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Test No. 2049

South Africa Tour of England 2012
2012-13 season
England vs South Africa - 1st Test
19-23 July, 2012 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Kennington Oval, London
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss lbw b Morkel
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Alastair Cook b Steyn
115 
295 
11 
1
38.98 
»
 Jonathan Trott c de Villiers b Morkel
71 
162 
9 
0
43.83 
»
 Kevin Pietersen c de Villiers b Kallis
42 
72 
4 
0
58.33 
»
 Ian Bell b Kallis
13 
56 
2 
0
23.21 
»
 Ravi Bopara c de Villiers b Steyn
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Matt Prior c de Villiers b Morkel
60 
90 
9 
0
66.67 
»
 Tim Bresnan b Imran Tahir
8 
32 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 Stuart Broad b Philander
16 
28 
2 
0
57.14 
»
 Graeme Swann Not Out
15 
20 
3 
0
75.00 
»
 James Anderson c de Villiers b Morkel
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras B 2, LB 24, W 3, N 14
43
Total : (all out in 125.5 overs)
385
 RR : 3.06

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-170 (Trott, 57.2 ov), 3-251 (Pietersen, 79.4 ov), 4-271 (Cook, 92.4 ov), 5-272 (Bopara, 94.4 ov), 6-284 (Bell, 100.4 ov), 7-313 (Bresnan, 110.3 ov), 8-358 (Broad, 119.5 ov), 9-383 (Prior, 125.1 ov), 10-385 (Anderson, 125.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
24
 .5
2 
72 
4
2.90
5
2
»
 Vernon Philander
27
4 
79 
1
2.93
7
0
»
 Dale Steyn
30
7 
99 
2
3.30
0
0
»
 Jacques Kallis
19
7 
38 
2
2.00
0
1
»
 Imran Tahir
19
0 
61 
1
3.21
2
0

South Africa 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith b Bresnan
131 
272 
20 
0
48.16 
»
 Alviro Petersen lbw b Anderson
0 
8 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Hashim Amla Not Out
311 
529 
35 
0
58.79 
»
 Jacques Kallis Not Out
182 
326 
23 
1
55.83 
Extras B 5, LB 4, W 2, N 2
13
Total : (2 wickets dec in 189.0 overs)
637
 RR : 3.37

did not bat: AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn, Imran Tahir, Jean-Paul Duminy, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (Petersen, 2.4 ov), 2-260 (Smith, 87.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
41
7 
116 
1
2.83
1
0
»
 Stuart Broad
34
6 
118 
0
3.47
0
1
»
 Graeme Swann
52
10 
151 
0
2.90
0
0
»
 Tim Bresnan
37
2 
140 
1
3.78
1
0
»
 Ravi Bopara
18
1 
78 
0
4.33
0
1
»
 Kevin Pietersen
3
0 
13 
0
4.33
0
0
»
 Jonathan Trott
4
0 
12 
0
3.00
0
0

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Philander b Imran Tahir
27 
80 
2 
0
33.75 
»
 Alastair Cook c de Villiers b Philander
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jonathan Trott c de Villiers b Steyn
10 
27 
1 
0
37.04 
»
 Kevin Pietersen b Morkel
16 
17 
3 
0
94.12 
»
 Ian Bell c Kallis b Steyn
55 
220 
6 
0
25.00 
»
 Ravi Bopara b Steyn
22 
55 
3 
0
40.00 
»
 Matt Prior c Kallis b Imran Tahir
40 
86 
5 
0
46.51 
»
 Tim Bresnan Not Out
20 
61 
2 
0
32.79 
»
 Stuart Broad c de Villiers b Steyn
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Graeme Swann c Petersen b Steyn
7 
9 
1 
0
77.78 
»
 James Anderson lbw b Imran Tahir
4 
24 
1 
0
16.67 
Extras B 11, LB 15, W 1, N 12
39
Total : (all out in 97.0 overs)
240
 RR : 2.47

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Cook, 1.2 ov), 2-32 (Trott, 10.2 ov), 3-57 (Pietersen, 17.3 ov), 4-67 (Strauss, 26.5 ov), 5-117 (Bopara, 44.4 ov), 6-203 (Prior, 76.6 ov), 7-210 (Bell, 82.2 ov), 8-210 (Broad, 84.1 ov), 9-218 (Swann, 86.5 ov), 10-240 (Anderson, 96.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Morne Morkel
16
0 
41 
1
2.56
1
1
»
 Vernon Philander
19
6 
29 
1
1.53
1
0
»
 Dale Steyn
21
6 
56 
5
2.67
0
0
»
 Imran Tahir
32
7 
63 
3
1.97
6
0
»
 Jacques Kallis
7
1 
22 
0
3.14
0
0
»
 Jean-Paul Duminy
2
1 
3 
0
1.50
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: HM Amla (South Africa)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia)
Third Umpire: HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee : JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: MA Gough (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st innings - 267/3 (AN Cook 114*, IR Bell 10*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : South Africa 1st innings - 86/1 (GC Smith 37*, HM Amla 47*, 37 ov)
Day 3 : South Africa 1st innings - 403/2 (HM Amla 183*, JH Kallis 82*, 135 ov)
Day 4 : England 2nd innings - 102/4 (IR Bell 14*, RS Bopara 15*, 38 ov)
Day 5 : England 2nd innings - 240 (TT Bresnan 20*, 97 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Graeme Swann, Ian Bell, James Anderson, Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan
South Africa AB de Villiers (wk), Alviro Petersen, Dale Steyn, Graeme Smith (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Imran Tahir, Jacques Kallis, Jean-Paul Duminy, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Jacques Rudolph
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