Oval Test: Stuart Broad, Ollie Robinson star as England defeat South Africa 2-1 in Test sequence

England clinched the three-match Test sequence towards South Africa by 2-1 margin at The Oval on September 12. Batting within the 4th innings, England chased down the goal with 9 wickets remaining.

Ollie Robinson celebrates a wicket vs South Africa. (Courtesy: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTSEngland pacers dominated the Test match which noticed it’s first ball being bowled on Day 3Stuart Broad surpassed legendary Glenn McGrath within the Test wickets tallyOllie Robinson made an incredible comeback and picked 7 wickets within the Test match

England received their sixth Test of the summer season and continued their unbeaten sequence run underneath the captaincy of Ben Stokes, by defeating South Africa within the third and ultimate Test match of the sequence. English tempo bowlers dominated the roost at The Oval in a rain-affected Test match, serving to the group wrap up the sport in simply three days.

The extremely anticipated decider was first delayed resulting from rain within the first day after which because of the dying of the Queen, however England managed to place stress on South Africa, who needed to convey an aggressive intent to their play within the ultimate match of the sequence.

After pacers from each groups ran via the batting line-ups, England have been left with 130 runs as a goal. With slightly greater than a day remaining to chase the goal down, underfire opener Zack Crawley introduced out his best possible, attacking the likes of Marc Jansen, Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje. The solely England wicket to fall within the ultimate innings was Alex Lees, who performed second fiddle to Zack Crawley, hitting 39 off 73 balls. The right-hander Crawley then again 69 off 57 balls and in addition hit Marco Jansen for 4 to convey up a memorable victory in English cricket.

The earlier two matches of the sequence have been fiercely contested. In the primary Test match at Lord’s, England have been unable to deal with the warmth from South Africa’s bowling assault and fell to an innings defeat within the recreation. After a horrible defeat, England shook issues up with an distinctive batting efficiency from captain Ben Stokes, who led the best way to England’s victory within the second Test match of the sequence.

With the ultimate Test set to be contested with fierce spirit, England have been pegged again in an damage to their finest Test batter in the intervening time – Jonny Bairstow, nonetheless, as it might end up, the group weren’t affected by the loss and went on to submit an incredible 9 wicket win over Dean Elgar’s males.

This was England’s ultimate Test match of the summer season as the main focus strikes on to the white ball format of the sport. England will now go to play Pakistan in a 7-match T20I sequence. After that, they’ll play Australia earlier than heading into the T20 World Cup.

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