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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 177 runs

England
362 & 243
South Africa
226 & 202
Date
Friday 4 August 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Manchester
Competition
Test · International series · 4th Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 362 all out (108.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj 46 103 6 0 44.7
KK Jennings c Q de Kock b D Olivier 17 37 3 0 45.9
T Westley c Q de Kock b K Rabada 29 88 5 0 33.0
Joe Root lbw b D Olivier 52 101 6 0 51.5
Dawid Malan c F du Plessis b M Morkel 18 44 2 0 40.9
Ben Stokes b K Rabada 58 96 8 0 60.4
Jonny Bairstow lbw b KA Maharaj 99 145 14 1 68.3
TS Roland-Jones c T Bavuma b K Rabada 4 10 1 0 40.0
Moeen Ali c F du Plessis b K Rabada 14 12 3 0 116.7
Stuart Broad b M Morkel 7 3 1 0 233.3
James Anderson not out 4* 15 1 0 26.7
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 0, nb 2) 14
Total 108.4 overs 362

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (KK Jennings, 12.1 ov), 2-92 (AN Cook, 36.3 ov), 3-92 (T Westley, 39.3 ov), 4-144 (DJ Malan, 55.6 ov), 5-187 (JE Root, 67.1 ov), 6-252 (BA Stokes, 88.6 ov), 7-271 (TS Roland-Jones, 94.2 ov), 8-303 (MM Ali, 98.2 ov), 9-312 (SCJ Broad, 99.3 ov), 10-362 (JM Bairstow, 108.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 26 5 92 2 3.54 0 1
K Rabada 26 7 91 4 3.50 0 0
D Olivier 21 3 91 2 4.33 0 0
KA Maharaj 30.4 9 58 2 1.89 0 0
TB de Bruyn 5 0 18 0 3.60 0 1

South Africa · 1st innings 226 all out (72.1 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
D Elgar lbw b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
HG Kuhn c BA Stokes b MM Ali 24 76 3 0 31.6
HM Amla c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones 30 35 4 0 85.7
T Bavuma b JM Anderson 46 93 4 0 49.5
F du Plessis b JM Anderson 27 39 4 0 69.2
Q de Kock c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 24 66 3 0 36.4
TB de Bruyn c JE Root b JM Anderson 11 21 2 0 52.4
KA Maharaj lbw b MM Ali 13 26 1 1 50.0
K Rabada c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 23 28 5 0 82.1
M Morkel not out 20* 35 3 0 57.1
D Olivier c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 4 12 1 0 33.3
Extras (b 3, lb 0, w 0, nb 1) 4
Total 72.1 overs 226

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (D Elgar, 0.3 ov), 2-47 (HM Amla, 11.3 ov), 3-84 (HG Kuhn, 27.3 ov), 4-131 (T Bavuma, 40.4 ov), 5-132 (F du Plessis, 40.6 ov), 6-146 (TB de Bruyn, 48.3 ov), 7-167 (KA Maharaj, 55.6 ov), 8-189 (Q de Kock, 62.1 ov), 9-220 (K Rabada, 68.3 ov), 10-226 (D Olivier, 72.1 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 17 5 38 4 2.24 0 0
Stuart Broad 16.1 4 46 3 2.85 0 0
TS Roland-Jones 11 3 41 1 3.73 0 0
Moeen Ali 21 5 57 2 2.71 0 0
Ben Stokes 6 0 34 0 5.67 0 1
Dawid Malan 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 243 all out (69.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel 10 19 2 0 52.6
KK Jennings c HM Amla b K Rabada 18 63 3 0 28.6
T Westley c sub (AK Markram) b M Morkel 9 18 2 0 50.0
Joe Root b D Olivier 49 106 6 0 46.2
Dawid Malan c TB de Bruyn b KA Maharaj 6 15 0 0 40.0
Ben Stokes c F du Plessis b D Olivier 23 54 5 0 42.6
Jonny Bairstow c K Rabada b D Olivier 10 30 2 0 33.3
Moeen Ali not out 75* 66 9 3 113.6
TS Roland-Jones c KA Maharaj b K Rabada 11 30 2 0 36.7
Stuart Broad c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel 5 10 1 0 50.0
James Anderson c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel 2 5 0 0 40.0
Extras (b 9, lb 13, w 2, nb 1) 25
Total 69.1 overs 243

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (AN Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-30 (T Westley, 10.6 ov), 3-55 (KK Jennings, 24.2 ov), 4-72 (DJ Malan, 29.3 ov), 5-129 (JE Root, 42.5 ov), 6-134 (BA Stokes, 48.3 ov), 7-153 (JM Bairstow, 52.6 ov), 8-211 (TS Roland-Jones, 64.4 ov), 9-237 (SCJ Broad, 67.4 ov), 10-243 (JM Anderson, 69.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 13.1 2 41 4 3.11 0 1
K Rabada 17 4 50 2 2.94 2 0
KA Maharaj 27 5 92 1 3.41 0 0
D Olivier 12 5 38 3 3.17 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 202 all out (62.5 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HG Kuhn c AN Cook b JM Anderson 11 29 1 0 37.9
D Elgar c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 5 13 1 0 38.5
HM Amla lbw b MM Ali 83 159 13 1 52.2
T Bavuma c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones 12 32 1 0 37.5
F du Plessis c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 61 85 8 0 71.8
Q de Kock c AN Cook b MM Ali 1 7 0 0 14.3
TB de Bruyn c BA Stokes b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
KA Maharaj not out 21* 33 2 1 63.6
K Rabada c T Westley b JM Anderson 1 15 0 0 6.7
M Morkel c JE Root b MM Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
D Olivier c BA Stokes b MM Ali 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 7
Total 62.5 overs 202

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (D Elgar, 3.4 ov), 2-18 (HG Kuhn, 10.1 ov), 3-40 (T Bavuma, 18.6 ov), 4-163 (HM Amla, 50.2 ov), 5-173 (Q de Kock, 52.4 ov), 6-173 (TB de Bruyn, 52.6 ov), 7-183 (F du Plessis, 57.1 ov), 8-195 (K Rabada, 61.6 ov), 9-202 (M Morkel, 62.4 ov), 10-202 (D Olivier, 62.5 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 7 16 3 1.14 0 0
Stuart Broad 12 5 24 1 2.00 0 0
TS Roland-Jones 9 1 52 1 5.78 0 0
Moeen Ali 19.5 1 69 5 3.48 0 0
Ben Stokes 6 1 26 0 4.33 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 8 0 4.00 0 0

Player of the match: Moeen Ali · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: JS Wilson · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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