England vs South Africa LIVE: Cricket score and third Test result as England seal series victory

England needed just 25 minutes on the final morning to wrap up a 2-1 Test series victory over South Africa.

Play on the penultimate evening of the truncated third Test was contentiously halted due to bad light at the Kia Oval with England just 33 short of overhauling a 130-target and with all 10 wickets in hand.

Surrey threw open their doors free of charge for the deferred denouement and there was no surprise twist as England claimed a nine-wicket win for their sixth Test success in seven matches this summer.

South Africa Player of the Series Kagiso Rabada said: “It seemed like every game was decided from the toss. We won it at Lord’s and things went our way, but looking in hindsight we will take a lot of learnings out of this series.

“We are a young team, including myself, but there is a lot for us to take from this. We will look to get better moving forward, and get some more wins.

“I injured myself in the second T20 at Cardiff, and I wasn’t sure if i was going to make it to this Test series. But I am very glad I did, and I am very grateful.to the medical staff for helping me.

“It’s very exciting to see the talent we have in our fast bowling department but overall as a team, there is so much talent and we’ve just got to get used to playing together as a team, and then the world is our oyster.”

As part of his Player of the Match interview England’s Ollie Robinson said: “It’s been a really enjoyable comeback for me and the team. The experience over the last few weeks have been really enjoyable and it’s great to be with the lads again.

“Its nice to get where I am but don’t feel like I am the finished article. There’s lot of work to do, there’s a tough winter ahead so I will keep pushing on.

“The environment is a great place to thrive, it is really enjoyable. You can see that with how we are playing with a smile on our faces and having a great time out there.

“I think with Stokesy you always get complete honesty which at times is what I needed. Luckily it worked off the back of that.

“It was definitely a helpful surface, it always had a bit of carry. Tall bowlers tend to do well here so it was nice for me to do well this week.”

Kagiso Rabada is South Africa’s Player of the Series having picked up 14 wickets across the three test matches and remained a threat every time he came on to bowl.

Jonny Bairstow is awarded the England test match Player of the Summer award after scoring 681 runs including four hundreds and a couple of match winning knocks. His broken leg means he isn’t here to collect the award but it’s a fitting tribute to the Yorkshireman who was a crucial part of England’s winning formual.

More specific to this game, Ollie Robinson is awarded the Player of the Match award thanks to his five-wicket haul in the first innings.

England win the game by nine wickets and claim the series 2-1.

England win their sixth (out of seven) Test match of the summer - the first time that has happened since 2004.

It is a truly remarkable turnaround after an atrocious winter in Australia and the West Indies.

They have beaten the World Test champions (New Zealand), they’ve beaten India and now they’ve beaten the current leader in the World Test Championship (South Africa).

It was a regulation morning for England, 33 runs to win knocked off inside half an hour in just 5.3 overs. Zak Crawley’s confidence will be boosted by an unbeaten knock of 69 and he was ably supported by Alex Lees 39 and Ollie Pope 11*.

Kagiso Rabada took South Africa’s only wicket of the innings with figures of 1-57.

England win the match by nine wickets to end the test match summer.

England win! Ollie Pope gets off strike and Zak Crawley cuts Jansen away through the offside to collect four and knock off the winning runs.

He finishes unbeaten with 69 and Pope is 11 not out.

England win the three-match series 2-1.