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England vs South Africa Scorecard, 3rd Test, South Africa vs England 2019/20
Result · Jan 16 2020, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST)
ENGLAND499/9 decl
SOUTH AFRICA209, 237 f/o
England won by an innings and 53 runs
CRR:2.67
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Match Info
| Series: | England in South Africa 2019/20 |
| Date: | Jan 16 2020, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | South Africa |
| City: | Port Elizabeth |
| Venue: | St George's Park |
| Toss: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Pieter Malan, Dean Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, Faf du Plessis (c), Rassie van der Dussen, Quinton de Kock (wk), Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Dane Paterson |
| England Playing XI: | Zak Crawley, Dominic Sibley, Joe Denly, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Ollie Pope, Jos Buttler (wk), Sam Curran, Dom Bess, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad |
- England are winless in their last three men's Test series (D1 L2), the last time they went longer without tasting success was a run of four series between 2001 and 2002 (D2 L2); this four-match series currently stands at one win apiece.
- South Africa have lost each of their last two men's Test series, as many as they had lost in their 10 series prior (W8); they haven’t endured more consecutive series defeats since losing three in succession from 2004-2005.
- England head into this fixture having recorded only their second victory on the road in men's Tests since the start of 2019 (D1 L4); they have not won back-to-back matches in the format overall since beating Ireland at Lord's (July 2019) after having beaten West Indies in St Lucia (February 2019).
- South Africa have tasted defeat in six of their last seven men's Test matches (W1), they suffered a 189-run loss to England in Cape Town last time out; it was the first time England had won at Newlands in the format since January 1957.
- South Africa have struggled in men's Tests against England at St George's Park, winning only once in such encounters (D3, L5); this will be the first meeting between the sides at the Port Elizabeth venue since 2004, a game which was won by the tourists.
- Since World War Two, England have only managed to record back-to-back men's Test match victories in South Africa twice; Centurion in 2000 followed by Port Elizabeth in 2004 as well as a three-game run stretching from 1949 to 1957.
- Ben Stokes is on 3,906 runs and 142 wickets, should he score 94 more runs he would become only the second England player with 4,000 runs and 100+ wickets after Ian Botham.
- Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) has claimed at least four wickets in three of his last four Test innings at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth; he is the leading wicket-taker in this current series with England heading into the 3rd Test (12).
- South Africa's Rassie van der Dussen has dropped more catches in this series than any other fielder; none of the three he's dropped so far have been rated as 'hard' chances (one easy and two medium).
- Zubayr Hamza (South Africa) has been dismissed by England's Stuart Broad on three occasions already in this Test series; posting just 22 runs in response.