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Test no. 596

South Africa in England Test Series - 3rd Test
England v South Africa

1965 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 26,27,28,30,31 August 1965 (5-day match)

Result Match drawn


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	EJ Barlow	lbw b Statham	18	59	0	0
	DT Lindsay	lbw b Higgs	4	46	0	0
	A Bacher	lbw b Higgs	28	86	4	0
	RG Pollock	b Titmus	12	48	2	0
	KC Bland	lbw b Statham	39	66	4	2
	HR Lance	lbw b Statham	69	200	8	0
	PL van der Merwe	c Barrington b Higgs	20	59	3	0
	R Dumbrill	c Smith b Higgs	14	71	1	0
	JT Botten	c Cowdrey b Statham	0	4	0	0
	PM Pollock	b Statham	3	15	0	0
	AH McKinnon	not out	0	5	0	0
	Extras	(nb 1)	1

	Total	(all out; 96.2 overs)	208	(2.15 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-21 (Lindsay), 2-23 (Barlow), 3-60 (RG Pollock), 4-86 (Bacher), 5-109 (Bland), 6-156 (van der Merwe), 7-196 (Dumbrill), 8-197 (Botten), 9-207 (PM Pollock), 10-208 (Lance)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	24.2	11	40	5	1.64
DJ Brown	22	4	63	0	2.86
K Higgs	24	4	47	4	1.95
FJ Titmus	26	12	57	1	2.19


England 1st innings			R	M	4s	6s
	RW Barber	st Lindsay b McKinnon	40	137	2	0
	WE Russell	lbw b PM Pollock	0	3	0	0
	KF Barrington	b Botten	18	74	2	0
	MC Cowdrey	c Barlow b PM Pollock	58	233	4	0
	PH Parfitt	c & b McKinnon	24	67	2	0
	MJK Smith	lbw b PM Pollock	7	38	1	0
	DJ Brown	c Dumbrill b McKinnon	0	3	0	0
	JM Parks	c Bland b Botten	42	60	5	1
	FJ Titmus	not out	2	28	0	0
	K Higgs	b PM Pollock	2	16	0	0
	JB Statham	b PM Pollock	0	7	0	0
	Extras	(lb 6, w 3)	9

	Total	(all out; 98.1 overs)	202	(2.05 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-1 (Russell), 2-42 (Barrington), 3-76 (Barber), 4-125 (Parfitt), 5-141 (Smith), 6-142 (Brown), 7-198 (Parks), 8-198 (Cowdrey), 9-200 (Higgs), 10-202 (Statham)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PM Pollock	25.1	7	43	5	1.70
JT Botten	27	6	56	2	2.07
EJ Barlow	11	1	27	0	2.45
R Dumbrill	6	2	11	0	1.83
AH McKinnon	27	11	50	3	1.85
HR Lance	2	0	6	0	3.00


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	4s	6s
	EJ Barlow	b Statham	18	63	3	0
	DT Lindsay	b Brown	17	101	1	0
	A Bacher	c Smith b Statham	70	169	5	0
	RG Pollock	run out	34	86	4	0
	KC Bland	c Titmus b Higgs	127	276	16	0
	HR Lance	b Higgs	53	123	4	0
	PL van der Merwe	b Higgs	0	2	0	0
	R Dumbrill	c Barrington b Brown	36	72	5	0
	JT Botten	b Titmus	4	39	0	0
	PM Pollock	not out	9	26	1	0
	AH McKinnon	b Higgs	14	18	1	1
	Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 2)	10

	Total	(all out; 133.1 overs)	392	(2.94 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Barlow), 2-61 (Lindsay), 3-123 (RG Pollock), 4-164 (Bacher), 5-260 (Lance), 6-260 (van der Merwe), 7-343 (Dumbrill), 8-367 (Bland), 9-371 (Botten), 10-392 (McKinnon)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JB Statham	29	1	105	2	3.62
DJ Brown	23	3	63	2	2.73
K Higgs	41.1	10	96	4	2.33
FJ Titmus	27	3	74	1	2.74
RW Barber	13	1	44	0	3.38


England 2nd innings (target: 399 runs)			R	M	4s	6s
	RW Barber	c & b PM Pollock	22	41	2	0
	WE Russell	c Bacher b McKinnon	70	184	6	0
	PH Parfitt	lbw b Botten	46	153	5	0
	KF Barrington	lbw b PM Pollock	73	155	4	2
	MC Cowdrey	not out	78	178	7	0
	MJK Smith	not out	10	33	0	0
	Extras	(lb 6, nb 3)	9

	Total	(4 wickets; 104.2 overs)	308	(2.95 runs per over)

Did not bat DJ Brown,

JM Parks, FJ Titmus, K Higgs, JB Statham

Fall of wickets1-39 (Barber), 2-138 (Russell), 3-144 (Parfitt), 4-279 (Barrington)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PM Pollock	32.2	7	93	2	2.87
JT Botten	24	4	73	1	3.04
EJ Barlow	6	1	22	0	3.66
R Dumbrill	9	1	30	0	3.33
AH McKinnon	31	7	70	1	2.25
HR Lance	2	0	11	0	5.50

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series South Africa won the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut K Higgs (England)

Umpires JS Buller and WFF Price

Close of play
26 Aug day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 152/5 (HR Lance 30*, PL van der Merwe 20*)
27 Aug day 2 - England 1st innings 142/6 (MC Cowdrey 45*)
28 Aug day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 163/3 (A Bacher 70*, KC Bland 18*)
29 Aug rest day
30 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 64/1 (WE Russell 32*, PH Parfitt 7*)
31 Aug day 5 - England 2nd innings 308/4 (104.2 ov) - end of match

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