b SCJ Broad 11 17 2 0 64.7
D Elgar c BA Stokes b MM Ali 136 228 20 0 59.6
HM Amla c JE Root b TS Roland-Jones 5 37 0 0 13.5
Q de Kock b BA Stokes 5 6 1 0 83.3
F du Plessis lbw b BA Stokes 0 1 0 0 0.0
T Bavuma lbw b TS Roland-Jones 32 97 2 0 33.0
VD Philander lbw b TS Roland-Jones 0 1 0 0 0.0
CH Morris c BA Stokes b MM Ali 24 52 4 0 46.2
KA Maharaj not out 24* 26 5 0 92.3
K Rabada c BA Stokes b MM Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
M Morkel lbw b MM Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 4) 15
Total 77.1 overs 252

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (HG Kuhn, 5.2 ov), 2-47 (HM Amla, 15.5 ov), 3-52 (Q de Kock, 16.5 ov), 4-52 (F du Plessis, 16.6 ov), 5-160 (T Bavuma, 50.1 ov), 6-160 (VD Philander, 50.2 ov), 7-205 (CH Morris, 65.6 ov), 8-252 (D Elgar, 75.5 ov), 9-252 (K Rabada, 75.6 ov), 10-252 (M Morkel, 77.1 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 13 3 26 0 2.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 16 4 47 1 2.94 0 0
TS Roland-Jones 18 4 72 3 4.00 0 0
Ben Stokes 14 1 51 2 3.64 0 4
Moeen Ali 16.1 5 45 4 2.78 0 0

Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: JS Wilson, Aleem Dar · TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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