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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

Match drawn

South Africa
291 & 447/7d
England
273 & 296/9
Date
Sunday 3 January 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
Cape Town
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd 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 291 all out (86.1 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 30 50 3 0 60.0
AG Prince c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
HM Amla lbw b G Onions 14 56 2 0 25.0
JH Kallis c MJ Prior b G Onions 108 189 11 0 57.1
AB de Villiers c AJ Strauss b GP Swann 36 60 4 0 60.0
JP Duminy c MJ Prior b GP Swann 0 1 0 0 0.0
MV Boucher lbw b SCJ Broad 51 86 7 0 59.3
DW Steyn c IJL Trott b JM Anderson 26 59 3 0 44.1
M Morkel c GP Swann b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
PL Harris not out 10* 7 1 0 142.9
F de Wet lbw b JM Anderson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 13, w 1, nb 1) 16
Total 86.1 overs 291

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AG Prince, 0.4 ov), 2-46 (HM Amla, 16.4 ov), 3-51 (GC Smith, 20.1 ov), 4-127 (AB de Villiers, 41.1 ov), 5-127 (JP Duminy, 41.2 ov), 6-216 (MV Boucher, 66.4 ov), 7-280 (JH Kallis, 83.4 ov), 8-280 (DW Steyn, 84.1 ov), 9-281 (M Morkel, 84.4 ov), 10-291 (F de Wet, 86.1 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 21.1 1 63 5 2.98 1 1
G Onions 20 4 69 2 3.45 0 0
Stuart Broad 19 6 54 1 2.84 0 0
Graeme Swann 22 1 74 2 3.36 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

England · 1st innings 273 all out (88 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b M Morkel 2 6 0 0 33.3
Alastair Cook c AG Prince b M Morkel 65 136 7 0 47.8
Jonathan Trott b DW Steyn 20 36 3 0 55.6
Kevin Pietersen c & b DW Steyn 0 2 0 0 0.0
Paul Collingwood lbw b M Morkel 19 44 3 0 43.2
Ian Bell c JP Duminy b JH Kallis 48 121 8 0 39.7
Matt Prior b DW Steyn 76 118 9 0 64.4
Stuart Broad b DW Steyn 25 39 4 0 64.1
Graeme Swann c GC Smith b M Morkel 5 17 0 0 29.4
James Anderson c GC Smith b M Morkel 0 1 0 0 0.0
G Onions not out 4* 9 1 0 44.4
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 1) 9
Total 88 overs 273

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AJ Strauss, 0.6 ov), 2-36 (IJL Trott, 12.4 ov), 3-36 (KP Pietersen, 12.6 ov), 4-73 (PD Collingwood, 24.3 ov), 5-133 (AN Cook, 50.4 ov), 6-174 (IR Bell, 62.3 ov), 7-225 (SCJ Broad, 77.6 ov), 8-241 (GP Swann, 82.4 ov), 9-241 (JM Anderson, 82.5 ov), 10-273 (MJ Prior, 87.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 22 4 75 5 3.41 1 0
F de Wet 16 3 36 0 2.25 0 1
DW Steyn 22 5 74 4 3.36 0 0
JH Kallis 14 2 27 1 1.93 1 0
PL Harris 9 0 39 0 4.33 0 0
JP Duminy 5 0 16 0 3.20 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 447/7 dec (111.2 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AG Prince lbw b GP Swann 15 44 1 0 34.1
GC Smith c PD Collingwood b G Onions 183 273 25 0 67.0
HM Amla c AN Cook b GP Swann 95 156 14 0 60.9
JH Kallis c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 46 96 5 0 47.9
AB de Villiers c SCJ Broad b JM Anderson 34 49 3 0 69.4
JP Duminy c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 36 41 4 1 87.8
MV Boucher c IR Bell b GP Swann 15 10 1 1 150.0
DW Steyn not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 8, lb 7, w 0, nb 2, pen 5) 22
Total 111.2 overs 447/7

Did not bat: M Morkel, PL Harris, F de Wet

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (AG Prince, 11.1 ov), 2-261 (HM Amla, 65.4 ov), 3-346 (GC Smith, 89.5 ov), 4-376 (JH Kallis, 99.5 ov), 5-401 (AB de Villiers, 105.1 ov), 6-442 (MV Boucher, 110.3 ov), 7-447 (JP Duminy, 111.2 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22.2 1 98 3 4.39 0 0
G Onions 22 4 87 1 3.95 0 2
Graeme Swann 37 5 127 3 3.43 0 0
Stuart Broad 22 4 79 0 3.59 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 3 0 6 0 2.00 0 0
Jonathan Trott 5 0 30 0 6.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 296/9 (141 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c HM Amla b PL Harris 45 107 7 0 42.1
Alastair Cook c MV Boucher b F de Wet 55 116 7 0 47.4
Jonathan Trott b DW Steyn 42 99 4 0 42.4
Kevin Pietersen lbw b DW Steyn 6 22 0 0 27.3
James Anderson c AG Prince b PL Harris 9 52 1 0 17.3
Paul Collingwood c JH Kallis b JP Duminy 40 188 4 0 21.3
Ian Bell c GC Smith b M Morkel 78 213 10 0 36.6
Matt Prior c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy 4 9 1 0 44.4
Stuart Broad c AB de Villiers b PL Harris 0 22 0 0 0.0
Graeme Swann not out 10* 8 2 0 125.0
G Onions not out 0* 11 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1) 7
Total 141 overs 296/9

Fall of wickets: 1-101 (AN Cook, 36.3 ov), 2-107 (AJ Strauss, 39.3 ov), 3-129 (KP Pietersen, 47.2 ov), 4-153 (JM Anderson, 61.6 ov), 5-160 (IJL Trott, 70.3 ov), 6-272 (PD Collingwood, 127.3 ov), 7-278 (MJ Prior, 129.6 ov), 8-286 (SCJ Broad, 137.4 ov), 9-290 (IR Bell, 138.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 28 9 51 1 1.82 1 1
DW Steyn 35 11 74 2 2.11 0 0
F de Wet 12 5 23 1 1.92 0 0
PL Harris 40 14 85 3 2.13 0 0
JH Kallis 14 4 28 0 2.00 0 0
JP Duminy 12 3 30 2 2.50 0 0

Player of the match: GC Smith · Umpires: DJ Harper, AL Hill · TV umpire: Aleem Dar · 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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