Amla's 201 & Temba Bavuma's 102* dominates the 4th Day

Updated: Tue, Jan 05 2016 23:23 IST

Cape Town, 5th January : Hashim Amla's double ton and Temba Bavuma's maiden hundred helped South Africa declare on 627/7 on Day 4. Bavuma became the first black South African to make a Test century. Faf du Plessis (86), T Bavuma and C Morris (69) also contributed with the bat.


Day 4 Match Report with scorecard :  England Lead by 18 runs

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 - 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

ENG 2nd Ininings - 16/0 in 6 overs ( A Cook 8*, A Hales 5*

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

 

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