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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b M Morkel | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alastair Cook | b DW Steyn | 115 | 295 | 11 | 1 | 39.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | c AB de Villiers b M Morkel | 71 | 162 | 9 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis | 42 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Ian Bell | b JH Kallis | 13 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 23.2 |
| Ravi Bopara | c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matt Prior | c AB de Villiers b M Morkel | 60 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Tim Bresnan | b Imran Tahir | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b VD Philander | 16 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Graeme Swann | not out | 15* | 20 | 3 | 0 | 75.0 |
| James Anderson | c AB de Villiers b M Morkel | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 24, w 3, nb 14) | 43 | ||||
| Total | 125.5 overs | 385 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-170 (IJL Trott, 57.2 ov), 3-251 (KP Pietersen, 79.4 ov), 4-271 (AN Cook, 92.4 ov), 5-272 (RS Bopara, 94.4 ov), 6-284 (IR Bell, 100.4 ov), 7-313 (TT Bresnan, 110.3 ov), 8-358 (SCJ Broad, 119.5 ov), 9-383 (MJ Prior, 125.1 ov), 10-385 (JM Anderson, 125.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Morkel | 24.5 | 2 | 72 | 4 | 2.90 | 2 | 5 |
| VD Philander | 27 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 2.93 | 0 | 7 |
| DW Steyn | 30 | 7 | 99 | 2 | 3.30 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 19 | 7 | 38 | 2 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 19 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 3.21 | 0 | 2 |
| JP Duminy | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | b TT Bresnan | 131 | 273 | 20 | 0 | 48.0 |
| AN Petersen | lbw b JM Anderson | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HM Amla | not out | 311* | 529 | 35 | 0 | 58.8 |
| JH Kallis | not out | 182* | 326 | 23 | 1 | 55.8 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, w 2, nb 2) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 189 overs | 637/2 | ||||
Did not bat: AB de Villiers, JA Rudolph, JP Duminy, VD Philander, DW Steyn, M Morkel, Imran Tahir
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AN Petersen, 2.4 ov), 2-260 (GC Smith, 87.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 41 | 7 | 116 | 1 | 2.83 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuart Broad | 34 | 6 | 118 | 0 | 3.47 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 52 | 10 | 151 | 0 | 2.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 37 | 2 | 140 | 1 | 3.78 | 0 | 1 |
| Ravi Bopara | 18 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 4.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c VD Philander b Imran Tahir | 27 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 33.8 |
| Alastair Cook | c AB de Villiers b VD Philander | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn | 10 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b M Morkel | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 94.1 |
| Ian Bell | c JH Kallis b DW Steyn | 55 | 220 | 6 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | b DW Steyn | 22 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Matt Prior | c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir | 40 | 86 | 5 | 0 | 46.5 |
| Tim Bresnan | not out | 20* | 61 | 2 | 0 | 32.8 |
| Stuart Broad | c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graeme Swann | c AN Petersen b DW Steyn | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 77.8 |
| James Anderson | lbw b Imran Tahir | 4 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 15, w 1, nb 12) | 39 | ||||
| Total | 97 overs | 240 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AN Cook, 1.2 ov), 2-32 (IJL Trott, 10.2 ov), 3-57 (KP Pietersen, 17.3 ov), 4-67 (AJ Strauss, 26.5 ov), 5-117 (RS Bopara, 44.4 ov), 6-203 (MJ Prior, 76.6 ov), 7-210 (IR Bell, 82.2 ov), 8-210 (SCJ Broad, 84.1 ov), 9-218 (GP Swann, 86.5 ov), 10-240 (JM Anderson, 96.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Morkel | 16 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 2.56 | 1 | 1 |
| VD Philander | 19 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 1.53 | 0 | 1 |
| DW Steyn | 21 | 6 | 56 | 5 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 32 | 7 | 63 | 3 | 1.97 | 0 | 6 |
| JH Kallis | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3.14 | 0 | 0 |
| JP Duminy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: HM Amla · Umpires: Asad Rauf, SJ Davis · TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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