South Africa v England, London

South Africa 118/10 & 169/10

England 158/10 & 130/1

England won by 9 wickets

England v South Africa 2022 · 3rd Test Kennington Oval, London, London 8–12 Sept 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than England.

South Africa

0.79× -21%

England

0.84× -16%

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

78 +182

Z Crawley England

74 +103

M Jansen South Africa

34 +72

AZ Lees England

52 +62

K Zondo South Africa

39 +54

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Jansen5/35

OE Robinson5/49

SCJ Broad4/41

K Rabada4/81

Top score

69*

Z Crawley · England

Biggest stand

108

1st wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–7

3 wkts for 7 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 9 wickets

Length5 days

South Africa

118 /10 (36.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	b OE Robinson	1	7	0	0	14.29
SJ Erwee	c BT Foakes b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.00
KD Petersen	b OE Robinson	12	14	1	0	85.71
RD Rickelton	c BT Foakes b SCJ Broad	11	20	2	0	55.00
K Zondo	c AZ Lees b SCJ Broad	23	57	1	1	40.35
K Verreynne	c BT Foakes b OE Robinson	0	2	0	0	0.00
PWA Mulder	c BT Foakes b OE Robinson	3	13	0	0	23.08
M Jansen	c Joe Root b OE Robinson	30	59	4	0	50.85
KA Maharaj	b SCJ Broad	18	32	2	0	56.25
K Rabada*	not out	7	6	0	0	116.67
A Nortje	c Ben Stokes b SCJ Broad	7	8	1	0	87.50

Extras 6 (lb 2, nb 4)

Total 118/10 (36.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	8.0	2	16	1	2.00
OE Robinson	14.0	3	49	5	3.50
SCJ Broad	12.2	1	41	4	3.32
MJ Leach	2.0	1	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-2 (D Elgar, 1.4)·2-7 (SJ Erwee, 2.2)·3-21 (KD Petersen, 5.4)·4-31 (RD Rickelton, 8.6)·5-32 (K Verreynne, 9.3)·6-36 (PWA Mulder, 11.5)·7-72 (K Zondo, 24.6)·8-99 (M Jansen, 33.2)·9-110 (KA Maharaj, 34.5)·10-118 (A Nortje, 36.2)

England

158 /10 (36.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AZ Lees	b M Jansen	13	6	1	216.67
Z Crawley	lbw b M Jansen	5	34	1	14.71
OJ Pope	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	67	77	13	87.01
Joe Root	c KD Petersen b M Jansen	23	25	3	92.00
Harry Brook	c K Rabada b M Jansen	12	20	2	60.00
Ben Stokes	c SJ Erwee b A Nortje	6	9	1	66.67
BT Foakes	c KD Petersen b M Jansen	14	35	1	40.00
SCJ Broad	c K Verreynne b K Rabada	6	11	1	54.55
OE Robinson	c D Elgar b K Rabada	3	3	0	100.00
MJ Leach	b K Rabada	0	3	0	0.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 1, nb 7)

Total 158/10 (36.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	13.0	1	81	4	6.23
M Jansen	12.2	3	35	5	2.84
PWA Mulder	2.0	0	11	0	5.50
A Nortje	9.0	0	29	1	3.22

Fall of wickets

1-17 (AZ Lees, 3.1)·2-43 (Z Crawley, 9.1)·3-84 (Joe Root, 16.5)·4-107 (Harry Brook, 22.5)·5-129 (Ben Stokes, 26.5)·6-133 (OJ Pope, 27.4)·7-151 (SCJ Broad, 33.1)·8-155 (OE Robinson, 33.6)·9-158 (MJ Leach, 35.5)·10-158 (BT Foakes, 36.2)

South Africa

169 /10 (56.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SJ Erwee	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	26	53	3	0	49.06
D Elgar	lbw b SCJ Broad	36	59	6	0	61.02
KD Petersen	c OJ Pope b JM Anderson	23	31	3	0	74.19
RD Rickelton	lbw b SCJ Broad	8	15	2	0	53.33
K Zondo	lbw b OE Robinson	16	51	3	0	31.37
PWA Mulder	b OE Robinson	14	52	2	0	26.92
K Verreynne	c & b JM Anderson	12	36	0	1	33.33
M Jansen	b Ben Stokes	4	16	1	0	25.00
K Rabada	c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	0	2	0	0	0.00
KA Maharaj	b SCJ Broad	18	24	2	0	75.00
A Nortje*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

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

Total 169/10 (56.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	15.2	5	37	2	2.41
OE Robinson	15.0	5	40	2	2.67
SCJ Broad	13.0	2	45	3	3.46
Ben Stokes	13.0	2	39	3	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-58 (SJ Erwee, 15.3)·2-83 (D Elgar, 21.4)·3-91 (KD Petersen, 24.3)·4-95 (RD Rickelton, 27.4)·5-120 (PWA Mulder, 41.6)·6-133 (K Zondo, 43.3)·7-146 (M Jansen, 48.4)·8-146 (K Rabada, 48.6)·9-169 (KA Maharaj, 55.3)·10-169 (K Verreynne, 56.2)

England

130 /1 (22.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AZ Lees	lbw b K Rabada	39	73	4	53.42
Z Crawley*	not out	69	57	12	121.05
OJ Pope*	not out	11	10	1	110.00

Extras 11 (lb 6, nb 5)

Total 130/1 (22.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
K Rabada	11.0	1	57	1	5.18
M Jansen	7.3	0	40	0	5.33
A Nortje	4.0	0	27	0	6.75

Fall of wickets

1-108 (AZ Lees, 19.5)