South Africa v England, Cape Town

South Africa 291/10 & 447/7

England 273/10 & 296/9

Match drawn

England v South Africa 2009 · 3rd Test Newlands, Cape Town 3–7 Jan 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

South Africa

1.12× +12%

England

0.90× -10%

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

GC Smith South Africa

213 +225

IR Bell England

126 +202

JH Kallis South Africa

154 +198

MJ Prior England

80 +190

AN Cook England

120 +160

Best bowling

Top match figures

JM Anderson5/63

M Morkel5/75

DW Steyn4/74

PL Harris3/85

Top score

183

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

230

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · South Africa

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

291 /10 (86.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	30	50	3	60.00
AG Prince	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0.00
HM Amla	lbw b G Onions	14	56	2	25.00
JH Kallis	c MJ Prior b G Onions	108	189	11	57.14
AB de Villiers	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	36	60	4	60.00
JP Duminy	c MJ Prior b GP Swann	0	1	0	0.00
MV Boucher	lbw b SCJ Broad	51	86	7	59.30
DW Steyn	c IJL Trott b JM Anderson	26	59	3	44.07
M Morkel	c GP Swann b JM Anderson	0	3	0	0.00
PL Harris*	not out	10	7	1	142.86
F de Wet	lbw b JM Anderson	0	4	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 1, lb 13, w 1, nb 1)

Total 291/10 (86.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	21.1	2	63	5	2.98
G Onions	20.0	4	69	2	3.45
SCJ Broad	19.0	6	54	1	2.84
GP Swann	22.0	1	74	2	3.36
KP Pietersen	4.0	0	17	0	4.25

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AG Prince, 0.4)·2-46 (HM Amla, 16.4)·3-51 (GC Smith, 20.1)·4-127 (AB de Villiers, 41.1)·5-127 (JP Duminy, 41.2)·6-216 (MV Boucher, 66.4)·7-280 (JH Kallis, 83.4)·8-280 (DW Steyn, 84.1)·9-281 (M Morkel, 84.4)·10-291 (F de Wet, 86.1)

England

273 /10 (88.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	2	6	0	33.33
AN Cook	c AG Prince b M Morkel	65	136	7	47.79
IJL Trott	b DW Steyn	20	36	3	55.56
KP Pietersen	c & b DW Steyn	0	2	0	0.00
PD Collingwood	lbw b M Morkel	19	44	3	43.18
IR Bell	c JP Duminy b JH Kallis	48	121	8	39.67
MJ Prior	b DW Steyn	76	118	9	64.41
SCJ Broad	b DW Steyn	25	39	4	64.10
GP Swann	c GC Smith b M Morkel	5	17	0	29.41
JM Anderson	c GC Smith b M Morkel	0	1	0	0.00
G Onions*	not out	4	9	1	44.44

Extras 9 (lb 6, w 2, nb 1)

Total 273/10 (88.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	22.0	4	75	5	3.41
F de Wet	16.0	3	36	0	2.25
DW Steyn	22.0	5	74	4	3.36
JH Kallis	14.0	2	27	1	1.93
PL Harris	9.0	0	39	0	4.33
JP Duminy	5.0	0	16	0	3.20

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AJ Strauss, 0.6)·2-36 (IJL Trott, 12.4)·3-36 (KP Pietersen, 12.6)·4-73 (PD Collingwood, 24.3)·5-133 (AN Cook, 50.4)·6-174 (IR Bell, 62.3)·7-225 (SCJ Broad, 77.6)·8-241 (GP Swann, 82.4)·9-241 (JM Anderson, 82.5)·10-273 (MJ Prior, 87.6)

South Africa

447 /7 (111.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AG Prince	lbw b GP Swann	15	44	1	0	34.09
GC Smith	c PD Collingwood b G Onions	183	273	25	0	67.03
HM Amla	c AN Cook b GP Swann	95	156	14	0	60.90
JH Kallis	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	46	96	5	0	47.92
AB de Villiers	c SCJ Broad b JM Anderson	34	49	3	0	69.39
JP Duminy	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	36	41	4	1	87.80
MV Boucher	c IR Bell b GP Swann	15	10	1	1	150.00
DW Steyn*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

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

Total 447/7 (111.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	22.2	1	98	3	4.39
G Onions	22.0	4	87	1	3.95
GP Swann	37.0	5	127	3	3.43
SCJ Broad	22.0	4	79	0	3.59
KP Pietersen	3.0	0	6	0	2.00
IJL Trott	5.0	0	30	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-31 (AG Prince, 11.1)·2-261 (HM Amla, 65.4)·3-346 (GC Smith, 89.5)·4-376 (JH Kallis, 99.5)·5-401 (AB de Villiers, 105.1)·6-442 (MV Boucher, 110.3)·7-447 (JP Duminy, 111.2)

England

296 /9 (141.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c HM Amla b PL Harris	45	107	7	42.06
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b F de Wet	55	116	7	47.41
IJL Trott	b DW Steyn	42	99	4	42.42
KP Pietersen	lbw b DW Steyn	6	22	0	27.27
JM Anderson	c AG Prince b PL Harris	9	52	1	17.31
PD Collingwood	c JH Kallis b JP Duminy	40	188	4	21.28
IR Bell	c GC Smith b M Morkel	78	213	10	36.62
MJ Prior	c AB de Villiers b JP Duminy	4	9	1	44.44
SCJ Broad	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	0	22	0	0.00
GP Swann*	not out	10	8	2	125.00
G Onions*	not out	0	11	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 1)

Total 296/9 (141.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	28.0	9	51	1	1.82
DW Steyn	35.0	11	74	2	2.11
F de Wet	12.0	5	23	1	1.92
PL Harris	40.0	14	85	3	2.12
JH Kallis	14.0	4	28	0	2.00
JP Duminy	12.0	3	30	2	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-101 (AN Cook, 36.3)·2-107 (AJ Strauss, 39.3)·3-129 (KP Pietersen, 47.2)·4-153 (JM Anderson, 61.6)·5-160 (IJL Trott, 70.3)·6-272 (PD Collingwood, 127.3)·7-278 (MJ Prior, 129.6)·8-286 (SCJ Broad, 137.4)·9-290 (IR Bell, 138.1)