England in control in 3rd Test against South Africa

Updated: Sat, Jul 29 2017 07:12 IST
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July 29 (CRICKETNMORE) - England's debutant, Roland-Jones (4-39) put South Africa in big trouble on day two of the third test at The Oval on Friday. The visitors were struggling with 126/8 on scoreboard at stumps.

Earlier, Ben Stokes (112) scored his fifth test century and shared important stands of 75 for the sixth wicket and 37 for the ninth, with Jonny Bairstow and Roland-Jones, to help England post 353 in their first innings. 

Rroland Jones took the key wickets of Hashim Amla, Quinton de Kock and both the openers to put South Africa in deep trouble. 

Brief Scores

England - 353/10 (Stokes - 112, Cook - 88, M Morkel - 3/70, K Rabada - 3/85)

South Africa - 126/8 (T Bavuma - 34, K Rabada - 30, R Jones - 4/39, Anderson - 2/16)

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