South Africa v England, Port Elizabeth

England 499/9

South Africa 209/10 & 237/10

England won by 53 runs

England v South Africa 2019 · 3rd Test St George's Park, Port Elizabeth 16–20 Jan 2020

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

England

0.86× -13%

South Africa

1.20× +20%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

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

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

OJ Pope England

135 +264

Ben Stokes England

120 +173

KA Maharaj South Africa

71 +93

Q de Kock South Africa

66 +75

MA Wood England

42 +54

Best bowling

Top match figures

DM Bess5/51

KA Maharaj5/180

Joe Root4/87

SCJ Broad3/30

Top score

135*

OJ Pope · England

Biggest stand

203

5th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–1

3 wkts for 1 · South Africa

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 53 runs

Length5 days

England

499 /9 (152.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	44	137	5	0	32.12
DP Sibley	c D Elgar b K Rabada	36	95	5	0	37.89
JL Denly	lbw b KA Maharaj	25	100	3	0	25.00
Joe Root	b K Rabada	27	46	4	0	58.70
Ben Stokes	c D Elgar b D Paterson	120	214	12	2	56.07
OJ Pope*	not out	135	226	18	1	59.73
JC Buttler	c & b KA Maharaj	1	15	0	0	6.67
SM Curran	c D Elgar b KA Maharaj	44	50	6	1	88.00
DM Bess	c PJ Malan b KA Maharaj	1	10	0	0	10.00
MA Wood	c A Nortje b KA Maharaj	42	23	2	5	182.61

Extras 24 (b 2, lb 14, w 4, nb 4)

Total 499/9 (152.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	16.0	5	41	0	2.56
D Paterson	24.0	3	62	1	2.58
K Rabada	28.0	6	97	2	3.46
A Nortje	25.0	4	97	1	3.88
KA Maharaj	58.0	15	180	5	3.10
D Elgar	1.0	0	6	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-70 (DP Sibley, 30.6)·2-103 (Z Crawley, 48.5)·3-134 (JL Denly, 61.4)·4-148 (Joe Root, 64.5)·5-351 (Ben Stokes, 123.2)·6-354 (JC Buttler, 126.2)·7-413 (SM Curran, 139.4)·8-426 (DM Bess, 143.2)·9-499 (MA Wood, 151.6)

South Africa

209 /10 (86.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c OJ Pope b DM Bess	35	74	6	47.30
PJ Malan	c & b DM Bess	18	32	2	56.25
Zubayr Hamza	c OJ Pope b DM Bess	10	14	2	71.43
A Nortje	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	18	136	2	13.24
F du Plessis	c OJ Pope b DM Bess	8	6	2	133.33
HE van der Dussen	b DM Bess	24	41	3	58.54
Q de Kock	b SM Curran	63	139	9	45.32
VD Philander	b SCJ Broad	27	61	5	44.26
K Rabada	c MA Wood b SCJ Broad	1	8	0	12.50
KA Maharaj	b SCJ Broad	0	3	0	0.00
D Paterson*	not out	0	6	0	0.00

Extras 5 (b 4, w 1)

Total 209/10 (86.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	13.4	7	30	3	2.20
SM Curran	11.0	2	32	1	2.91
DM Bess	31.0	12	51	5	1.65
MA Wood	11.0	4	31	0	2.82
JL Denly	4.0	1	10	0	2.50
Joe Root	11.0	4	25	0	2.27
Ben Stokes	5.0	1	26	1	5.20

Fall of wickets

1-50 (PJ Malan, 11.6)·2-60 (Zubayr Hamza, 17.3)·3-63 (D Elgar, 21.6)·4-71 (F du Plessis, 23.6)·5-109 (HE van der Dussen, 41.3)·6-154 (A Nortje, 62.4)·7-208 (VD Philander, 82.6)·8-208 (Q de Kock, 83.5)·9-208 (KA Maharaj, 84.3)·10-209 (K Rabada, 86.4)

South Africa

237 /10 (88.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Malan	lbw b Joe Root	12	79	1	0	15.19
D Elgar	b MA Wood	15	22	3	0	68.18
Zubayr Hamza	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	2	12	0	0	16.67
F du Plessis	c OJ Pope b Joe Root	36	123	6	1	29.27
HE van der Dussen	c OJ Pope b Joe Root	10	36	1	1	27.78
Q de Kock	c MA Wood b Joe Root	3	26	0	0	11.54
VD Philander	c OJ Pope b SCJ Broad	13	47	2	0	27.66
KA Maharaj	run out	71	106	10	3	66.98
K Rabada	c SCJ Broad b MA Wood	16	24	2	1	66.67
A Nortje	b DM Bess	5	19	1	0	26.32
D Paterson*	not out	39	40	6	0	97.50

Extras 15 (b 12, lb 1, w 1, nb 1)

Total 237/10 (88.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	10.0	5	14	1	1.40
SM Curran	6.0	0	46	0	7.67
MA Wood	16.5	7	32	3	1.90
DM Bess	22.0	11	36	1	1.64
Ben Stokes	5.0	2	9	0	1.80
Joe Root	29.0	13	87	4	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-18 (D Elgar, 8.1)·2-22 (Zubayr Hamza, 12.1)·3-44 (PJ Malan, 27.3)·4-66 (HE van der Dussen, 39.3)·5-74 (Q de Kock, 45.5)·6-83 (F du Plessis, 51.4)·7-102 (VD Philander, 62.3)·8-128 (K Rabada, 70.1)·9-138 (A Nortje, 76.4)·10-237 (KA Maharaj, 88.5)