Amla terrific hundred leaving South Africa 353/3 at stumps on Day 3

Cape Town, 4 January :  South Africa showed some fight in the second Test with Amla's 157 not out helping to cut England's lead to 276 as the home team reached 353 for 3 at stumps on the third day. South Africa Trail by 276 runs.

 Day 3 Match Report

ENG 1st Ininings-  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)

RSA 1st Ininings - 353/3 in 130 overs (Hasim Amla 157*, AB de Villiers 88,  F du Plessis 51*, D Elgar 44, S Finn 1/82, B Stokes 1/67)

Venue : Newlands, Cape Town

Toss : Alastair Cook (ENG) won the toss and opted to bat first.

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