Newlands Test ends in thrilling draw
Cape Town, 6 January (CRICKETNMORE) - The second Test match between South Africa and England ends in a draw after bad light and rain stops play in Cape Town.Visitors finish on 159 for 6. England will take a 1-0 lead into the third test in Johannesburg.
Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : Alastair Cook (ENG) won the toss and opted to bat first.
England 1st Innings- 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)
South Africa 1st Innings - 627/7 in 211 overs (Hasim Amla 201, AB de Villiers 88, F du Plessis 85, T Bavuma 102*, C Morris 69, S Finn 2/132, S Broad 2/94, J Anderson 1/77, B Stokes 1/100
England 2nd Innings – 159/6 in 65 overs (Jonny Bairstow 30, Joe Root 29, Dane Piedt 3/38)
Man of the Match : Ben Stokes (258 runs)
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