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A sensational century from the bat and a brilliant bowling display saw Ben Stokes lightning up the Emirates Old Trafford, helping England clinch an innings-and-85-run victory on Day 3 of the second Test to level the ongoing th꧃ree-match series.
James Anderson (3/30), Stuart Broad (1/24) and Ollie Robinson꧋ (4/43) were outstanding in the morning as South Africa slipped from their overnight score of 23-0 to 54-3.
Then, Rassie van Der Dussen (41 off 132) and Keegan Petersen (42 off 159) shared a vital fourth-wicket stand of 87 from 261 balls before Stokes (2/30) removed Van der Dussen and Petersen to help the ho🙈sts comeback in the game.
The tourists went on to lose their final seven wickets for 38 runs as England stormed to an innings win, just over a week after suffering a similar loss at Lord’s in the opening match.
The hosts dominated in Manchester Test right from the beginning with a humungous 415/9 declared in their sole innings. Captain Stokes hit his 12th Test hundred and wicketkeeper-batter Ben Foakes his♍ second and then dismissed the visitors in 85.1 overℱs in their second innings.
“It has been incredible. It was an amazing atmosphere to be a part of. To come back from last week’s disappointment at Lord’s and put in the performance we have this week, it gives us a lot of confidence back and sets things up nicely for the last game,” said Stokes after the match.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
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— England Cricket (@englandcricket)
England draw level in the series with a massive wܫin �ཧ� | | Scorecard:
— ICC (@ICC)
3. Ben Stokes is one hellavu Cricketer!
— AB de Villiers (@ABdeVilliers17)
Strong comeback by England in the series. Stokes led from the front with both bat and ball, Foakes was brilliant too. A♏nd Anderson what a champion! 950 international wickets for a pacer 🤯 SA will rue electing to bat first.
— Wasim Jaffer (@WasimJaffer14)
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WELL PLAYED Eng 🏴 👏🏻 Sadly once had changed their team selection &ꦦ; selected 2 front line spinners, they basically had little choice than to bat first. Personally I’d not have changed a winꦜning team, with if needed Elgar & Markram to bowl a few. BIG 3rd TEST!
— Dave Nosworthy (@DONCRICKET)
Only pacer to take 100+ Test wickets against India – James Anderson
Only pacer to take 100+ Test wickets against South Africa – James Anderson
— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats)
Ben Stokes is right up there with the best “steppers” out of the crease ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ꧟ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚagainst spin in world cricket today. Maybe even the best
— Bharat Sundaresan (@beastieboy07)
H🦩ave already watched a꧋bout 10 replays of that brute of a ball from Stokes. Happy to watch it at least 586 more times.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell)
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