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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test
Result
England won by an innings and 85 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad | 12 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| SJ Erwee | c BT Foakes b JM Anderson | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| KD Petersen | c JE Root b SCJ Broad | 21 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 72.4 |
| AK Markram | c BT Foakes b BA Stokes | 14 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 51.9 |
| HE van der Dussen | lbw b BA Stokes | 16 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 51.6 |
| K Verreynne | c BT Foakes b SCJ Broad | 21 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| SR Harmer | lbw b JM Anderson | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| KA Maharaj | lbw b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| K Rabada | c JE Root b MJ Leach | 36 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| A Nortje | lbw b OE Robinson | 10 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 |
| L Ngidi | not out | 4* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 0, nb 6) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 53.2 overs | 151 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (SJ Erwee, 4.2 ov), 2-35 (D Elgar, 12.5 ov), 3-41 (KD Petersen, 14.3 ov), 4-68 (AK Markram, 21.3 ov), 5-76 (HE van der Dussen, 23.4 ov), 6-92 (SR Harmer, 30.3 ov), 7-92 (KA Maharaj, 30.4 ov), 8-108 (K Verreynne, 37.6 ov), 9-143 (A Nortje, 50.1 ov), 10-151 (K Rabada, 53.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 15 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 2.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Robinson | 14 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 3.43 | 0 | 3 |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 1 | 37 | 3 | 3.36 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Stokes | 7 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Leach | 6.2 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1.74 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AZ Lees | c K Verreynne b L Ngidi | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Zak Crawley | c K Verreynne b A Nortje | 38 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 37.6 |
| Ollie Pope | b A Nortje | 23 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 85.2 |
| Joe Root | c SJ Erwee b K Rabada | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c SJ Erwee b A Nortje | 49 | 63 | 7 | 0 | 77.8 |
| Ben Stokes | c D Elgar b K Rabada | 103 | 163 | 6 | 3 | 63.2 |
| BT Foakes | not out | 113* | 217 | 9 | 0 | 52.1 |
| Stuart Broad | st K Verreynne b SR Harmer | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 150.0 |
| Ollie Robinson | c AK Markram b KA Maharaj | 17 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 77.3 |
| MJ Leach | b KA Maharaj | 11 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.7 |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 5, w 10, nb 6) | 27 | ||||
| Total | 106.4 overs | 415/9 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AZ Lees, 1.4 ov), 2-34 (OJ Pope, 10.1 ov), 3-43 (JE Root, 13.5 ov), 4-134 (JM Bairstow, 33.4 ov), 5-147 (Z Crawley, 35.4 ov), 6-320 (BA Stokes, 89.2 ov), 7-361 (SCJ Broad, 94.3 ov), 8-395 (OE Robinson, 102.3 ov), 9-415 (MJ Leach, 106.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Rabada | 23 | 2 | 110 | 2 | 4.78 | 0 | 5 |
| L Ngidi | 18 | 3 | 61 | 1 | 3.39 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nortje | 20 | 1 | 82 | 3 | 4.10 | 2 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 22.4 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Harmer | 23 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 3.17 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SJ Erwee | c BT Foakes b OE Robinson | 25 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 42.4 |
| D Elgar | b JM Anderson | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 28.9 |
| KD Petersen | c BT Foakes b BA Stokes | 42 | 159 | 1 | 0 | 26.4 |
| AK Markram | c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | c BT Foakes b BA Stokes | 41 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 31.1 |
| K Verreynne | not out | 17* | 46 | 2 | 0 | 37.0 |
| SR Harmer | b JM Anderson | 16 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| KA Maharaj | c OJ Pope b OE Robinson | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| K Rabada | c JE Root b JM Anderson | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| A Nortje | c BT Foakes b OE Robinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| L Ngidi | b OE Robinson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, w 0, nb 7) | 17 | ||||
| Total | 85.1 overs | 179 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-33 (D Elgar, 12.5 ov), 2-39 (SJ Erwee, 17.6 ov), 3-54 (AK Markram, 22.4 ov), 4-141 (HE van der Dussen, 65.3 ov), 5-151 (KD Petersen, 67.3 ov), 6-172 (SR Harmer, 80.2 ov), 7-175 (KA Maharaj, 81.4 ov), 8-178 (K Rabada, 82.6 ov), 9-179 (A Nortje, 83.5 ov), 10-179 (L Ngidi, 85.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 15 | 4 | 30 | 3 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ollie Robinson | 15.1 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 2.84 | 0 | 5 |
| MJ Leach | 23 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 5 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 13 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 1.85 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Stokes | 14 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 2.14 | 0 | 1 |
Player of the match: Ben Stokes · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, RK Illingworth · TV umpire: Nitin Menon · 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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