Sentence examples for until the third Test from inspiring English sources
The teams now have a break until the third Test starts at the Wanderers in Johannesburg on 14 January.
"I don't want to bowl him into the ground as there is just over a week until the third Test starts.
England announced at the start of the fifth day that Saqlain Mushtaq, their spin-bowling consultant on tour, has extended his stay with the team until the third Test in Mohali, with Cook crediting the former Pakistan international for the work so far, most notably Adil Rashid's most promising outing to date that brought the leg-spinner seven wickets.
Pietersen, particularly, railed against the order that wives and girlfriends would not be allowed to join the tour until the third Test in Perth, by which time the coach and the captain believed that the team would have found the required levels of single-mindedness.
Barnes was first-choice as an opener with Arthur Morris throughout the Test series, although it was not until the Third Test that they had a first-wicket partnership of any substance.
He did not pass fifty until the third Test, when he scored 63 and 87 not out, ending a run of 22 innings without a fifty, in which time he averaged 23.47 over 14 Tests.
As such, it is unlikely national selectors will have to make a tough decision on how to fit Watson in their XI until at least 1 March, when the third Test starts in Cape Town.
He can't play cricket until the first Test match starts.
The proximity of the dates means head coach Lancaster is resigned to being unable to field his first-choice starting XV until the second Test on 14 June.
But it was obvious from his demeanour as he walked from the field, leaving his team-mates to their practice, that it was to be curtains for him until the first Test against South Africa in Port Elizabeth in December.
David Warner was banned until the first Test for punching England's Joe Root in a Birmingham bar, while coach Mickey Arthur was sacked and replaced by Darren Lehmann just 16 days before the start of the series.
