Day 3

South Africa vs. England 3^rd Test

Played at Lords

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first.

At the Close of 1^st Day play South Arica was 262/7

At the close of 2^nd Day, England was 208/5

JM Bairstow not out 72 137 9 0 52.55 MJ Prior† not out 22 31 4 0 70.96

Day 3

England 1st innings		R	M		B		4s	6s	SR
JM Bairstow	b Morkel	95	310		196		13	0	48.46
MJ Prior†	c Kallis b Philander	27	79		58		4	0	46.55
SCJ Broad	c Amla b Steyn	16	38		22		2	0	72.72
GP Swann	not out	37	94		53		4	0	69.81
JM Anderson	c Rudolph b Steyn	12	26		18		0	0	66.66
ST Finn	c Duminy b Morkel	10	40		34		1	0	29.41
Extras	(lb 10, w 1, nb 4)	15
Total	(all out; 107.3 overs; 468 mins)			315		(2.93 runs per over)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	M Morkel	28.3	6	80	4	2.80	(4nb)
	VD Philander	24	9	48	2	2.00
	DW Steyn	29	4	94	4	3.24
	JH Kallis	12	3	29	0	2.41	(1w)
	Imran Tahir	14	3	54	0	3.85

	South Africa 2nd innings									R		M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Petersen				lbw b Broad					24		89	73	3	0	32.87
	GC Smith*				lbw b Swann					23		102	63	3	0	36.50
	HM Amla				not out					57			98	8	0	58.16
	JH Kallis				lbw b Finn					31		91	58	5	0	53.44
	DW Steyn				not out					0			9	0	0	0.00
	Extras				(b 4, lb 5, nb 1)					10
Total		(3 wickets; 50 overs)							145		(2.90 runs per over)
	Bowling		O	M		R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson		9	2		32	0	3.55
	SCJ Broad		10	1		38	1	3.80		(1nb)
	GP Swann		20	5		38	1	1.90
	ST Finn		11	1		28	1	2.54

At the end of the day S Africa was 145/3.

Two days reaming in this test match

This Test match is equally balanced for both sides.

This match is now decided how Amla and other South African Tail Enders perform.

If South Africa gave England a Target near 300 this match will be 60/40 in the favor of South Africa.