Fourth day of the fourth and final Test at the Wanderers Stadium on Sunday brought some moments to cheer about for South Africans. They had a series leveling victory against England who were leading the series before this match.
South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs when England were bowled out for 169 in their second innings in the last over before lunch. Morne Morkel took three wickets in seven balls and finished with figures of four for 59. He shared 14 wickets in the match with Dale Steyn. This match was actually dominated by fast bowlers.
Ultimately the series ended up in a leveling score of 1-1 with two matches with drawn result.
South After being the number two team in the ICC ratings for test cricket will now take on India (the top team in the ICC test rankings) in their next series.
South Africa Vs England Scorecard
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England manages to draw the third test match against South Africa
What a dramatic finish to the third test match between England and South Africa! This is the second time in this test series England has batted down till the last over of the 5th day in a test match and saved the match. Number 11 batsman Graham Onions batted out the last over for the second time in the series as England escaped with a draw on the fifth day of the third Test against South Africa at Newlands on Thursday.
England ended up the 5th day with a total of 296 for 9. When Paul Collingwood (40) and Ian Bell (78) batted together for almost four hours in a sixth wicket partnership it almost seemed that England will manage a comfortable draw. But England found themselves in trouble when Collingwood fell to part time off-spinner JP Duminy with more than 13 overs to go. Very soon England saw their wickets tumbling and they had just one wicket left in the end with 17 balls to go. But somehow Onions and Graeme Swann survived against Dale Steyn and Morkel and managed a draw.
The result meant England will go into the fourth and final Test in Johannesburg next Thursday with an unbeatable 1-0 lead.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
South Africa Vs England 3rd Test Scorecard
England ended up the 5th day with a total of 296 for 9. When Paul Collingwood (40) and Ian Bell (78) batted together for almost four hours in a sixth wicket partnership it almost seemed that England will manage a comfortable draw. But England found themselves in trouble when Collingwood fell to part time off-spinner JP Duminy with more than 13 overs to go. Very soon England saw their wickets tumbling and they had just one wicket left in the end with 17 balls to go. But somehow Onions and Graeme Swann survived against Dale Steyn and Morkel and managed a draw.
The result meant England will go into the fourth and final Test in Johannesburg next Thursday with an unbeatable 1-0 lead.
Source: Cricket Nirvana
South Africa Vs England 3rd Test Scorecard
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