England v South Africa, London

England 165/10 & 149/10

South Africa 326/10

South Africa won by 12 runs

England v South Africa 2022 · 1st Test Lord's, London, London 17–19 Aug 2022

How hard each side found the batting

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

England

0.89× -11%

South Africa

0.87× -13%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

OJ Pope England

78 +140

SJ Erwee South Africa

73 +136

M Jansen South Africa

48 +122

SCJ Broad England

50 +75

KA Maharaj South Africa

41 +72

Best bowling

Top match figures

K Rabada5/52

A Nortje3/47

A Nortje3/63

SCJ Broad3/71

Top score

OJ Pope · England

Biggest stand

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–8

3 wkts for 8 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 12 runs

Length3 days

England

165 /10 (45.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AZ Lees	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	5	11	1	45.45
Z Crawley	c AK Markram b K Rabada	9	23	2	39.13
OJ Pope	b K Rabada	73	102	5	71.57
Joe Root	lbw b M Jansen	8	17	1	47.06
JM Bairstow	b A Nortje	0	5	0	0.00
Ben Stokes	c KD Petersen b A Nortje	20	30	4	66.67
BT Foakes	b A Nortje	6	17	1	35.29
SCJ Broad	c D Elgar b K Rabada	15	20	2	75.00
MJ Potts*	not out	6	27	0	22.22
MJ Leach	b M Jansen	15	17	3	88.24
JM Anderson	lbw b K Rabada	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 8 (b 1, lb 7)

Total 165/10 (45.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	19.0	3	52	5	2.74
L Ngidi	5.0	1	12	0	2.40
M Jansen	8.0	1	30	2	3.75
A Nortje	13.0	2	63	3	4.85

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AZ Lees, 2.6)·2-25 (Z Crawley, 8.5)·3-42 (Joe Root, 13.5)·4-55 (JM Bairstow, 16.3)·5-100 (Ben Stokes, 25.6)·6-116 (BT Foakes, 31.4)·7-134 (OJ Pope, 36.2)·8-145 (SCJ Broad, 38.5)·9-164 (MJ Leach, 43.6)·10-165 (JM Anderson, 44.6)

South Africa

326 /10 (89.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b JM Anderson	47	81	8	0	58.02
SJ Erwee	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	73	146	6	0	50.00
KD Petersen	c JM Bairstow b MJ Potts	24	41	3	0	58.54
AK Markram	c BT Foakes b MJ Leach	16	27	3	0	59.26
HE van der Dussen	lbw b Ben Stokes	19	36	4	0	52.78
M Jansen	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	48	79	5	1	60.76
K Verreynne	c BT Foakes b SCJ Broad	11	21	1	0	52.38
KA Maharaj	c MJ Potts b Ben Stokes	41	49	7	0	83.67
K Rabada	c SCJ Broad b MJ Potts	3	10	0	0	30.00
A Nortje*	not out	28	42	4	0	66.67
L Ngidi	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 1, lb 11, w 1, nb 3)

Total 326/10 (89.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	18.0	3	51	1	2.83
SCJ Broad	19.1	4	71	3	3.70
MJ Potts	20.0	2	79	2	3.95
Ben Stokes	18.0	3	71	3	3.94
MJ Leach	14.0	3	42	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-85 (D Elgar, 22.3)·2-138 (KD Petersen, 37.1)·3-160 (AK Markram, 45.1)·4-187 (SJ Erwee, 54.2)·5-192 (HE van der Dussen, 56.2)·6-210 (K Verreynne, 62.2)·7-282 (KA Maharaj, 74.5)·8-289 (K Rabada, 77.3)·9-318 (M Jansen, 87.1)·10-326 (L Ngidi, 89.1)

England

149 /10 (37.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AZ Lees	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	35	83	2	0	42.17
Z Crawley	lbw b KA Maharaj	13	22	0	0	59.09
OJ Pope	lbw b KA Maharaj	5	15	0	0	33.33
Joe Root	c AK Markram b L Ngidi	6	10	0	0	60.00
JM Bairstow	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	18	24	3	0	75.00
Ben Stokes	c KA Maharaj b K Rabada	20	28	2	0	71.43
BT Foakes	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	0	2	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	c D Elgar b K Rabada	35	29	5	1	120.69
MJ Potts	b M Jansen	1	5	0	0	20.00
JM Anderson	b M Jansen	1	7	0	0	14.29
MJ Leach*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 5, lb 7, nb 3)

Total 149/10 (37.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	8.0	2	27	2	3.38
L Ngidi	7.0	2	15	1	2.14
KA Maharaj	12.0	0	35	2	2.92
A Nortje	7.0	1	47	3	6.71
M Jansen	3.4	1	13	2	3.55

Fall of wickets

1-20 (Z Crawley, 7.3)·2-38 (OJ Pope, 11.6)·3-57 (Joe Root, 18.1)·4-81 (JM Bairstow, 24.3)·5-86 (AZ Lees, 26.4)·6-86 (BT Foakes, 26.6)·7-141 (SCJ Broad, 34.3)·8-146 (MJ Potts, 35.6)·9-146 (Ben Stokes, 36.1)·10-149 (JM Anderson, 37.4)