ENG vs SA LIVE – Ben Stokes Angry: England Cricketers including captain Ben Stokes was left fuming as UMPIRES ended the DAY 4 with just 33 reuqired for victory. Furious England stars slam chiefs after play suspended with hosts moments away from Test series win over South Africa. Jimmy Anderson reckoned more “common sense” should have been used. Fellow fast bowler Stuart Broad admitted the players were “frustrated”: Follow ENG SA 3RD Test LIVE & Cricket News LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Stokes and Co were seen shaking at the balcony shaking their heads to the umpires’ decision. The spectators were seen Booing the decision by the umpires at The OVAL.
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What exactly happend? Stokes and his fellow players were left shaking their heads as the play was called-off due to bad light. According to some of the England cricketers, as the Floodlights were on – there was no way umpires should have halted the play for BAD-LIGHT.
Openers Zak Crawley and Alex Lees were in full flow. Only 33 runs were required for England to win – but umpires decided to call of the play. Ben Stokes and team-mates couldn’t believe it as they along with various top cricket experts blasted the decision afterwards.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan tweeted: “Cricket is a stupid sport at times! Common sense always goes out of the window.”
Cricket is a stupid sport at times … !! Common sense always goes out of the window … #OnOn
— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) September 11, 2022
Jimmy Anderson reckoned more “common sense” should have been used and fellow fast bowler Stuart Broad admitted the players were “frustrated”.
Anderson said: “It’s obviously frustrating. The rate we were scoring meant we might have needed only another five or six overs.
“But the point of view of the umpires is they have taken a reading on Saturday which sets the precedent for the whole game.
“If it rains all day tomorrow, it would be unfair on South Africa if we tried to get the game done tonight. But I would like to think common sense would prevail every now and then.”
Stuart Broad added: “We’re naturally disappointed and frustrated, particularly as the guys were going so well.
“Leesy hit the last ball of the day through the covers for four and was seeing it fine.
“We’re frustrated that we didn’t get to finish it in front of the crowd that have been with us all day.”
England will now have to score remaining 33 runs on DAY 5. By clinching the series 2-1, they will win six Test matches in a summer for the first time since 2005.
FULL Scorecard: England vs South Africa 3rd TEST
England 2nd Innings Batting Scorecard – 97/0 – Require another 33 to WIN the 3rd TEST
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | 32 | 61 | 3 | 0 | 52.46 | |
| Zak Crawley | 57 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 129.55 | |
| Extra | 8 (b 0, w 0, nb 3, lb 5) | |||||
| Total | 97/0 (17) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Ollie Pope, JE Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, BT Foakes, Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, MJ Leach, James Anderson | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 8 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 5.13 |
| Marco Jansen | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 |
| Anrich Nortje | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|
South Africa 2nd Innings Batting Scorecard – 169/10
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarel Erwee | 26 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 49.06 | |
| Dean Elgar (C) | 36 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 61.02 | |
| Keegan Petersen | 23 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 74.19 | |
| Ryan Rickelton | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| Khaya Zondo | 16 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 31.37 | |
| Wiaan Mulder | 15 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 28.85 | |
| Kyle Verreynne (WK) | 11 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 30.56 | |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Kagiso Rabada | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Keshav Maharaj | 18 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Anrich Nortje | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 12 (b 4, w 0, nb 4, lb 4) | |||||
| Total | 169/10 (56.2) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 15.2 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 2.35 |
| Ollie Robinson | 15 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 2.67 |
| Stuart Broad | 13 | 2 | 45 | 3 | 3.46 |
| Ben Stokes | 13 | 2 | 40 | 3 | 3.08 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| SJ Erwee | 1-58 | 15.3 |
| D Elgar | 2-83 | 21.4 |
| KD Petersen | 3-91 | 24.3 |
| RD Rickelton | 4-95 | 27.4 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 5-120 | 41.6 |
| K Zondo | 6-133 | 43.3 |
| M Jansen | 7-146 | 48.4 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 8-146 | 48.6 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 9-169 | 55.3 |
| K Verreynne | 10-169 | 56.2 |
England 1st Innings Batting Scorecard – 158 – LEAD by 40 Runs
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | 13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 216.67 | |
| Zak Crawley | 5 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 14.71 | |
| Ollie Pope | 67 | 77 | 13 | 0 | 87.01 | |
| Joe Root | 23 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 92.00 | |
| Harry Brook | 12 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Ben Stokes (C) | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 | |
| Ben Foakes (WK) | 14 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Stuart Broad | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.55 | |
| Ollie Robinson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Jack Leach | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| James Anderson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extra | 9 (b 1, w 0, nb 7, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 158/10 (36.2) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | ||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagiso Rabada | 13 | 1 | 81 | 4 | 6.23 |
| Marco Jansen | 12.2 | 2 | 35 | 5 | 2.84 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Anrich Nortje | 9 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3.22 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Lees | 1-17 | 3.1 |
| Zak Crawley | 2-43 | 9.1 |
| JE Root | 3-84 | 16.5 |
| Harry Brook | 4-107 | 22.5 |
| Ben Stokes | 5-129 | 26.5 |
| Ollie Pope | 6-133 | 27.4 |
| Stuart Broad | 7-151 | 33.1 |
| Ollie Robinson | 8-155 | 33.6 |
| MJ Leach | 9-156 | 35.4 |
| BT Foakes | 10-158 | 36.2 |
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