South Africa tour of England

South Africa tour of England

1^st Test

Played at Kennington Oval, London

South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs

England won the toss and chose to bat first

England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s		6s	SR
AJ Strauss*	lbw b Morkel	0	2	4	0		0	0.00
AN Cook	b Steyn	115	392	295	11		1	38.98
IJL Trott	c †de Villiers b Morkel	71	243	162	9		0	43.82
KP Pietersen	c †de Villiers b Kallis	42	97	72	4		0	58.33
IR Bell	b Kallis	13	96	56	2		0	23.21
RS Bopara	c †de Villiers b Steyn	0	8	6	0		0	0.00
MJ Prior†	c †de Villiers b Morkel	60	146	90	9		0	66.66
TT Bresnan	b Imran Tahir	8	48	32	1		0	25.00
SCJ Broad	b Philander	16	39	28	2		0	57.14
GP Swann	not out	15	29	20	3		0	75.00
JM Anderson	c †de Villiers b Morkel	2	4	4	0		0	50.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 24, w 3, nb 14)	43
Total	(all out; 125.5 overs; 558 mins)	385	(3.05 runs per over)

S Africa’s Bowling

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	M Morkel	24.5	2	72	4	2.89
	VD Philander	27	4	79	1	2.92
	DW Steyn	30	7	99	2	3.30
	JH Kallis	19	7	38	2	2.00
	Imran Tahir	19	0	61	1	3.21
	JP Duminy	6	1	10	0	1.66

South Africa 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	b Bresnan	131	367	273	20	0	47.98
AN Petersen	lbw b Anderson	0	11	8	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	not out	311	790	529	35	0	58.79
JH Kallis	not out	182	434	326	23	1	55.82
Extras	(b 5, lb 4, w 2, nb 2)	13
Total	(2 wickets dec; 189 overs; 803 mins)	637	(3.37 runs per over)

England’s Bowling

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	41	7	116	1	2.82
	SCJ Broad	34	6	118	0	3.47
	GP Swann	52	10	151	0	2.90
	TT Bresnan	37	2	140	1	3.78
	RS Bopara	18	1	78	0	4.33
	KP Pietersen	3	0	13	0	4.33
	IJL Trott	4	0	12	0	3.00

	England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s
	AJ Strauss*	c Philander b Imran Tahir	27	126	80	2	0
	AN Cook	c †de Villiers b Philander	0	6	6	0	0
	IJL Trott	c †de Villiers b Steyn	10	41	27	1	0
	KP Pietersen	b Morkel	16	36	17	3	0
	IR Bell	c Kallis b Steyn	55	285	220	6	0
	RS Bopara	b Steyn	22	75	55	3	0
	MJ Prior†	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	40	141	86	5	0
	TT Bresnan	not out	20	91	61	2	0
	SCJ Broad	c †de Villiers b Steyn	0	11	5	0	0
	GP Swann	c Petersen b Steyn	7	11	9	1	0
	JM Anderson	lbw b Imran Tahir	4	39	24	1	0

Extras	(b 11, lb 15, w 1, nb 12)	39
Total	(all out; 97 overs; 429 mins)	240		(2.47 runs per over)

S Africa’s bowling

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	16	0	41	1	2.56
VD Philander	19	6	29	1	1.52
DW Steyn	21	6	56	5	2.66
Imran Tahir	32	7	63	3	1.96
JH Kallis	7	1	22	0	3.14
JP Duminy	2	1	3	0	1.50

Player of the match HM Amla (South Africa)

HM Amla played a historical innings in this math and he was in the position to break many records but Smith goes for a win not for the record. Another player with his remarkable performance was Steyn. He took 7 wikets in this math.

Series South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0