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.

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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. 

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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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