Twitter Reactions: England take lead in the series with a win at The Oval
For his allround performance, Ben Stokes was awarded the Player of the match.
England managed to secure a thrilling victory at the Kennington Oval as they won the third Test by an astounding 239 runs margin. With this victory, they lead the series 2-1 with one match to go. Having won the last series, this triumph ensured that the trophy stays with them.
The day began with Dean Elgar and Temba Bavuma resuming their overnight partnership. They had a daunting task ahead looking to save the Test match for the Proteas on the last day. Dean Elgar made his mark with a stupendous century, his eighth in Test matches. However, South Africa did lose 2 consecutive wickets in the first session with debutant Toby Roland-Jones continuing to impress.
With Elgar and Chris Morris at the crease, there was still some hope for South Africa to save this. However, Moeen Ali proved to be deadly for South Africa on a Day 5 pitch. First, he got the better of Chris Morris. Later, he went on to complete a hat-trick accounting for Dean Elgar and Kagiso Rabada of consecutive balls. Then he had Morne Morkel trapped LBW in front of the stumps on the first ball of his next over to complete the hat-trick.
The South Africans were bundled for 252 runs as the English side produced a magnificent victory. Elgar played a fantastic knock but that just wasn’t enough to create a miracle for the Proteas. Among the wicket takers, Ali led the way with figures of 4/45 while Roland-Jones also struck thrice in the second innings to follow up his five-wicket haul from the first.
Ben Stokes along with his batting exploits got a couple of wickets too while Stuart Broad got the lone wicket of Heino Kuhn yesterday. Surprisingly, Jimmy Anderson who took 3 wickets in the first innings went wicketless.
Here are some of the amazing Twitter reactions during the course of the day
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