England v South Africa, Manchester

England 362/10 & 243/10

South Africa 226/10 & 202/10

England won by 177 runs

England v South Africa 2017 · 4th Test Old Trafford, Manchester 4–7 Aug 2017

How hard each side found the batting

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

England

0.95× -5%

South Africa

0.93× -7%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How England's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

JM Bairstow England

109 +210

MM Ali England

89 +162

HM Amla South Africa

113 +134

Joe Root England

101 +118

F du Plessis South Africa

88 +105

Best bowling

Top match figures

MM Ali5/69

JM Anderson4/38

M Morkel4/41

K Rabada4/91

Top score

JM Bairstow · England

Biggest stand

123

4th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

5–29

5 wkts for 29 · South Africa

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 177 runs

Length4 days

England

362 /10 (108.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	46	103	6	0	44.66
KK Jennings	c Q de Kock b D Olivier	17	37	3	0	45.95
T Westley	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	29	88	5	0	32.95
Joe Root	lbw b D Olivier	52	101	6	0	51.49
DJ Malan	c F du Plessis b M Morkel	18	44	2	0	40.91
Ben Stokes	b K Rabada	58	96	8	0	60.42
JM Bairstow	lbw b KA Maharaj	99	145	14	1	68.28
TS Roland-Jones	c T Bavuma b K Rabada	4	10	1	0	40.00
MM Ali	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	14	12	3	0	116.67
SCJ Broad	b M Morkel	7	3	1	0	233.33
JM Anderson*	not out	4	15	1	0	26.67

Extras 14 (b 6, lb 6, nb 2)

Total 362/10 (108.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	26.0	5	92	2	3.54
K Rabada	26.0	7	91	4	3.50
D Olivier	21.0	3	91	2	4.33
KA Maharaj	30.4	10	58	2	1.89
TB de Bruyn	5.0	0	18	0	3.60

Fall of wickets

1-35 (KK Jennings, 12.1)·2-92 (AN Cook, 36.3)·3-92 (T Westley, 39.3)·4-144 (DJ Malan, 55.6)·5-187 (Joe Root, 67.1)·6-252 (Ben Stokes, 88.6)·7-271 (TS Roland-Jones, 94.2)·8-303 (MM Ali, 98.2)·9-312 (SCJ Broad, 99.3)·10-362 (JM Bairstow, 108.4)

South Africa

226 /10 (72.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	lbw b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.00
HM Amla	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	30	35	4	0	85.71
HG Kuhn	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	24	76	3	0	31.58
T Bavuma	b JM Anderson	46	93	4	0	49.46
F du Plessis	b JM Anderson	27	39	4	0	69.23
Q de Kock	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	24	66	3	0	36.36
TB de Bruyn	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	11	21	2	0	52.38
KA Maharaj	lbw b MM Ali	13	26	1	1	50.00
K Rabada	c Ben Stokes b SCJ Broad	23	28	5	0	82.14
M Morkel*	not out	20	35	3	0	57.14
D Olivier	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	12	1	0	33.33

Extras 4 (b 3, nb 1)

Total 226/10 (72.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	17.0	5	38	4	2.24
SCJ Broad	16.1	5	46	3	2.85
TS Roland-Jones	11.0	3	41	1	3.73
MM Ali	21.0	5	57	2	2.71
Ben Stokes	6.0	0	34	0	5.67
DJ Malan	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (D Elgar, 0.3)·2-47 (HM Amla, 11.3)·3-84 (HG Kuhn, 27.3)·4-131 (T Bavuma, 40.4)·5-132 (F du Plessis, 40.6)·6-146 (TB de Bruyn, 48.3)·7-167 (KA Maharaj, 55.6)·8-189 (Q de Kock, 62.1)·9-220 (K Rabada, 68.3)·10-226 (D Olivier, 72.1)

England

243 /10 (69.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel	10	19	2	0	52.63
KK Jennings	c HM Amla b K Rabada	18	63	3	0	28.57
T Westley	c AK Markram b M Morkel	9	18	2	0	50.00
Joe Root	b D Olivier	49	106	6	0	46.23
DJ Malan	c TB de Bruyn b KA Maharaj	6	15	0	0	40.00
Ben Stokes	c F du Plessis b D Olivier	23	54	5	0	42.59
JM Bairstow	c K Rabada b D Olivier	10	30	2	0	33.33
MM Ali*	not out	75	66	9	3	113.64
TS Roland-Jones	c KA Maharaj b K Rabada	11	30	2	0	36.67
SCJ Broad	c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel	5	10	1	0	50.00
JM Anderson	c TB de Bruyn b M Morkel	2	5	0	0	40.00

Extras 25 (b 9, lb 13, w 2, nb 1)

Total 243/10 (69.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	13.1	3	41	4	3.11
K Rabada	17.0	4	50	2	2.94
KA Maharaj	27.0	5	92	1	3.41
D Olivier	12.0	5	38	3	3.17

Fall of wickets

1-16 (AN Cook, 6.1)·2-30 (T Westley, 10.6)·3-55 (KK Jennings, 24.2)·4-72 (DJ Malan, 29.3)·5-129 (Joe Root, 42.5)·6-134 (Ben Stokes, 48.3)·7-153 (JM Bairstow, 52.6)·8-211 (TS Roland-Jones, 64.5)·9-237 (SCJ Broad, 67.4)·10-243 (JM Anderson, 69.1)

South Africa

202 /10 (62.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
HG Kuhn	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	11	29	1	0	37.93
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	5	13	1	0	38.46
HM Amla	lbw b MM Ali	83	159	13	1	52.20
T Bavuma	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	12	32	1	0	37.50
F du Plessis	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	61	85	8	0	71.76
Q de Kock	c AN Cook b MM Ali	1	7	0	0	14.29
TB de Bruyn	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	0	2	0	0	0.00
KA Maharaj*	not out	21	33	2	1	63.64
K Rabada	c T Westley b JM Anderson	1	15	0	0	6.67
M Morkel	c Joe Root b MM Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00
D Olivier	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 4, lb 3)

Total 202/10 (62.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	14.0	7	16	3	1.14
SCJ Broad	12.0	5	24	1	2.00
TS Roland-Jones	9.0	1	52	1	5.78
MM Ali	19.5	1	69	5	3.48
Ben Stokes	6.0	1	26	0	4.33
Joe Root	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-10 (D Elgar, 3.4)·2-18 (HG Kuhn, 10.1)·3-40 (T Bavuma, 18.6)·4-163 (HM Amla, 50.2)·5-173 (Q de Kock, 52.4)·6-173 (TB de Bruyn, 52.6)·7-183 (F du Plessis, 57.1)·8-195 (K Rabada, 61.6)·9-202 (M Morkel, 62.4)·10-202 (D Olivier, 62.5)