Cape Town, 6 January (CRICKETNMORE) - The second Test match between South Africa and England ends in a draw after bad light and rain stops play in Cape Town.Visitors finish on 159 for 6. England will take a 1-0 lead into the third test in Johannesburg.

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Venue : Newlands, Cape Town

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Toss : Alastair Cook (ENG) won the toss and opted to bat first.


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England  1st Innings-  629/6 in 125.5 overs.(B Stokes 258,J Bairstow 150*, A Hales 60, J Root 50, K Rabada 3/175, M Morkel 1/114)

South Africa  1st Innings - 627/7 in 211 overs (Hasim Amla 201, AB de Villiers 88,  F du Plessis 85, T Bavuma 102*, C Morris 69, S Finn 2/132, S Broad 2/94, J Anderson 1/77, B Stokes 1/100

England 2nd Innings – 159/6 in 65 overs (Jonny Bairstow 30, Joe Root 29, Dane Piedt 3/38)

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Man of the Match : Ben Stokes  (258 runs)

Teams (Playing XI)

South Africa : Stiaan van Zyl, Dean Elgar, Hashim Amla (c), AB de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Temba Bavuma, Quinton de Kock (wk), Chris Morris, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Morne Morkel

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England : Alastair Cook (c), Alex Hales, Nick Compton, Joe Root, James Taylor, Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

 

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