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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
425 & 130/4
South Africa
419 & 258/9d
Date
Thursday 2 August 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Leeds
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

South Africa · 1st innings 419 all out (139.2 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AN Petersen c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 182 365 23 0 49.9
GC Smith c IR Bell b TT Bresnan 52 93 4 0 55.9
HM Amla run out (TT Bresnan/MJ Prior) 9 14 2 0 64.3
JH Kallis c AN Cook b JM Anderson 19 30 4 0 63.3
AB de Villiers b SCJ Broad 47 107 9 0 43.9
DW Steyn b ST Finn 0 6 0 0 0.0
JA Rudolph st MJ Prior b KP Pietersen 19 74 3 0 25.7
JP Duminy not out 48* 94 6 0 51.1
VD Philander c TT Bresnan b ST Finn 13 20 3 0 65.0
M Morkel c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 19 27 3 0 70.4
Imran Tahir c AN Cook b JM Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 139.2 overs 419

Fall of wickets: 1-120 (GC Smith, 37.2 ov), 2-132 (HM Amla, 40.1 ov), 3-157 (JH Kallis, 49.5 ov), 4-254 (AB de Villiers, 82.6 ov), 5-259 (DW Steyn, 85.1 ov), 6-318 (JA Rudolph, 110.2 ov), 7-353 (AN Petersen, 120.4 ov), 8-375 (VD Philander, 126.5 ov), 9-414 (M Morkel, 136.2 ov), 10-419 (Imran Tahir, 139.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 33.2 10 61 2 1.83 0 0
Stuart Broad 35 10 96 3 2.74 0 0
Steven Finn 32 3 118 2 3.69 0 0
Tim Bresnan 27 4 98 1 3.63 0 0
Jonathan Trott 5 1 9 0 1.80 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 7 0 26 1 3.71 0 0

England · 1st innings 425 all out (126.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn 37 106 7 0 34.9
Alastair Cook lbw b VD Philander 24 78 2 0 30.8
Jonathan Trott c GC Smith b DW Steyn 35 77 6 0 45.5
Kevin Pietersen lbw b M Morkel 149 214 22 1 69.6
Ian Bell c GC Smith b JH Kallis 11 29 0 1 37.9
James Taylor b M Morkel 34 104 4 0 32.7
Matt Prior c DW Steyn b Imran Tahir 68 89 8 0 76.4
Tim Bresnan c GC Smith b VD Philander 9 50 0 0 18.0
Stuart Broad c sub (F du Plessis) b Imran Tahir 1 8 0 0 12.5
James Anderson b Imran Tahir 8 16 2 0 50.0
Steven Finn not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 7, lb 17, w 14, nb 11) 49
Total 126.4 overs 425

Fall of wickets: 1-65 (AN Cook, 25.3 ov), 2-85 (AJ Strauss, 34.4 ov), 3-142 (IJL Trott, 51.3 ov), 4-173 (IR Bell, 61.2 ov), 5-320 (JWA Taylor, 95.3 ov), 6-351 (KP Pietersen, 105.2 ov), 7-396 (TT Bresnan, 119.6 ov), 8-407 (SCJ Broad, 122.6 ov), 9-420 (MJ Prior, 126.1 ov), 10-425 (JM Anderson, 126.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 32 9 96 2 3.00 3 1
VD Philander 30 10 72 2 2.40 1 2
DW Steyn 28 8 102 2 3.64 0 0
JH Kallis 12 3 34 1 2.83 2 0
Imran Tahir 23.4 0 92 3 3.89 0 8
JP Duminy 1 0 5 0 5.00 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 258/9 dec (67.4 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JA Rudolph lbw b KP Pietersen 69 122 12 0 56.6
GC Smith c JWA Taylor b KP Pietersen 52 117 4 0 44.4
HM Amla c AN Cook b KP Pietersen 28 41 4 0 68.3
AB de Villiers lbw b SCJ Broad 44 45 5 0 97.8
JH Kallis c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 27 32 2 1 84.4
JP Duminy lbw b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
VD Philander lbw b SCJ Broad 6 8 1 0 75.0
AN Petersen not out 16* 21 3 0 76.2
DW Steyn c & b JM Anderson 3 11 0 0 27.3
M Morkel c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 10 8 2 0 125.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) 3
Total 67.4 overs 258/9

Did not bat: Imran Tahir

Fall of wickets: 1-120 (JA Rudolph, 37.2 ov), 2-129 (GC Smith, 41.5 ov), 3-182 (HM Amla, 51.5 ov), 4-209 (AB de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 5-209 (JP Duminy, 55.5 ov), 6-223 (VD Philander, 59.1 ov), 7-230 (JH Kallis, 61.5 ov), 8-247 (DW Steyn, 66.1 ov), 9-258 (M Morkel, 67.4 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 19 7 40 1 2.11 0 0
Stuart Broad 16.4 2 69 5 4.14 1 0
Steven Finn 14 2 55 0 3.93 0 0
Tim Bresnan 9 2 40 0 4.44 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 9 1 52 3 5.78 0 0

England · 2nd innings 130/4 (33 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Kevin Pietersen c Imran Tahir b VD Philander 12 8 3 0 150.0
Alastair Cook c JA Rudolph b DW Steyn 46 62 5 1 74.2
Andrew Strauss c & b JP Duminy 22 33 2 0 66.7
Jonathan Trott not out 30* 57 3 0 52.6
Matt Prior run out (GC Smith/AB de Villiers) 7 5 1 0 140.0
Ian Bell not out 3* 34 0 0 8.8
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 1, nb 1) 10
Total 33 overs 130/4

Did not bat: JWA Taylor, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (KP Pietersen, 3.1 ov), 2-75 (AJ Strauss, 13.6 ov), 3-90 (AN Cook, 17.4 ov), 4-106 (MJ Prior, 19.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 10 4 33 0 3.30 0 0
VD Philander 6 1 26 1 4.33 1 0
DW Steyn 7 1 26 1 3.71 0 0
Imran Tahir 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 1
JP Duminy 2 0 10 1 5.00 0 0
JH Kallis 4 2 7 0 1.75 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: SJ Davis, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: Asad Rauf · 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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