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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

Match drawn

South Africa
418 & 301/7d
England
356 & 228/9
Date
Wednesday 16 December 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Centurion
Competition
Test · International series · 1st Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

South Africa · 1st innings 418 all out (153.2 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 0 7 0 0 0.0
AG Prince c PD Collingwood b GP Swann 45 94 6 0 47.9
HM Amla c PD Collingwood b G Onions 19 67 2 0 28.4
JH Kallis c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 120 225 16 1 53.3
AB de Villiers c AN Cook b GP Swann 32 66 5 0 48.5
JP Duminy c PD Collingwood b GP Swann 56 150 6 1 37.3
MV Boucher c AN Cook b GP Swann 49 100 6 0 49.0
M Morkel c MJ Prior b G Onions 13 48 2 0 27.1
PL Harris b G Onions 38 89 4 0 42.7
F de Wet lbw b GP Swann 20 67 3 0 29.9
M Ntini not out 4* 7 1 0 57.1
Extras (b 2, lb 15, w 5, nb 0) 22
Total 153.2 overs 418

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (GC Smith, 1.3 ov), 2-51 (HM Amla, 20.5 ov), 3-93 (AG Prince, 34.2 ov), 4-159 (AB de Villiers, 54.3 ov), 5-283 (JH Kallis, 96.6 ov), 6-316 (JP Duminy, 108.5 ov), 7-341 (M Morkel, 121.5 ov), 8-377 (MV Boucher, 134.1 ov), 9-414 (PL Harris, 150.5 ov), 10-418 (F de Wet, 153.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 37 9 104 1 2.81 1 0
Stuart Broad 32 8 74 1 2.31 2 0
G Onions 30 5 86 3 2.87 2 0
Graeme Swann 45.2 10 110 5 2.43 0 0
Paul Collingwood 7 1 18 0 2.57 0 0
Jonathan Trott 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

England · 1st innings 356 all out (104 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss b M Ntini 46 87 6 0 52.9
Alastair Cook c MV Boucher b F de Wet 15 17 3 0 88.2
Jonathan Trott b PL Harris 28 117 3 0 23.9
Kevin Pietersen b M Morkel 40 79 3 1 50.6
Paul Collingwood c JH Kallis b PL Harris 50 88 5 1 56.8
Ian Bell b PL Harris 5 16 0 0 31.3
Matt Prior c F de Wet b PL Harris 4 34 0 0 11.8
Stuart Broad lbw b JP Duminy 17 34 2 0 50.0
Graeme Swann c GC Smith b PL Harris 85 81 10 2 104.9
James Anderson c M Morkel b M Ntini 29 78 4 1 37.2
G Onions not out 4* 5 1 0 80.0
Extras (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 12) 33
Total 104 overs 356

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (AN Cook, 5.4 ov), 2-98 (AJ Strauss, 28.6 ov), 3-119 (IJL Trott, 41.5 ov), 4-168 (KP Pietersen, 54.5 ov), 5-189 (IR Bell, 59.5 ov), 6-211 (MJ Prior, 69.6 ov), 7-221 (PD Collingwood, 71.6 ov), 8-242 (SCJ Broad, 78.5 ov), 9-348 (JM Anderson, 102.1 ov), 10-356 (GP Swann, 103.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Ntini 23 4 78 2 3.39 0 0
F de Wet 20 3 72 1 3.60 1 6
M Morkel 21 0 60 1 2.86 0 6
PL Harris 37 10 123 5 3.32 0 0
JP Duminy 3 0 7 1 2.33 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 301/7 dec (85.5 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AG Prince b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
GC Smith b G Onions 12 36 1 0 33.3
PL Harris b JM Anderson 11 17 2 0 64.7
HM Amla b JM Anderson 100 213 10 0 46.9
JH Kallis c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 4 32 0 0 12.5
AB de Villiers c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 64 101 6 1 63.4
JP Duminy lbw b JM Anderson 11 27 2 0 40.7
MV Boucher not out 63* 73 9 1 86.3
M Morkel not out 22* 13 4 0 169.2
Extras (b 0, lb 10, w 4, nb 0) 14
Total 85.5 overs 301/7

Did not bat: F de Wet, M Ntini

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AG Prince, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (PL Harris, 6.5 ov), 3-34 (GC Smith, 11.2 ov), 4-46 (JH Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-165 (AB de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 6-191 (JP Duminy, 63.5 ov), 7-266 (HM Amla, 81.5 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20.5 1 73 4 3.50 0 0
G Onions 16 3 50 1 3.13 0 0
Stuart Broad 16 5 58 2 3.63 2 0
Graeme Swann 27 3 91 0 3.37 0 0
Paul Collingwood 6 1 19 0 3.17 0 0

England · 2nd innings 228/9 (96 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b M Morkel 1 3 0 0 33.3
Alastair Cook c GC Smith b PL Harris 12 56 1 0 21.4
James Anderson c MV Boucher b F de Wet 10 23 2 0 43.5
Jonathan Trott c AB de Villiers b F de Wet 69 212 7 0 32.5
Kevin Pietersen run out (F de Wet) 81 143 11 0 56.6
Paul Collingwood not out 26* 99 6 0 26.3
Ian Bell c MV Boucher b F de Wet 2 10 0 0 20.0
Matt Prior c MV Boucher b F de Wet 0 9 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c MV Boucher b PL Harris 0 5 0 0 0.0
Graeme Swann lbw b M Morkel 2 15 0 0 13.3
G Onions not out 1* 12 0 0 8.3
Extras (b 10, lb 3, w 0, nb 11) 24
Total 96 overs 228/9

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (AJ Strauss, 1.2 ov), 2-16 (JM Anderson, 8.1 ov), 3-27 (AN Cook, 18.2 ov), 4-172 (KP Pietersen, 61.5 ov), 5-205 (IJL Trott, 81.4 ov), 6-207 (IR Bell, 85.2 ov), 7-208 (MJ Prior, 87.5 ov), 8-209 (SCJ Broad, 88.4 ov), 9-218 (GP Swann, 92.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Ntini 18 7 41 0 2.28 0 1
M Morkel 18 3 46 2 2.56 0 7
PL Harris 26 11 51 2 1.96 0 0
F de Wet 23 8 55 4 2.39 0 3
JP Duminy 8 2 17 0 2.13 0 0
JH Kallis 3 1 5 0 1.67 0 0

Player of the match: Graeme Swann · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SJ Davis · TV umpire: AM Saheba · Match referee: RS Mahanama. 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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