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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 340 runs

England
205 & 133
South Africa
335 & 343/9d
Date
Friday 14 July 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Nottingham
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · 1st innings 335 all out (96.2 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar c LA Dawson b JM Anderson 6 19 1 0 31.6
HG Kuhn b SCJ Broad 34 87 7 0 39.1
HM Amla c MA Wood b SCJ Broad 78 149 11 1 52.3
Q de Kock c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 68 81 8 0 84.0
F du Plessis c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 19 33 3 0 57.6
T Bavuma c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 20 27 4 0 74.1
VD Philander c LA Dawson b JM Anderson 54 81 9 0 66.7
CH Morris c & b JM Anderson 36 83 5 0 43.4
KA Maharaj c JE Root b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
M Morkel c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 8 12 2 0 66.7
D Olivier not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 12, w 0, nb 0) 12
Total 96.2 overs 335

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (D Elgar, 8.6 ov), 2-66 (HG Kuhn, 27.4 ov), 3-179 (Q de Kock, 52.1 ov), 4-194 (HM Amla, 58.4 ov), 5-220 (F du Plessis, 63.4 ov), 6-235 (T Bavuma, 67.2 ov), 7-309 (VD Philander, 90.5 ov), 8-317 (KA Maharaj, 92.4 ov), 9-330 (CH Morris, 94.6 ov), 10-335 (M Morkel, 96.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 23.2 6 72 5 3.09 0 0
Stuart Broad 22 4 64 3 2.91 0 0
Mark Wood 17 3 61 0 3.59 0 0
Ben Stokes 18 3 77 2 4.28 0 0
Liam Dawson 7 1 26 0 3.71 0 0
Moeen Ali 8 1 21 0 2.63 0 0
KK Jennings 1 0 2 0 2.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 205 all out (51.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b VD Philander 3 16 0 0 18.8
KK Jennings c Q de Kock b M Morkel 0 9 0 0 0.0
Gary Ballance b VD Philander 27 37 5 0 73.0
Joe Root c Q de Kock b M Morkel 78 76 12 0 102.6
Jonny Bairstow b KA Maharaj 45 81 7 0 55.6
Ben Stokes c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj 0 12 0 0 0.0
Moeen Ali c F du Plessis b CH Morris 18 29 2 0 62.1
Liam Dawson c HM Amla b KA Maharaj 13 25 2 0 52.0
Stuart Broad lbw b CH Morris 0 1 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c F du Plessis b CH Morris 6 19 1 0 31.6
James Anderson not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 1, nb 0) 15
Total 51.5 overs 205

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AN Cook, 3.6 ov), 2-3 (KK Jennings, 4.1 ov), 3-86 (GS Ballance, 18.1 ov), 4-143 (JE Root, 29.1 ov), 5-168 (BA Stokes, 36.3 ov), 6-177 (JM Bairstow, 40.1 ov), 7-199 (MM Ali, 47.1 ov), 8-199 (SCJ Broad, 47.2 ov), 9-199 (LA Dawson, 48.2 ov), 10-205 (MA Wood, 51.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 13 2 45 2 3.46 0 0
VD Philander 13 2 48 2 3.69 0 0
CH Morris 8.5 1 38 3 4.30 0 0
D Olivier 7 0 39 0 5.57 1 0
KA Maharaj 10 1 21 3 2.10 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 343/9 dec (104 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HG Kuhn c JE Root b JM Anderson 8 22 1 0 36.4
D Elgar c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 80 136 12 0 58.8
HM Amla lbw b LA Dawson 87 180 14 1 48.3
Q de Kock c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 1 4 0 0 25.0
F du Plessis lbw b BA Stokes 63 128 9 0 49.2
T Bavuma c JE Root b MM Ali 15 33 2 0 45.5
VD Philander c & b MM Ali 42 75 3 2 56.0
CH Morris c GS Ballance b MM Ali 13 23 2 0 56.5
KA Maharaj c SCJ Broad b MM Ali 1 8 0 0 12.5
M Morkel not out 17* 15 3 0 113.3
Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 0, nb 0) 16
Total 104 overs 343/9

Did not bat: D Olivier

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (HG Kuhn, 6.2 ov), 2-153 (D Elgar, 42.5 ov), 3-154 (Q de Kock, 43.3 ov), 4-216 (HM Amla, 68.6 ov), 5-253 (T Bavuma, 79.5 ov), 6-275 (F du Plessis, 90.3 ov), 7-304 (CH Morris, 97.6 ov), 8-307 (KA Maharaj, 99.5 ov), 9-343 (VD Philander, 103.6 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20 4 45 2 2.25 0 0
Stuart Broad 19 4 60 0 3.16 0 0
Mark Wood 18 5 68 0 3.78 0 0
Moeen Ali 16 2 78 4 4.88 0 0
Ben Stokes 20 4 34 2 1.70 0 0
Liam Dawson 11 1 42 1 3.82 0 0

England · 2nd innings 133 all out (44.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b CH Morris 42 76 6 0 55.3
KK Jennings b VD Philander 3 18 0 0 16.7
Gary Ballance lbw b VD Philander 4 15 1 0 26.7
Joe Root b CH Morris 8 20 0 0 40.0
Jonny Bairstow c CH Morris b KA Maharaj 16 29 3 0 55.2
Ben Stokes c & b VD Philander 18 44 3 0 40.9
Moeen Ali c HG Kuhn b KA Maharaj 27 37 6 0 73.0
Liam Dawson not out 5* 13 0 0 38.5
Stuart Broad c M Morkel b KA Maharaj 5 12 1 0 41.7
Mark Wood c CH Morris b D Olivier 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Anderson c Q de Kock b D Olivier 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 44.2 overs 133

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (KK Jennings, 5.5 ov), 2-28 (GS Ballance, 11.5 ov), 3-55 (JE Root, 18.1 ov), 4-72 (AN Cook, 24.2 ov), 5-84 (JM Bairstow, 29.3 ov), 6-122 (MM Ali, 39.3 ov), 7-126 (BA Stokes, 40.3 ov), 8-133 (SCJ Broad, 43.5 ov), 9-133 (MA Wood, 44.1 ov), 10-133 (JM Anderson, 44.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 13 4 30 0 2.31 0 0
VD Philander 10 3 24 3 2.40 0 0
D Olivier 3.2 0 25 2 7.50 0 0
CH Morris 6 3 7 2 1.17 0 0
KA Maharaj 12 2 42 3 3.50 0 0

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