South Africa v England, Centurion

South Africa 418/10 & 301/7

England 356/10 & 228/9

Match drawn

England v South Africa 2009 · 1st Test SuperSport Park, Centurion 16–20 Dec 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.11× +11%

England

0.94× -6%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

South Africa's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

GP Swann England

87 +202

HM Amla South Africa

119 +155

KP Pietersen England

121 +145

JH Kallis South Africa

124 +139

MV Boucher South Africa

112 +137

Best bowling

Top match figures

GP Swann5/110

PL Harris5/123

F de Wet4/55

JM Anderson4/73

Top score

120

JH Kallis · South Africa

Biggest stand

145

4th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–4

3 wkts for 4 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

418 /10 (153.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	0	7	0	0	0.00
AG Prince	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	45	94	6	0	47.87
HM Amla	c PD Collingwood b G Onions	19	67	2	0	28.36
JH Kallis	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	120	225	16	1	53.33
AB de Villiers	c AN Cook b GP Swann	32	66	5	0	48.48
JP Duminy	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	56	150	6	1	37.33
MV Boucher	c AN Cook b GP Swann	49	100	6	0	49.00
M Morkel	c MJ Prior b G Onions	13	48	2	0	27.08
PL Harris	b G Onions	38	89	4	0	42.70
F de Wet	lbw b GP Swann	20	67	3	0	29.85
M Ntini*	not out	4	7	1	0	57.14

Extras 22 (b 2, lb 15, w 5)

Total 418/10 (153.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	37.0	9	104	1	2.81
SCJ Broad	32.0	8	74	1	2.31
G Onions	30.0	5	86	3	2.87
GP Swann	45.2	11	110	5	2.43
PD Collingwood	7.0	1	18	0	2.57
IJL Trott	2.0	0	9	0	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-1 (GC Smith, 1.3)·2-51 (HM Amla, 20.5)·3-93 (AG Prince, 34.2)·4-159 (AB de Villiers, 54.3)·5-283 (JH Kallis, 96.6)·6-316 (JP Duminy, 108.5)·7-341 (M Morkel, 121.5)·8-377 (MV Boucher, 134.1)·9-414 (PL Harris, 150.5)·10-418 (F de Wet, 153.2)

England

356 /10 (104.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	b M Ntini	46	87	6	0	52.87
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b F de Wet	15	17	3	0	88.24
IJL Trott	b PL Harris	28	117	3	0	23.93
KP Pietersen	b M Morkel	40	79	3	1	50.63
PD Collingwood	c JH Kallis b PL Harris	50	88	5	1	56.82
IR Bell	b PL Harris	5	16	0	0	31.25
MJ Prior	c F de Wet b PL Harris	4	34	0	0	11.76
SCJ Broad	lbw b JP Duminy	17	34	2	0	50.00
GP Swann	c GC Smith b PL Harris	85	81	10	2	104.94
JM Anderson	c M Morkel b M Ntini	29	78	4	1	37.18
G Onions*	not out	4	5	1	0	80.00

Extras 33 (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 12)

Total 356/10 (104.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	23.0	4	78	2	3.39
F de Wet	20.0	3	72	1	3.60
M Morkel	21.0	0	60	1	2.86
PL Harris	37.0	10	123	5	3.32
JP Duminy	3.0	0	7	1	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-25 (AN Cook, 5.4)·2-98 (AJ Strauss, 28.6)·3-119 (IJL Trott, 41.5)·4-168 (KP Pietersen, 54.6)·5-189 (IR Bell, 59.5)·6-211 (MJ Prior, 69.6)·7-221 (PD Collingwood, 71.6)·8-242 (SCJ Broad, 78.5)·9-348 (JM Anderson, 102.1)·10-356 (GP Swann, 103.6)

South Africa

301 /7 (85.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AG Prince	b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0	0.00
GC Smith	b G Onions	12	36	1	0	33.33
PL Harris	b JM Anderson	11	17	2	0	64.71
HM Amla	b JM Anderson	100	213	10	0	46.95
JH Kallis	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	4	32	0	0	12.50
AB de Villiers	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	64	101	6	1	63.37
JP Duminy	lbw b JM Anderson	11	27	2	0	40.74
MV Boucher*	not out	63	73	9	1	86.30
M Morkel*	not out	22	13	4	0	169.23

Extras 14 (lb 10, w 4)

Total 301/7 (85.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	3.50
G Onions	16.0	3	50	1	3.12
SCJ Broad	16.0	5	58	2	3.62
GP Swann	27.0	3	91	0	3.37
PD Collingwood	6.0	1	19	0	3.17

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AG Prince, 0.6)·2-20 (PL Harris, 6.5)·3-34 (GC Smith, 11.2)·4-46 (JH Kallis, 21.3)·5-165 (AB de Villiers, 55.4)·6-191 (JP Duminy, 63.5)·7-266 (HM Amla, 81.5)

England

228 /9 (96.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	3	0	33.33
AN Cook	c GC Smith b PL Harris	12	56	1	21.43
JM Anderson	c MV Boucher b F de Wet	10	23	2	43.48
IJL Trott	c AB de Villiers b F de Wet	69	212	7	32.55
KP Pietersen	run out (F de Wet)	81	143	11	56.64
PD Collingwood*	not out	26	99	6	26.26
IR Bell	c MV Boucher b F de Wet	2	10	0	20.00
MJ Prior	c MV Boucher b F de Wet	0	9	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	c MV Boucher b PL Harris	0	5	0	0.00
GP Swann	lbw b M Morkel	2	15	0	13.33
G Onions*	not out	1	12	0	8.33

Extras 24 (b 10, lb 3, nb 11)

Total 228/9 (96.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Ntini	18.0	7	41	0	2.28
M Morkel	18.0	3	46	2	2.56
PL Harris	26.0	11	51	2	1.96
F de Wet	23.0	8	55	4	2.39
JP Duminy	8.0	2	17	0	2.12
JH Kallis	3.0	1	5	0	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AJ Strauss, 1.2)·2-16 (JM Anderson, 8.1)·3-27 (AN Cook, 18.2)·4-172 (KP Pietersen, 61.5)·5-205 (IJL Trott, 81.4)·6-207 (IR Bell, 85.2)·7-208 (MJ Prior, 87.5)·8-209 (SCJ Broad, 88.4)·9-218 (GP Swann, 92.5)