South Africa v England, Centurion

South Africa 284/10 & 272/10

England 181/10 & 268/10

South Africa won by 107 runs

England v South Africa 2019 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 26–29 Dec 2019

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

0.99× -1%

England

0.82× -18%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Q de Kock South Africa

129 +227

VD Philander South Africa

81 +122

RJ Burns England

93 +114

JL Denly England

81 +104

Joe Root England

77 +94

Best bowling

Top match figures

JC Archer5/102

VD Philander4/16

SCJ Broad4/58

SM Curran4/58

Top score

Q de Kock · South Africa

Biggest stand

1st wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 107 runs

Length4 days

South Africa

284 /10 (84.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Zubayr Hamza	c Ben Stokes b SCJ Broad	39	72	6	0	54.17
AK Markram	c JM Bairstow b SM Curran	20	23	4	0	86.96
F du Plessis	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	29	80	5	0	36.25
HE van der Dussen	c Joe Root b SM Curran	6	34	1	0	17.65
Q de Kock	c JC Buttler b SM Curran	95	128	14	0	74.22
D Pretorius	c Joe Root b SM Curran	33	45	4	1	73.33
VD Philander	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	35	81	6	0	43.21
KA Maharaj	c Ben Stokes b JC Archer	6	15	1	0	40.00
K Rabada	b SCJ Broad	12	24	3	0	50.00
A Nortje*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 9 (lb 4, w 3, nb 2)

Total 284/10 (84.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	4	69	1	3.45
SCJ Broad	18.3	4	58	4	3.14
SM Curran	20.0	5	58	4	2.90
JC Archer	19.0	4	65	1	3.42
Joe Root	4.0	0	26	0	6.50
JL Denly	3.0	0	4	0	1.33

Fall of wickets

1-0 (D Elgar, 0.1)·2-32 (AK Markram, 9.4)·3-71 (Zubayr Hamza, 21.7)·4-97 (HE van der Dussen, 33.2)·5-111 (F du Plessis, 36.3)·6-198 (D Pretorius, 54.5)·7-245 (Q de Kock, 71.5)·8-252 (KA Maharaj, 74.5)·9-277 (K Rabada, 82.5)·10-284 (VD Philander, 84.3)

England

181 /10 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	9	15	2	0	60.00
DP Sibley	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	4	12	1	0	33.33
JL Denly	c Q de Kock b D Pretorius	50	111	9	0	45.05
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	29	49	5	0	59.18
Ben Stokes	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	35	46	4	2	76.09
JM Bairstow	b A Nortje	1	6	0	0	16.67
JC Buttler	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	12	39	2	0	30.77
SM Curran	c Zubayr Hamza b K Rabada	20	24	4	0	83.33
JC Archer	b VD Philander	3	11	0	0	27.27
SCJ Broad	c D Elgar b K Rabada	2	7	0	0	28.57
JM Anderson*	not out	0	2	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 5, w 5, nb 2)

Total 181/10 (53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	15.0	1	68	3	4.53
VD Philander	14.2	9	16	4	1.12
D Pretorius	8.0	2	23	1	2.88
A Nortje	12.0	2	47	2	3.92
KA Maharaj	4.0	1	18	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-11 (RJ Burns, 3.1)·2-15 (DP Sibley, 4.6)·3-70 (Joe Root, 23.1)·4-142 (JL Denly, 37.5)·5-143 (JM Bairstow, 38.5)·6-150 (Ben Stokes, 40.3)·7-176 (SM Curran, 48.5)·8-176 (JC Buttler, 51.1)·9-181 (SCJ Broad, 52.4)·10-181 (JC Archer, 53.2)

South Africa

272 /10 (61.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AK Markram	lbw b JM Anderson	2	5	0	0	40.00
Zubayr Hamza	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	4	16	0	0	25.00
D Elgar	c JC Buttler b JC Archer	22	27	5	0	81.48
F du Plessis	c SM Curran b JC Archer	20	28	3	1	71.43
HE van der Dussen	lbw b JC Archer	51	67	5	0	76.12
A Nortje	c Z Crawley b JC Archer	40	89	6	0	44.94
Q de Kock	c JM Bairstow b Ben Stokes	34	37	2	3	91.89
D Pretorius	c DP Sibley b Ben Stokes	7	7	1	0	100.00
VD Philander	c JM Bairstow b SM Curran	46	68	4	0	67.65
KA Maharaj	c SM Curran b JC Archer	11	16	1	0	68.75
K Rabada*	not out	16	12	2	1	133.33

Extras 19 (b 5, lb 3, w 9, nb 2)

Total 272/10 (61.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	13.0	1	47	1	3.62
SCJ Broad	11.0	2	42	1	3.82
JC Archer	17.0	1	102	5	6.00
SM Curran	12.4	3	51	1	4.03
Ben Stokes	8.0	1	22	2	2.75

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AK Markram, 0.5)·2-25 (Zubayr Hamza, 7.4)·3-29 (D Elgar, 8.2)·4-62 (F du Plessis, 14.4)·5-153 (HE van der Dussen, 38.1)·6-170 (A Nortje, 40.1)·7-177 (D Pretorius, 41.2)·8-220 (Q de Kock, 51.3)·9-250 (KA Maharaj, 58.4)·10-272 (VD Philander, 61.4)

England

268 /10 (93.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	c K Rabada b A Nortje	84	154	11	0	54.55
DP Sibley	c & b KA Maharaj	29	90	5	0	32.22
JL Denly	lbw b D Pretorius	31	79	3	2	39.24
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	48	101	8	0	47.52
Ben Stokes	b KA Maharaj	14	55	2	0	25.45
JM Bairstow	c Zubayr Hamza b K Rabada	9	25	2	0	36.00
JC Buttler	c D Pretorius b K Rabada	22	33	2	2	66.67
SM Curran	c Q de Kock b K Rabada	9	10	2	0	90.00
JC Archer	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	4	5	1	0	80.00
SCJ Broad	b K Rabada	6	6	0	0	100.00

Extras 12 (b 8, lb 3, w 1)

Total 268/10 (93.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	24.0	3	103	4	4.29
VD Philander	20.0	8	35	0	1.75
A Nortje	17.0	4	56	3	3.29
D Pretorius	16.0	6	26	1	1.62
KA Maharaj	16.0	3	37	2	2.31

Fall of wickets

1-92 (DP Sibley, 27.6)·2-139 (RJ Burns, 51.2)·3-158 (JL Denly, 56.3)·4-204 (Ben Stokes, 72.3)·5-222 (JM Bairstow, 80.2)·6-232 (Joe Root, 87.2)·7-251 (SM Curran, 90.4)·8-256 (JC Archer, 91.4)·9-262 (JC Buttler, 92.2)·10-268 (SCJ Broad, 92.6)