The visitor team England looking very solid at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. England scored 400 runs in their first innings with using 98.2 overs. The opener of the team Z Crawley batted good with his 66. DP Sibley contributed 44 runs, JL Denly has gone with 27 runs on the board, Captain of the team JE Root scored his fifty (59 off 108). BA Stokes has gone without entertaining the viewers this time. OJ Pope smashed 56 runs. JC Buttler † added 20 runs to his team scorecard. SM Curran has gone with duck, CR Woakes scored 32 runs, MA Wood 35 and smashed 43 runs off 28 balls.
A Nortje took five wickets in 20.2 with 86 runs. D Paterson and VD Philander both took two wickets each and the remaining one wicket was taken by BE Hendricks. In reply, the home team South African batsmen found the pitch very difficult to bat-on. Q de Kock † was the top runs scorer from his team with 76 runs, D Pretorius scored 37, D Elgar 26 and PJ Malan scored 15 runs. All the remaining South African batsmen dismissed under 10 runs. MA Wood took five wickets, BA Stokes and CR Woakes each of them took two wickets. SM Curran dismissed one South African batsmen.
Watch SA v ENG 4th Test Day 3 Cricket Highlights Videos today – 4th Test, England Tour Of South Africa from The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Sunday, 26-01-2020.
Joe Root won the toss and elected to bat first.
South Africa team: 1 Dean Elgar, 2 Pieter Malan, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Faf du Plessis (capt), 5 Quinton de Kock (wk), 6 Temba Bavuma, 7 Dwaine Pretorius, 8 Vernon Philander, 9 Anrich Nortje, 10 Beuran Hendricks, 11 Dane Paterson.
England team: 1 Dom Sibley 2 Zak Crawley 3 Joe Denly 4 Joe Root (capt) 5 Ben Stokes 6 Ollie Pope 7 Jos Buttler (wk) 8 Chris Woakes 9 Sam Curran 10 Mark Wood 11 Stuart Broad.
Match Timings: 08:00 GMT | 10:00 Local
Umpires – Rod Tucker, Joel Wilson
TV Umpires – Bruce Oxenford
Match Referee – Andy Pycroft
Reserve Umpire – Allahudien Paleker
Match number – Test no. 2380
