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England men · Test · International series · 1st Test
Result
South Africa won by 107 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D Elgar | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AK Markram | c JM Bairstow b SM Curran | 20 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 87.0 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad | 39 | 72 | 6 | 0 | 54.2 |
| F du Plessis | c JE Root b SCJ Broad | 29 | 80 | 5 | 0 | 36.3 |
| HE van der Dussen | c JE Root b SM Curran | 6 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 17.6 |
| Q de Kock | c JC Buttler b SM Curran | 95 | 128 | 14 | 0 | 74.2 |
| D Pretorius | c JE Root b SM Curran | 33 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 73.3 |
| VD Philander | c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad | 35 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 43.2 |
| KA Maharaj | c BA Stokes b JC Archer | 6 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| K Rabada | b SCJ Broad | 12 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 |
| A Nortje | not out | 0* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 84.3 overs | 284 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (D Elgar, 0.1 ov), 2-32 (AK Markram, 9.4 ov), 3-71 (Zubayr Hamza, 21.6 ov), 4-97 (HE van der Dussen, 33.2 ov), 5-111 (F du Plessis, 36.3 ov), 6-198 (D Pretorius, 54.5 ov), 7-245 (Q de Kock, 71.5 ov), 8-252 (KA Maharaj, 74.5 ov), 9-277 (K Rabada, 82.4 ov), 10-284 (VD Philander, 84.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 20 | 4 | 69 | 1 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 18.3 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 3.14 | 1 | 1 |
| Sam Curran | 20 | 5 | 58 | 4 | 2.90 | 2 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 19 | 4 | 65 | 1 | 3.42 | 0 | 1 |
| Joe Root | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Denly | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Burns | c Q de Kock b VD Philander | 9 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 60.0 |
| DP Sibley | c Q de Kock b K Rabada | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Joe Denly | c Q de Kock b D Pretorius | 50 | 111 | 9 | 0 | 45.0 |
| Joe Root | c Q de Kock b VD Philander | 29 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 59.2 |
| Ben Stokes | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 35 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 76.1 |
| Jonny Bairstow | b A Nortje | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Jos Buttler | c Q de Kock b VD Philander | 12 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 30.8 |
| Sam Curran | c Zubayr Hamza b K Rabada | 20 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Jofra Archer | b VD Philander | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| Stuart Broad | c D Elgar b K Rabada | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 5, w 5, nb 2) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 53.2 overs | 181 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (RJ Burns, 3.1 ov), 2-15 (DP Sibley, 4.6 ov), 3-70 (JE Root, 23.1 ov), 4-142 (JL Denly, 37.5 ov), 5-143 (JM Bairstow, 38.5 ov), 6-150 (BA Stokes, 40.3 ov), 7-176 (SM Curran, 48.5 ov), 8-176 (JC Buttler, 51.1 ov), 9-181 (SCJ Broad, 52.4 ov), 10-181 (JC Archer, 53.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Rabada | 15 | 1 | 68 | 3 | 4.53 | 0 | 2 |
| VD Philander | 14.2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 1.12 | 0 | 0 |
| D Pretorius | 8 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 2.88 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nortje | 12 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 3.92 | 1 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 4 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AK Markram | lbw b JM Anderson | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| D Elgar | c JC Buttler b JC Archer | 22 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 81.5 |
| Zubayr Hamza | c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| F du Plessis | c SM Curran b JC Archer | 20 | 28 | 3 | 1 | 71.4 |
| HE van der Dussen | lbw b JC Archer | 51 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 76.1 |
| A Nortje | c sub (Z Crawley) b JC Archer | 40 | 89 | 6 | 0 | 44.9 |
| Q de Kock | c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes | 34 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 91.9 |
| D Pretorius | c DP Sibley b BA Stokes | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| VD Philander | c JM Bairstow b SM Curran | 46 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 67.6 |
| KA Maharaj | c SM Curran b JC Archer | 11 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 68.8 |
| K Rabada | not out | 16* | 12 | 2 | 1 | 133.3 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 3, w 9, nb 2) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 61.4 overs | 272 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AK Markram, 0.5 ov), 2-25 (Zubayr Hamza, 7.4 ov), 3-29 (D Elgar, 8.2 ov), 4-62 (F du Plessis, 14.4 ov), 5-153 (HE van der Dussen, 38.1 ov), 6-170 (A Nortje, 40.1 ov), 7-177 (D Pretorius, 41.2 ov), 8-220 (Q de Kock, 51.3 ov), 9-250 (KA Maharaj, 58.4 ov), 10-272 (VD Philander, 61.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 13 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 3.62 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 3.82 | 2 | 0 |
| Jofra Archer | 17 | 1 | 102 | 5 | 6.00 | 2 | 1 |
| Sam Curran | 12.4 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 4.03 | 1 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 8 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 2.75 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Burns | c K Rabada b A Nortje | 84 | 154 | 11 | 0 | 54.5 |
| DP Sibley | c & b KA Maharaj | 29 | 90 | 5 | 0 | 32.2 |
| Joe Denly | lbw b D Pretorius | 31 | 79 | 3 | 2 | 39.2 |
| Joe Root | c Q de Kock b A Nortje | 48 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 47.5 |
| Ben Stokes | b KA Maharaj | 14 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 25.5 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c Zubayr Hamza b K Rabada | 9 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Jos Buttler | c D Pretorius b K Rabada | 22 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 66.7 |
| Sam Curran | c Q de Kock b K Rabada | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 90.0 |
| Jofra Archer | c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b K Rabada | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 3, w 1, nb 0) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 93 overs | 268 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-92 (DP Sibley, 27.6 ov), 2-139 (RJ Burns, 51.2 ov), 3-158 (JL Denly, 56.3 ov), 4-204 (BA Stokes, 72.3 ov), 5-222 (JM Bairstow, 80.2 ov), 6-232 (JE Root, 87.2 ov), 7-251 (SM Curran, 90.4 ov), 8-256 (JC Archer, 91.4 ov), 9-262 (JC Buttler, 92.2 ov), 10-268 (SCJ Broad, 92.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K Rabada | 24 | 3 | 103 | 4 | 4.29 | 0 | 0 |
| VD Philander | 20 | 8 | 35 | 0 | 1.75 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nortje | 17 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 3.29 | 1 | 0 |
| D Pretorius | 16 | 6 | 26 | 1 | 1.63 | 0 | 0 |
| KA Maharaj | 16 | 3 | 37 | 2 | 2.31 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Q de Kock · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, PR Reiffel · TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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