South Africa v England, Nottingham

South Africa 335/10 & 343/9

England 205/10 & 133/10

South Africa won by 340 runs

England v South Africa 2017 · 2nd Test Trent Bridge, Nottingham 14–17 Jul 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

South Africa

0.95× -5%

England

0.98× -2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

165 +194

VD Philander South Africa

96 +131

Joe Root England

86 +102

F du Plessis South Africa

82 +90

D Elgar South Africa

86 +88

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/72

MM Ali4/78

KA Maharaj3/21

VD Philander3/24

Top score

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

135

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–6

3 wkts for 6 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 340 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

335 /10 (96.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c LA Dawson b JM Anderson	6	19	1	0	31.58
HG Kuhn	b SCJ Broad	34	87	7	0	39.08
HM Amla	c MA Wood b SCJ Broad	78	149	11	1	52.35
Q de Kock	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	68	81	8	0	83.95
F du Plessis	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	19	33	3	0	57.58
T Bavuma	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	20	27	4	0	74.07
VD Philander	c LA Dawson b JM Anderson	54	81	9	0	66.67
CH Morris	c & b JM Anderson	36	83	5	0	43.37
KA Maharaj	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	0	5	0	0	0.00
M Morkel	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	8	12	2	0	66.67
D Olivier*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (lb 12)

Total 335/10 (96.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	23.2	7	72	5	3.09
SCJ Broad	22.0	4	64	3	2.91
MA Wood	17.0	3	61	0	3.59
Ben Stokes	18.0	3	77	2	4.28
LA Dawson	7.0	1	26	0	3.71
MM Ali	8.0	1	21	0	2.62
KK Jennings	1.0	0	2	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (D Elgar, 8.6)·2-66 (HG Kuhn, 27.4)·3-179 (Q de Kock, 52.1)·4-194 (HM Amla, 58.4)·5-220 (F du Plessis, 63.4)·6-235 (T Bavuma, 67.2)·7-309 (VD Philander, 90.5)·8-317 (KA Maharaj, 92.4)·9-330 (CH Morris, 94.6)·10-335 (M Morkel, 96.2)

England

205 /10 (51.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	3	16	0	18.75
KK Jennings	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	0	9	0	0.00
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	78	76	12	102.63
GS Ballance	b VD Philander	27	37	5	72.97
JM Bairstow	b KA Maharaj	45	81	7	55.56
Ben Stokes	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	0	12	0	0.00
MM Ali	c F du Plessis b CH Morris	18	29	2	62.07
LA Dawson	c HM Amla b KA Maharaj	13	25	2	52.00
SCJ Broad	lbw b CH Morris	0	1	0	0.00
MA Wood	c F du Plessis b CH Morris	6	19	1	31.58
JM Anderson*	not out	0	6	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 10, w 1)

Total 205/10 (51.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	13.0	2	45	2	3.46
VD Philander	13.0	2	48	2	3.69
CH Morris	8.5	1	38	3	4.30
D Olivier	7.0	0	39	0	5.57
KA Maharaj	10.0	1	21	3	2.10

Fall of wickets

1-3 (AN Cook, 3.6)·2-3 (KK Jennings, 4.1)·3-86 (GS Ballance, 18.1)·4-143 (Joe Root, 29.1)·5-168 (Ben Stokes, 36.3)·6-177 (JM Bairstow, 40.1)·7-199 (MM Ali, 47.1)·8-199 (SCJ Broad, 47.2)·9-199 (LA Dawson, 48.2)·10-205 (MA Wood, 51.5)

South Africa

343 /9 (104.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HG Kuhn	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	8	22	1	0	36.36
D Elgar	c JM Anderson b Ben Stokes	80	136	12	0	58.82
HM Amla	lbw b LA Dawson	87	180	14	1	48.33
Q de Kock	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	1	4	0	0	25.00
F du Plessis	lbw b Ben Stokes	63	128	9	0	49.22
T Bavuma	c Joe Root b MM Ali	15	33	2	0	45.45
VD Philander	c & b MM Ali	42	75	3	2	56.00
CH Morris	c GS Ballance b MM Ali	13	23	2	0	56.52
KA Maharaj	c SCJ Broad b MM Ali	1	8	0	0	12.50
M Morkel*	not out	17	15	3	0	113.33

Extras 16 (b 8, lb 8)

Total 343/9 (104.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	4	45	2	2.25
SCJ Broad	19.0	4	60	0	3.16
MA Wood	18.0	5	68	0	3.78
MM Ali	16.0	2	78	4	4.88
Ben Stokes	20.0	4	34	2	1.70
LA Dawson	11.0	1	42	1	3.82

Fall of wickets

1-18 (HG Kuhn, 6.2)·2-153 (D Elgar, 42.5)·3-154 (Q de Kock, 43.3)·4-216 (HM Amla, 68.6)·5-253 (T Bavuma, 79.5)·6-275 (F du Plessis, 90.3)·7-304 (CH Morris, 97.6)·8-307 (KA Maharaj, 99.5)·9-343 (VD Philander, 103.6)

England

133 /10 (44.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	c Q de Kock b CH Morris	42	76	6	55.26
KK Jennings	b VD Philander	3	18	0	16.67
GS Ballance	lbw b VD Philander	4	15	1	26.67
Joe Root	b CH Morris	8	20	0	40.00
JM Bairstow	c CH Morris b KA Maharaj	16	29	3	55.17
Ben Stokes	c & b VD Philander	18	44	3	40.91
MM Ali	c HG Kuhn b KA Maharaj	27	37	6	72.97
LA Dawson*	not out	5	13	0	38.46
SCJ Broad	c M Morkel b KA Maharaj	5	12	1	41.67
MA Wood	c CH Morris b D Olivier	0	1	0	0.00
JM Anderson	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 133/10 (44.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	13.0	4	30	0	2.31
VD Philander	10.0	3	24	3	2.40
D Olivier	3.2	1	25	2	7.50
CH Morris	6.0	3	7	2	1.17
KA Maharaj	12.0	2	42	3	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-4 (KK Jennings, 5.5)·2-28 (GS Ballance, 11.5)·3-55 (Joe Root, 18.1)·4-72 (AN Cook, 24.2)·5-84 (JM Bairstow, 29.3)·6-122 (MM Ali, 39.3)·7-126 (Ben Stokes, 40.3)·8-133 (SCJ Broad, 43.5)·9-133 (MA Wood, 44.1)·10-133 (JM Anderson, 44.2)