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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 211 runs

England
458 & 233
South Africa
361 & 119
Date
Thursday 6 July 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Lord's, London
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 458 all out (105.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b VD Philander 3 13 0 0 23.1
KK Jennings lbw b VD Philander 8 12 2 0 66.7
Gary Ballance lbw b M Morkel 20 41 2 0 48.8
Joe Root c Q de Kock b M Morkel 190 234 27 1 81.2
Jonny Bairstow lbw b VD Philander 10 25 2 0 40.0
Ben Stokes c Q de Kock b K Rabada 56 108 8 1 51.9
Moeen Ali b K Rabada 87 147 8 0 59.2
Liam Dawson lbw b M Morkel 0 2 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad not out 57* 47 8 2 121.3
Mark Wood lbw b K Rabada 0 2 0 0 0.0
James Anderson c Q de Kock b M Morkel 12 11 1 1 109.1
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 13) 15
Total 105.3 overs 458

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (AN Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-17 (KK Jennings, 5.2 ov), 3-49 (GS Ballance, 13.6 ov), 4-76 (JM Bairstow, 22.3 ov), 5-190 (BA Stokes, 54.3 ov), 6-367 (JE Root, 89.1 ov), 7-367 (LA Dawson, 89.3 ov), 8-413 (MM Ali, 100.4 ov), 9-413 (MA Wood, 100.6 ov), 10-458 (JM Anderson, 105.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 25.3 2 115 4 4.51 0 2
VD Philander 20 3 67 3 3.35 0 5
K Rabada 28 4 123 3 4.39 0 1
KA Maharaj 22 1 107 0 4.86 0 1
TB de Bruyn 5 1 30 0 6.00 0 0
T Bavuma 5 0 14 0 2.80 0 0

South Africa · 1st innings 361 all out (105 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c GS Ballance b MM Ali 54 118 8 0 45.8
HG Kuhn c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 1 14 0 0 7.1
HM Amla lbw b MM Ali 29 40 3 0 72.5
JP Duminy lbw b SCJ Broad 15 38 3 0 39.5
T Bavuma c BA Stokes b MM Ali 59 130 9 0 45.4
TB de Bruyn c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 48 85 6 0 56.5
K Rabada c JM Bairstow b LA Dawson 27 55 4 0 49.1
Q de Kock c BA Stokes b JM Anderson 51 37 10 0 137.8
VD Philander b MM Ali 52 86 7 0 60.5
KA Maharaj lbw b LA Dawson 9 22 1 0 40.9
M Morkel not out 2* 8 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 0, nb 3) 14
Total 105 overs 361

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (HG Kuhn, 5.6 ov), 2-82 (HM Amla, 24.1 ov), 3-98 (D Elgar, 33.2 ov), 4-104 (JP Duminy, 36.2 ov), 5-203 (TB de Bruyn, 65.2 ov), 6-244 (K Rabada, 78.2 ov), 7-248 (T Bavuma, 79.6 ov), 8-314 (Q de Kock, 92.3 ov), 9-337 (KA Maharaj, 99.6 ov), 10-361 (VD Philander, 104.6 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 19 6 44 2 2.32 0 0
Stuart Broad 18 5 62 2 3.44 0 0
Mark Wood 20 5 65 0 3.25 0 0
Liam Dawson 15 2 67 2 4.47 0 0
Moeen Ali 20 7 59 4 2.95 0 0
Ben Stokes 13 2 53 0 4.08 0 3

England · 2nd innings 233 all out (87.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c T Bavuma b M Morkel 69 192 10 0 35.9
KK Jennings c Q de Kock b M Morkel 33 101 4 0 32.7
Gary Ballance c Q de Kock b M Morkel 34 78 4 0 43.6
Joe Root b KA Maharaj 5 13 1 0 38.5
Jonny Bairstow st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj 51 76 6 0 67.1
Ben Stokes lbw b K Rabada 1 4 0 0 25.0
Moeen Ali b KA Maharaj 7 16 0 0 43.8
Liam Dawson b K Rabada 0 2 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c TB de Bruyn b KA Maharaj 0 1 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood b K Rabada 28 36 4 0 77.8
James Anderson not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) 5
Total 87.1 overs 233

Fall of wickets: 1-80 (KK Jennings, 34.5 ov), 2-139 (AN Cook, 60.2 ov), 3-142 (GS Ballance, 62.5 ov), 4-146 (JE Root, 63.6 ov), 5-149 (BA Stokes, 66.4 ov), 6-180 (MM Ali, 73.6 ov), 7-181 (LA Dawson, 74.6 ov), 8-182 (SCJ Broad, 75.4 ov), 9-227 (MA Wood, 84.2 ov), 10-233 (JM Bairstow, 87.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 21 6 64 3 3.05 0 0
K Rabada 20 5 50 3 2.50 0 1
KA Maharaj 32.1 8 85 4 2.64 0 0
JP Duminy 9 2 21 0 2.33 0 0
VD Philander 5 1 9 0 1.80 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 119 all out (36.4 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HG Kuhn c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 9 28 1 0 32.1
D Elgar c & b MM Ali 2 21 0 0 9.5
HM Amla lbw b LA Dawson 11 21 2 0 52.4
JP Duminy c MM Ali b MA Wood 2 16 0 0 12.5
Q de Kock b MM Ali 18 37 2 0 48.6
T Bavuma b MM Ali 21 41 2 0 51.2
TB de Bruyn c BA Stokes b MM Ali 1 4 0 0 25.0
VD Philander not out 19* 29 2 1 65.5
KA Maharaj b MM Ali 10 9 2 0 111.1
K Rabada c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 4 7 1 0 57.1
M Morkel c KK Jennings b LA Dawson 14 7 0 2 200.0
Extras (b 7, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 8
Total 36.4 overs 119

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (HG Kuhn, 6.6 ov), 2-12 (D Elgar, 9.1 ov), 3-25 (JP Duminy, 12.6 ov), 4-28 (HM Amla, 14.6 ov), 5-64 (Q de Kock, 25.5 ov), 6-67 (T Bavuma, 27.3 ov), 7-72 (TB de Bruyn, 29.1 ov), 8-82 (KA Maharaj, 31.4 ov), 9-94 (K Rabada, 33.5 ov), 10-119 (M Morkel, 36.4 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 6 2 16 1 2.67 0 0
Stuart Broad 3 1 5 0 1.67 0 0
Moeen Ali 15 4 53 6 3.53 0 0
Mark Wood 1 0 3 1 3.00 0 0
Liam Dawson 11.4 4 34 2 2.91 0 0

Player of the match: Moeen Ali · Umpires: S Ravi, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: SD Fry · 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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