South Africa v England, Johannesburg

England 180/10 & 169/10

South Africa 423/7

South Africa won by 74 runs

England v South Africa 2009 · 4th Test New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 14–17 Jan 2010

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than South Africa.

England

0.84× -16%

South Africa

1.08× +8%

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

PD Collingwood England

118 +214

MV Boucher South Africa

95 +164

GC Smith South Africa

105 +149

HM Amla South Africa

75 +106

AB de Villiers South Africa

58 +89

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/51

M Morkel4/59

M Morkel3/39

SCJ Broad3/83

Top score

105

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

165

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–20

3 wkts for 20 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 74 runs

Length4 days

England

180 /10 (47.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	0	1	0	0	0.00
IJL Trott	lbw b M Morkel	5	8	1	0	62.50
AN Cook	lbw b M Morkel	21	31	2	0	67.74
KP Pietersen	c WD Parnell b M Morkel	7	16	1	0	43.75
PD Collingwood	c JP Duminy b R McLaren	47	61	5	2	77.05
IR Bell	b DW Steyn	35	86	6	0	40.70
MJ Prior	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	14	25	2	0	56.00
SCJ Broad	c M Morkel b JH Kallis	13	13	2	0	100.00
GP Swann	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	27	27	3	1	100.00
RJ Sidebottom	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	0	6	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson*	not out	6	13	0	0	46.15

Extras 5 (lb 2, w 3)

Total 180/10 (47.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	13.5	1	51	5	3.69
M Morkel	11.0	1	39	3	3.55
R McLaren	10.0	3	30	1	3.00
WD Parnell	3.0	0	18	0	6.00
JH Kallis	10.0	3	40	1	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.1)·2-7 (IJL Trott, 1.6)·3-32 (KP Pietersen, 7.6)·4-39 (AN Cook, 9.5)·5-115 (PD Collingwood, 30.3)·6-133 (IR Bell, 37.4)·7-136 (MJ Prior, 39.1)·8-148 (SCJ Broad, 40.5)·9-155 (RJ Sidebottom, 43.2)·10-180 (GP Swann, 47.5)

South Africa

423 /7 (119.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom	105	187	16	56.15
AG Prince	c GP Swann b SCJ Broad	19	48	3	39.58
HM Amla	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	75	138	8	54.35
JH Kallis	c JM Anderson b RJ Sidebottom	7	24	0	29.17
AB de Villiers	c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad	58	119	5	48.74
JP Duminy	c PD Collingwood b GP Swann	7	20	1	35.00
MV Boucher	c IJL Trott b GP Swann	95	118	9	80.51
R McLaren*	not out	33	56	5	58.93
DW Steyn*	not out	1	5	0	20.00

Extras 23 (b 8, lb 9, w 5, nb 1)

Total 423/7 (119.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30.0	4	111	0	3.70
RJ Sidebottom	31.0	6	98	2	3.16
SCJ Broad	29.0	4	83	3	2.86
GP Swann	23.0	0	93	2	4.04
PD Collingwood	6.0	1	21	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-36 (AG Prince, 16.3)·2-201 (GC Smith, 57.2)·3-217 (HM Amla, 64.6)·4-217 (JH Kallis, 65.6)·5-235 (JP Duminy, 73.1)·6-355 (AB de Villiers, 102.4)·7-419 (MV Boucher, 117.1)

England

169 /10 (42.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b WD Parnell	22	45	3	0	48.89
AN Cook	c GC Smith b M Morkel	1	6	0	0	16.67
IJL Trott	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	8	9	2	0	88.89
KP Pietersen	c MV Boucher b WD Parnell	12	42	2	0	28.57
PD Collingwood	c M Morkel b JP Duminy	71	88	12	1	80.68
IR Bell	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	5	17	1	0	29.41
MJ Prior	c GC Smith b M Morkel	0	2	0	0	0.00
SCJ Broad	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	1	9	0	0	11.11
GP Swann	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	20	17	3	0	117.65
RJ Sidebottom	b JP Duminy	15	17	2	0	88.24
JM Anderson*	not out	1	11	0	0	9.09

Extras 13 (lb 6, w 1, nb 6)

Total 169/10 (42.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	14.0	1	64	2	4.57
M Morkel	16.0	5	59	4	3.69
WD Parnell	8.0	1	17	2	2.12
R McLaren	3.0	1	13	0	4.33
JP Duminy	1.5	0	10	2	5.45

Fall of wickets

1-6 (AN Cook, 3.4)·2-21 (IJL Trott, 6.1)·3-48 (AJ Strauss, 12.3)·4-84 (KP Pietersen, 22.4)·5-103 (IR Bell, 29.3)·6-103 (MJ Prior, 29.5)·7-104 (SCJ Broad, 31.3)·8-134 (GP Swann, 35.5)·9-154 (PD Collingwood, 39.1)·10-169 (RJ Sidebottom, 42.5)