Watch: Oval crowd up on its feet as England, South Africa pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II ahead of 3rd Test

England and South Africa teams paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II as the Oval crowd stood up on its feet in her memory on Saturday, September 10. The third and the final Test between the two teams saw a rain abandonment on the first day and a state mourning on Friday meant, the match could start only on the third day.

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Updated Sep 10, 2022, 18:30 IST

England and South Africa teams paid a heartfelt tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II as the Oval crowd stood up on its feet in her memory | Photo: Screengrab

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England and South African cricket teams pad heartfelt tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II
The Oval crowd gave a standing ovation as the new altered anthem, 'God Save the King' played after a minute's silence
South Africa were reduced to 69/6 at lunch

Sport resumed in England after a day of state mourning for the former monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away late Thursday night. As England observed public mourning, all cricket was suspended on Friday, which meant the third and the final Test between England and South Africa didn't see play for the first two days as the opening day was called off due to rain in London.

As the match began on Saturday, the England players sported black armbands and everyone at the Kennington Oval observed a minute's silence before the national anthem of the two nations. The new altered anthem 'God Save the King' -- given that King Charles III is the new monarch -- was followed by a huge standing ovation from the local crowd as the players and the team management became emotional.

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The match, which will only be played for three days now, began with South Africa batting first, however, England pacer Ollie Robinson had other ideas as he decimated the Proteas line-up like a pack of cards.

Apart from Khaya Zondo, no other batter could offer much resistance as Robinson ran riot and South African batters just kept edging it to the wicket-keeper Ben Foakes. Robinson picked up four wickets, including Proteas skipper Dean Elgar while James Anderson and Stuart Broad accounted for one each as the visitors were reduced to 69/6 before the lunch break.

The story was not to dissimilar after the break as well, as Broad dismissed Zondo breaking the back of South Africa's innings. While the fans will hope for the innings to wrap up quickly given there will be just 9 sessions in the game, Elgar and Co. will hope to get a respectable score on the board to challenge the English line-up in overcast conditions.

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