Cape Town, 4 January : South Africa showed some fight in the second Test with Amla's 157 not out helping to cut England's lead to 276 as the home team reached 353 for 3 at stumps on the third day. South Africa Trail by 276 runs.
Day 3 Match Report
ENG 1st Ininings- 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)
RSA 1st Ininings - 353/3 in 130 overs (Hasim Amla 157*, AB de Villiers 88, F du Plessis 51*, D Elgar 44, S Finn 1/82, B Stokes 1/67)
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : Alastair Cook (ENG) won the toss and opted to bat first.
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
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