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Result
South Africa won by 51 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 14 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 48.3 |
| AN Petersen | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 22 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 40.7 |
| HM Amla | b ST Finn | 13 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 43.3 |
| JH Kallis | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| AB de Villiers | c AN Cook b JM Anderson | 27 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 57.4 |
| JA Rudolph | b GP Swann | 42 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 40.8 |
| JP Duminy | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 61 | 158 | 6 | 0 | 38.6 |
| VD Philander | st MJ Prior b GP Swann | 61 | 93 | 6 | 0 | 65.6 |
| DW Steyn | c GP Swann b SCJ Broad | 26 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 55.3 |
| M Morkel | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 25 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 69.4 |
| Imran Tahir | not out | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 101.2 overs | 309 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (GC Smith, 8.3 ov), 2-49 (AN Petersen, 18.3 ov), 3-50 (HM Amla, 18.6 ov), 4-54 (JH Kallis, 20.3 ov), 5-105 (AB de Villiers, 38.1 ov), 6-163 (JA Rudolph, 57.3 ov), 7-235 (JP Duminy, 80.3 ov), 8-270 (DW Steyn, 91.4 ov), 9-307 (M Morkel, 100.4 ov), 10-309 (VD Philander, 101.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 29 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 2.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 24 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 18 | 2 | 75 | 4 | 4.17 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 24.2 | 6 | 63 | 2 | 2.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | b M Morkel | 20 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 55.6 |
| Alastair Cook | c JH Kallis b DW Steyn | 7 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 17.5 |
| Jonathan Trott | lbw b DW Steyn | 8 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Ian Bell | c AN Petersen b VD Philander | 58 | 157 | 7 | 0 | 36.9 |
| James Taylor | c GC Smith b M Morkel | 10 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b M Morkel | 95 | 196 | 13 | 0 | 48.5 |
| Matt Prior | c JH Kallis b VD Philander | 27 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 46.6 |
| Stuart Broad | c HM Amla b DW Steyn | 16 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Graeme Swann | not out | 37* | 53 | 4 | 0 | 69.8 |
| James Anderson | c JA Rudolph b DW Steyn | 12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Steven Finn | c JP Duminy b M Morkel | 10 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 29.4 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 10, w 1, nb 4) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 107.3 overs | 315 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (AJ Strauss, 10.4 ov), 2-38 (IJL Trott, 13.5 ov), 3-39 (AN Cook, 15.2 ov), 4-54 (JWA Taylor, 23.2 ov), 5-178 (IR Bell, 61.5 ov), 6-221 (MJ Prior, 80.1 ov), 7-252 (SCJ Broad, 87.3 ov), 8-264 (JM Bairstow, 92.4 ov), 9-283 (JM Anderson, 97.6 ov), 10-315 (ST Finn, 107.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Morkel | 28.3 | 6 | 80 | 4 | 2.81 | 0 | 4 |
| VD Philander | 24 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| DW Steyn | 29 | 4 | 94 | 4 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 12 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 2.42 | 1 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 14 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AN Petersen | lbw b SCJ Broad | 24 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 32.9 |
| GC Smith | lbw b GP Swann | 23 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 36.5 |
| HM Amla | b ST Finn | 121 | 205 | 10 | 0 | 59.0 |
| JH Kallis | lbw b ST Finn | 31 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 53.4 |
| DW Steyn | c JWA Taylor b SCJ Broad | 9 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 23.7 |
| AB de Villiers | c AJ Strauss b ST Finn | 43 | 100 | 4 | 0 | 43.0 |
| JA Rudolph | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 11 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 37.9 |
| JP Duminy | not out | 26* | 93 | 4 | 0 | 28.0 |
| VD Philander | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 35 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 52.2 |
| M Morkel | st MJ Prior b GP Swann | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Imran Tahir | b JM Anderson | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 2) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 124.2 overs | 351 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (GC Smith, 21.5 ov), 2-50 (AN Petersen, 24.3 ov), 3-131 (JH Kallis, 46.1 ov), 4-164 (DW Steyn, 58.5 ov), 5-259 (HM Amla, 88.1 ov), 6-268 (AB de Villiers, 90.6 ov), 7-282 (JA Rudolph, 96.5 ov), 8-336 (VD Philander, 118.3 ov), 9-348 (M Morkel, 123.1 ov), 10-351 (Imran Tahir, 124.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 25.2 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 2.88 | 1 | 1 |
| Stuart Broad | 21 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 4.05 | 0 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 47 | 14 | 94 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 27 | 5 | 74 | 4 | 2.74 | 1 | 0 |
| Jonathan Trott | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b VD Philander | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b VD Philander | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | c JH Kallis b DW Steyn | 63 | 159 | 7 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Ian Bell | c GC Smith b VD Philander | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 10.8 |
| James Taylor | run out (HM Amla/DW Steyn/AB de Villiers) | 4 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 17.4 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b Imran Tahir | 54 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 114.9 |
| Matt Prior | c GC Smith b VD Philander | 73 | 130 | 8 | 0 | 56.2 |
| Stuart Broad | c HM Amla b JH Kallis | 37 | 42 | 2 | 1 | 88.1 |
| Graeme Swann | run out (JA Rudolph/Imran Tahir) | 41 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 120.6 |
| James Anderson | not out | 4* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Steven Finn | c JH Kallis b VD Philander | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 0, w 2, nb 1) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 82.5 overs | 294 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AN Cook, 1.2 ov), 2-6 (AJ Strauss, 3.5 ov), 3-34 (IR Bell, 18.3 ov), 4-45 (JWA Taylor, 25.6 ov), 5-134 (JM Bairstow, 42.6 ov), 6-146 (IJL Trott, 51.1 ov), 7-208 (SCJ Broad, 67.4 ov), 8-282 (GP Swann, 78.4 ov), 9-294 (MJ Prior, 82.4 ov), 10-294 (ST Finn, 82.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Morkel | 17 | 3 | 58 | 0 | 3.41 | 2 | 1 |
| VD Philander | 14.5 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 2.02 | 0 | 0 |
| DW Steyn | 16 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 3.81 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 11 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 4.55 | 0 | 0 |
| Imran Tahir | 24 | 3 | 88 | 1 | 3.67 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: VD Philander · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: RJ Tucker · 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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