England beat South Africa by an innings and 53 runs in the second Test match at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth today and took a 2-1 lead in the series.

On the first day, England won the toss and opted to bat first. Dom Sibley and Zak Crawley gave a steady start on a slow track but both openers couldn't convert their starts. Joe Root and Joe Denly also got out cheaply but Ben Stokes and Ollie Pope took the charge and their 203 runs partnership for the fifth wicket put South Africa on backfoot. Both Stokes and Pope brought up their hundreds and eventually, England declared on 499/9.

In reply, South Africa batsmen had no clue against Dominic Bess and top order collapsed and the team bowled out for just 209 runs. England enforced the follow on due to bad weather and in the second innings it was Joe Root's turn who took four wickets and put South Africa in big trouble. Keshav Maharaj and Dane Paterson showed some fight but that wasn't enough and the team was bowled out for 237 runs and lost the Test by an innings and 53 runs. 

All the major stats and facts from the third Test between South Africa and England in Port Elizabeth

4 - This was the only fourth instance of South Africa losing a Test by an innings at home since re-admission. 

Instances of SA losing a Test by an innings at home since re-admission -

innings & 196 runs vs AUS at Johannesburg, 1996/97

innings & 360 runs vs AUS at Johannesburg, 2001/02

innings & 98 runs vs ENG at Durban, 2009/10

innings & 53 runs vs ENG at Port Elizabeth, 2020

6 - England has won 6 of the 10 Tests they played at St George's Park in Port Elizabeth and lost only one Test here. 

7 - South Africa have now lost 7 of their last 8 Tests. The only win came against England in the Centurion Test of this series. 

73 - Stuart Broad has taken 73 Test wickets against South Africa - the third most by an England bowler.

Most Test wickets for ENG against SA -

93 - James Anderson

83 - Sydney Barnes

73 - Stuart Broad 

69 - Brian Statham

59 - Colin Blythe 

99 - Keshav Maharaj and Dane Paterson's 99 runs partnership is the second biggest 10th wicket partnership for South Africa against England in Tests.

Highest 10th wkts partnerships for SA against ENG in Tests -

103 - Sandy Bell / Tuppy Owen-Smith at Leeds, 1929

99 - Keshav Maharaj / Dane Paterson at Port Elizabeth, 2020

94 - Percy Sherwell / Bert Vogler at Cape Town, 1906 

4026 - Ben Stokes when on 94, completed 4000 runs in Test cricket. He has scored 4026 runs in 62 Tests with 9 hundreds and 21 fifties.