England v South Africa, London

England 593/8

South Africa 247/10 & 393/3

Match drawn

England v South Africa 2008 · 1st Test Lord's, London 10–14 Jul 2008

How hard each side found the batting

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

England

0.97× -3%

South Africa

0.96× -4%

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

IR Bell England

199 +312

ND McKenzie South Africa

178 +198

KP Pietersen England

152 +194

AG Prince South Africa

110 +187

HM Amla South Africa

110 +121

Best bowling

Top match figures

MS Panesar4/74

M Morkel4/121

PL Harris3/129

RJ Sidebottom2/41

Top score

199

IR Bell · England

Biggest stand

286

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–42

3 wkts for 42 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

England

593 /8 (156.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b M Morkel	44	131	6	0	33.59
AN Cook	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	60	132	9	0	45.45
MP Vaughan	b DW Steyn	2	3	0	0	66.67
IR Bell	c & b PL Harris	199	336	20	1	59.23
KP Pietersen	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	152	181	20	1	83.98
PD Collingwood	c HM Amla b PL Harris	7	13	1	0	53.85
TR Ambrose	c GC Smith b M Morkel	4	7	0	0	57.14
SCJ Broad	b PL Harris	76	124	10	0	61.29
RJ Sidebottom*	not out	1	22	0	0	4.55

Extras 48 (b 14, lb 12, w 7, nb 15)

Total 593/8 (156.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	35.0	8	117	1	3.34
M Ntini	29.0	2	130	0	4.48
M Morkel	34.0	3	121	4	3.56
JH Kallis	20.0	3	70	0	3.50
PL Harris	38.2	9	129	3	3.37

Fall of wickets

1-114 (AJ Strauss, 41.5)·2-117 (MP Vaughan, 42.6)·3-117 (AN Cook, 43.5)·4-403 (KP Pietersen, 107.1)·5-413 (PD Collingwood, 110.5)·6-422 (TR Ambrose, 113.3)·7-574 (SCJ Broad, 150.3)·8-593 (IR Bell, 156.2)

South Africa

247 /10 (93.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	8	21	1	0	38.10
ND McKenzie	b MS Panesar	40	89	5	0	44.94
HM Amla	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	6	32	1	0	18.75
JH Kallis	c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom	7	19	1	0	36.84
AG Prince	c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom	101	183	13	1	55.19
AB de Villiers	c JM Anderson b MS Panesar	42	119	5	0	35.29
MV Boucher	b SCJ Broad	4	11	0	0	36.36
M Morkel	b MS Panesar	6	22	1	0	27.27
PL Harris	c JM Anderson b MS Panesar	6	18	1	0	33.33
DW Steyn	c RJ Sidebottom b KP Pietersen	19	46	2	0	41.30
M Ntini*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 8 (b 1, lb 4, w 3)

Total 247/10 (93.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	19.0	3	41	2	2.16
JM Anderson	21.0	7	36	1	1.71
SCJ Broad	23.0	3	88	2	3.83
MS Panesar	26.0	4	74	4	2.85
PD Collingwood	4.0	1	3	0	0.75
KP Pietersen	0.3	1	0	1	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-13 (GC Smith, 5.2)·2-28 (HM Amla, 14.6)·3-47 (JH Kallis, 21.6)·4-83 (ND McKenzie, 30.1)·5-161 (AB de Villiers, 62.6)·6-166 (MV Boucher, 67.1)·7-191 (M Morkel, 72.6)·8-203 (PL Harris, 76.5)·9-245 (AG Prince, 90.5)·10-247 (DW Steyn, 93.3)

South Africa

393 /3 (166.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson	107	207	11	51.69
ND McKenzie	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	138	447	16	30.87
HM Amla*	not out	104	242	14	42.98
JH Kallis	b RJ Sidebottom	13	52	2	25.00
AG Prince*	not out	9	54	0	16.67

Extras 22 (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 1)

Total 393/3 (166.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MS Panesar	60.0	15	116	0	1.93
KP Pietersen	7.0	1	21	0	3.00
RJ Sidebottom	30.0	9	46	1	1.53
JM Anderson	31.5	7	78	2	2.45
SCJ Broad	26.0	7	78	0	3.00
PD Collingwood	11.0	4	37	0	3.36
AN Cook	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-204 (GC Smith, 81.2)·2-329 (ND McKenzie, 133.6)·3-357 (JH Kallis, 147.5)