South Africa v England, Manchester

South Africa 151/10 & 179/10

England 415/9

England won by 85 runs

England v South Africa 2022 · 2nd Test Old Trafford, Manchester, Manchester 25–27 Aug 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than England.

South Africa

0.87× -13%

England

0.92× -8%

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

BT Foakes England

113 +298

Ben Stokes England

103 +248

KD Petersen South Africa

63 +77

JM Bairstow England

49 +76

K Rabada South Africa

38 +67

Best bowling

Top match figures

OE Robinson4/43

JM Anderson3/30

JM Anderson3/32

SCJ Broad3/37

Top score

113*

BT Foakes · England

Biggest stand

173

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultEngland won by 85 runs

Length3 days

South Africa

151 /10 (53.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	12	42	1	28.57
SJ Erwee	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	3	12	0	25.00
KD Petersen	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	21	29	3	72.41
AK Markram	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	14	27	0	51.85
HE van der Dussen	lbw b Ben Stokes	16	31	2	51.61
K Verreynne	c BT Foakes b SCJ Broad	21	49	2	42.86
SR Harmer	lbw b JM Anderson	2	16	0	12.50
KA Maharaj	lbw b JM Anderson	0	1	0	0.00
K Rabada	c Joe Root b MJ Leach	36	72	2	50.00
A Nortje	lbw b OE Robinson	10	37	2	27.03
L Ngidi*	not out	4	10	1	40.00

Extras 12 (b 2, lb 4, nb 6)

Total 151/10 (53.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15.0	4	32	3	2.13
OE Robinson	14.0	0	48	1	3.43
SCJ Broad	11.0	1	37	3	3.36
Ben Stokes	7.0	0	17	2	2.43
MJ Leach	6.2	2	11	1	1.74

Fall of wickets

1-3 (SJ Erwee, 4.2)·2-35 (D Elgar, 12.5)·3-41 (KD Petersen, 14.4)·4-68 (AK Markram, 21.3)·5-76 (HE van der Dussen, 23.4)·6-92 (SR Harmer, 30.3)·7-92 (KA Maharaj, 30.4)·8-108 (K Verreynne, 37.7)·9-143 (A Nortje, 50.1)·10-151 (K Rabada, 53.2)

England

415 /9 (106.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AZ Lees	c K Verreynne b L Ngidi	4	7	1	0	57.14
Z Crawley	c K Verreynne b A Nortje	38	101	5	0	37.62
OJ Pope	b A Nortje	23	27	4	0	85.19
Joe Root	c SJ Erwee b K Rabada	9	15	1	0	60.00
JM Bairstow	c SJ Erwee b A Nortje	49	63	7	0	77.78
Ben Stokes	c D Elgar b K Rabada	103	163	6	3	63.19
BT Foakes*	not out	113	217	9	0	52.07
SCJ Broad	st K Verreynne b SR Harmer	21	14	2	1	150.00
OE Robinson	c AK Markram b KA Maharaj	17	22	2	0	77.27
MJ Leach	b KA Maharaj	11	17	2	0	64.71

Extras 27 (b 6, lb 5, w 10, nb 6)

Total 415/9 (106.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	23.0	2	110	2	4.78
L Ngidi	18.0	3	61	1	3.39
A Nortje	20.0	1	82	3	4.10
KA Maharaj	22.4	4	78	2	3.44
SR Harmer	23.0	4	73	1	3.17

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AZ Lees, 1.4)·2-34 (OJ Pope, 10.1)·3-43 (Joe Root, 13.5)·4-134 (JM Bairstow, 33.4)·5-147 (Z Crawley, 35.4)·6-320 (Ben Stokes, 89.2)·7-361 (SCJ Broad, 94.3)·8-395 (OE Robinson, 102.3)·9-415 (MJ Leach, 106.4)

South Africa

179 /10 (85.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SJ Erwee	c BT Foakes b OE Robinson	25	59	2	42.37
D Elgar	b JM Anderson	11	38	1	28.95
KD Petersen	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	42	159	1	26.42
AK Markram	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	6	18	1	33.33
HE van der Dussen	c BT Foakes b Ben Stokes	41	132	5	31.06
K Verreynne*	not out	17	46	2	36.96
SR Harmer	b JM Anderson	16	48	1	33.33
KA Maharaj	c OJ Pope b OE Robinson	2	7	0	28.57
K Rabada	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	2	7	0	28.57
A Nortje	c BT Foakes b OE Robinson	0	2	0	0.00
L Ngidi	b OE Robinson	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 17 (b 8, lb 2, nb 7)

Total 179/10 (85.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15.0	4	30	3	2.00
OE Robinson	15.1	4	43	4	2.84
MJ Leach	23.0	13	26	0	1.13
Joe Root	5.0	2	16	0	3.20
SCJ Broad	13.0	5	24	1	1.85
Ben Stokes	14.0	3	30	2	2.14

Fall of wickets

1-33 (D Elgar, 12.5)·2-39 (SJ Erwee, 17.6)·3-54 (AK Markram, 22.4)·4-141 (HE van der Dussen, 65.3)·5-151 (KD Petersen, 67.3)·6-172 (SR Harmer, 80.2)·7-175 (KA Maharaj, 81.4)·8-178 (K Rabada, 82.6)·9-179 (A Nortje, 83.5)·10-179 (L Ngidi, 85.1)