This is the moment every kid dreams of: Toby Roland-Jones

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London, July 29: After a dream debut, England pacer Toby Roland-Jones said it was great to transform his boyhood dream into reality. Jones took four for 39 to wreck South Africa in the third Test at the Oval.

"I suppose this is the moment that every young kid dreams of, representing their country - and I'm no different. The way it unfolded was certainly something I hadn't pictured," said Jones.

"You try to have a pretty simple plan in your head. But things seemed to catch fire a little bit," he said.

Jones draw first blood when Dean Elgar was caught behind to the last ball before tea, but admitted he was far from sure of the dismissal.

"It wasn't the most convincing of reactions from me. I hadn't heard anything, but the guys behind the stumps were adamant they had . it was a bit of a kerfuffle in the end, but it didn't take anything away from it - trust me. It was a pretty special feeling," he said.

Ben Stokes struck a hundred to propel England to a total in excess of 350. "You're nine down, there's obviously going to be a seamer coming on the other end - and the wind was blowing in my favour so I thought it was the best opportunity to try to get as many runs as we could.

"Jimmy said 'What are you going to do?' - and I think I just said 'wallop'."

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