South Africa v England, Johannesburg

England 400/10 & 248/10

South Africa 183/10 & 274/10

England won by 191 runs

England v South Africa 2019 · 4th Test The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 24–27 Jan 2020

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

England

0.91× -9%

South Africa

1.08× +8%

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

Joe Root England

117 +179

Q de Kock South Africa

115 +161

HE van der Dussen South Africa

98 +96

Z Crawley England

90 +89

DP Sibley England

88 +87

Best bowling

Top match figures

MA Wood5/46

BE Hendricks5/64

A Nortje5/110

MA Wood4/54

Top score

HE van der Dussen · South Africa

Biggest stand

107

1st wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · South Africa

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 191 runs

Length4 days

England

400 /10 (98.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c HE van der Dussen b VD Philander	66	112	11	0	58.93
DP Sibley	c Q de Kock b BE Hendricks	44	93	7	0	47.31
JL Denly	c HE van der Dussen b D Paterson	27	35	4	0	77.14
Joe Root	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	59	108	6	0	54.63
Ben Stokes	c HE van der Dussen b A Nortje	2	10	0	0	20.00
OJ Pope	b A Nortje	56	78	8	0	71.79
JC Buttler	c D Elgar b VD Philander	20	43	3	0	46.51
SM Curran	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	0	1	0	0	0.00
CR Woakes	c F du Plessis b A Nortje	32	46	5	0	69.57
MA Wood*	not out	35	39	2	3	89.74
SCJ Broad	c PJ Malan b D Paterson	43	28	2	4	153.57

Extras 16 (lb 9, w 4, nb 3)

Total 400/10 (98.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	20.0	2	50	2	2.50
BE Hendricks	23.0	3	111	1	4.83
A Nortje	24.0	1	110	5	4.58
D Paterson	20.2	3	86	2	4.23
D Pretorius	11.0	3	34	0	3.09

Fall of wickets

1-107 (DP Sibley, 32.4)·2-116 (Z Crawley, 35.1)·3-150 (JL Denly, 42.2)·4-157 (Ben Stokes, 45.1)·5-258 (OJ Pope, 69.1)·6-269 (Joe Root, 73.5)·7-269 (SM Curran, 73.6)·8-309 (JC Buttler, 84.5)·9-318 (CR Woakes, 89.6)·10-400 (SCJ Broad, 98.2)

South Africa

183 /10 (68.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c CR Woakes b Ben Stokes	26	64	5	40.62
PJ Malan	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	15	63	1	23.81
HE van der Dussen	c Ben Stokes b SM Curran	0	7	0	0.00
F du Plessis	lbw b CR Woakes	3	29	0	10.34
Q de Kock	b MA Wood	76	116	11	65.52
T Bavuma	c Ben Stokes b MA Wood	6	28	0	21.43
A Nortje	c JL Denly b MA Wood	6	16	1	37.50
VD Philander	c SCJ Broad b CR Woakes	4	3	1	133.33
D Pretorius	c Z Crawley b Ben Stokes	37	73	7	50.68
BE Hendricks*	not out	5	9	1	55.56
D Paterson	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	4	3	1	133.33

Extras 1 (w 1)

Total 183/10 (68.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	14.0	3	27	0	1.93
SM Curran	12.0	4	25	1	2.08
CR Woakes	17.0	7	38	2	2.24
MA Wood	14.3	2	46	5	3.17
Ben Stokes	11.0	1	47	2	4.27

Fall of wickets

1-29 (PJ Malan, 18.5)·2-37 (HE van der Dussen, 20.6)·3-43 (D Elgar, 23.5)·4-60 (F du Plessis, 29.5)·5-74 (T Bavuma, 37.4)·6-88 (A Nortje, 41.5)·7-93 (VD Philander, 42.4)·8-172 (D Pretorius, 65.5)·9-174 (Q de Kock, 66.6)·10-183 (D Paterson, 68.3)

England

248 /10 (61.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c Q de Kock b D Pretorius	24	60	2	0	40.00
DP Sibley	c PJ Malan b BE Hendricks	44	107	7	0	41.12
JL Denly	b D Paterson	8	15	1	0	53.33
Joe Root	c F du Plessis b BE Hendricks	58	96	5	1	60.42
Ben Stokes	c HE van der Dussen b BE Hendricks	28	24	6	0	116.67
OJ Pope	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	11	13	2	0	84.62
JC Buttler	c Q de Kock b A Nortje	8	10	1	0	80.00
SM Curran	c D Paterson b BE Hendricks	35	29	6	0	120.69
CR Woakes	c Q de Kock b BE Hendricks	0	2	0	0	0.00
MA Wood	b D Pretorius	18	12	3	0	150.00
SCJ Broad*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 13 (b 4, lb 8, w 1)

Total 248/10 (61.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
VD Philander	1.3	1	1	0	0.67
A Nortje	11.0	1	61	2	5.55
D Paterson	13.3	6	18	1	1.33
BE Hendricks	15.3	3	64	5	4.13
D Pretorius	18.0	2	87	2	4.83
PJ Malan	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-56 (Z Crawley, 20.4)·2-75 (JL Denly, 25.1)·3-92 (DP Sibley, 35.3)·4-136 (Ben Stokes, 41.3)·5-150 (OJ Pope, 45.2)·6-160 (JC Buttler, 47.6)·7-206 (SM Curran, 55.4)·8-206 (CR Woakes, 55.6)·9-240 (MA Wood, 60.2)·10-248 (Joe Root, 61.3)

South Africa

274 /10 (77.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Malan	c Ben Stokes b CR Woakes	22	51	3	0	43.14
D Elgar	c & b Ben Stokes	24	73	4	0	32.88
HE van der Dussen	c SCJ Broad b MA Wood	98	138	15	2	71.01
F du Plessis	b Ben Stokes	35	92	5	0	38.04
Q de Kock	c CR Woakes b MA Wood	39	42	6	1	92.86
T Bavuma	c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad	27	29	6	0	93.10
D Pretorius	c SM Curran b SCJ Broad	2	8	0	0	25.00
VD Philander	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	10	11	2	0	90.91
A Nortje	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	4	10	0	0	40.00
BE Hendricks	run out	4	9	0	0	44.44

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

Total 274/10 (77.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	10.0	1	26	2	2.60
SM Curran	11.0	2	38	0	3.45
MA Wood	16.1	3	54	4	3.34
CR Woakes	14.0	3	47	1	3.36
Ben Stokes	16.0	4	47	2	2.94
Joe Root	7.0	1	37	0	5.29
JL Denly	3.0	0	19	0	6.33

Fall of wickets

1-39 (PJ Malan, 15.1)·2-89 (D Elgar, 27.5)·3-181 (F du Plessis, 58.1)·4-187 (HE van der Dussen, 59.2)·5-235 (T Bavuma, 67.6)·6-239 (D Pretorius, 69.4)·7-260 (VD Philander, 73.2)·8-267 (Q de Kock, 75.1)·9-273 (BE Hendricks, 76.6)·10-274 (A Nortje, 77.2)