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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test
Result
England won by an innings and 53 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje | 44 | 137 | 5 | 0 | 32.1 |
| DP Sibley | c D Elgar b K Rabada | 36 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 37.9 |
| Joe Denly | lbw b KA Maharaj | 25 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Joe Root | b K Rabada | 27 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 58.7 |
| Ben Stokes | c D Elgar b D Paterson | 120 | 214 | 12 | 2 | 56.1 |
| Ollie Pope | not out | 135* | 226 | 18 | 1 | 59.7 |
| Jos Buttler | c & b KA Maharaj | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Sam Curran | c D Elgar b KA Maharaj | 44 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 88.0 |
| DM Bess | c PJ Malan b KA Maharaj | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Mark Wood | c A Nortje b KA Maharaj | 42 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 182.6 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 14, w 4, nb 4) | 24 | ||||
| Total | 152 overs | 499/9 | ||||
Did not bat: SCJ Broad
Fall of wickets: 1-70 (DP Sibley, 30.6 ov), 2-103 (Z Crawley, 48.5 ov), 3-134 (JL Denly, 61.4 ov), 4-148 (JE Root, 64.5 ov), 5-351 (BA Stokes, 123.2 ov), 6-354 (JC Buttler, 126.2 ov), 7-413 (SM Curran, 139.4 ov), 8-426 (DM Bess, 143.2 ov), 9-499 (MA Wood, 151.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VD Philander | 16 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2.56 | 0 | 0 |
| D Paterson | 24 | 3 | 62 | 1 | 2.58 | 1 | 0 |
| K Rabada | 28 | 6 | 97 | 2 | 3.46 | 2 | 4 |
| A Nortje | 25 | 4 | 97 | 1 | 3.88 | 1 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 58 | 15 | 180 | 5 | 3.10 | 0 | 0 |
| D Elgar | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c OJ Pope b DM Bess | 35 | 74 | 6 | 0 | 47.3 |
| PJ Malan | c & b DM Bess | 18 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c OJ Pope b DM Bess | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 71.4 |
| A Nortje | c JE Root b BA Stokes | 18 | 136 | 2 | 0 | 13.2 |
| F du Plessis | c OJ Pope b DM Bess | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 133.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | b DM Bess | 24 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.5 |
| Q de Kock | b SM Curran | 63 | 139 | 9 | 0 | 45.3 |
| VD Philander | b SCJ Broad | 27 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 44.3 |
| KA Maharaj | b SCJ Broad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| K Rabada | c MA Wood b SCJ Broad | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| D Paterson | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 1, nb 0) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 86.4 overs | 209 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-50 (PJ Malan, 11.6 ov), 2-60 (Zubayr Hamza, 17.3 ov), 3-63 (D Elgar, 21.6 ov), 4-71 (F du Plessis, 23.6 ov), 5-109 (HE van der Dussen, 41.3 ov), 6-154 (A Nortje, 62.4 ov), 7-208 (VD Philander, 82.6 ov), 8-208 (Q de Kock, 83.5 ov), 9-208 (KA Maharaj, 84.3 ov), 10-209 (K Rabada, 86.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 13.4 | 6 | 30 | 3 | 2.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Curran | 11 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 |
| DM Bess | 31 | 12 | 51 | 5 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 11 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 2.82 | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Denly | 4 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 11 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 2.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 5 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ Malan | lbw b JE Root | 12 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 15.2 |
| D Elgar | b MA Wood | 15 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 68.2 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c JC Buttler b MA Wood | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| F du Plessis | c OJ Pope b JE Root | 36 | 123 | 6 | 1 | 29.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | c OJ Pope b JE Root | 10 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 27.8 |
| Q de Kock | c MA Wood b JE Root | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 11.5 |
| VD Philander | c OJ Pope b SCJ Broad | 13 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 27.7 |
| KA Maharaj | run out | 71 | 106 | 10 | 3 | 67.0 |
| K Rabada | c SCJ Broad b MA Wood | 16 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 |
| A Nortje | b DM Bess | 5 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 26.3 |
| D Paterson | not out | 39* | 40 | 6 | 0 | 97.5 |
| Extras | (b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 1) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 88.5 overs | 237 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (D Elgar, 8.1 ov), 2-22 (Zubayr Hamza, 12.1 ov), 3-44 (PJ Malan, 27.3 ov), 4-66 (HE van der Dussen, 39.3 ov), 5-74 (Q de Kock, 45.5 ov), 6-83 (F du Plessis, 51.4 ov), 7-102 (VD Philander, 62.3 ov), 8-128 (K Rabada, 70.1 ov), 9-138 (A Nortje, 76.4 ov), 10-237 (KA Maharaj, 88.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad | 10 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 1.40 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Curran | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Wood | 16.5 | 6 | 32 | 3 | 1.90 | 1 | 0 |
| DM Bess | 22 | 11 | 36 | 1 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 29 | 13 | 87 | 4 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: OJ Pope · Umpires: RJ Tucker, BNJ Oxenford · TV umpire: JS Wilson · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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