England v South Africa, London

England 385/10 & 240/10

South Africa 637/2

South Africa won by 12 runs

England v South Africa 2012 · 1st Test Kennington Oval, London 19–23 Jul 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

England

0.94× -6%

South Africa

0.90× -10%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

HM Amla South Africa

311 +389

JH Kallis South Africa

182 +243

GC Smith South Africa

131 +157

MJ Prior England

100 +156

AN Cook England

115 +140

Best bowling

Top match figures

DW Steyn5/56

M Morkel4/72

Imran Tahir3/63

JH Kallis2/38

Top score

311*

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

259

2nd wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 12 runs

Length5 days

England

385 /10 (125.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b M Morkel	0	4	0	0	0.00
IJL Trott	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	71	162	9	0	43.83
AN Cook	b DW Steyn	115	295	11	1	38.98
KP Pietersen	c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis	42	72	4	0	58.33
IR Bell	b JH Kallis	13	56	2	0	23.21
RS Bopara	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	6	0	0	0.00
MJ Prior	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	60	90	9	0	66.67
TT Bresnan	b Imran Tahir	8	32	1	0	25.00
SCJ Broad	b VD Philander	16	28	2	0	57.14
GP Swann*	not out	15	20	3	0	75.00
JM Anderson	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	2	4	0	0	50.00

Extras 43 (b 2, lb 24, w 3, nb 14)

Total 385/10 (125.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	24.5	2	72	4	2.90
VD Philander	27.0	4	79	1	2.93
DW Steyn	30.0	7	99	2	3.30
JH Kallis	19.0	7	38	2	2.00
Imran Tahir	19.0	0	61	1	3.21
JP Duminy	6.0	1	10	0	1.67

Fall of wickets

1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.4)·2-170 (IJL Trott, 57.2)·3-251 (KP Pietersen, 79.4)·4-271 (AN Cook, 92.4)·5-272 (RS Bopara, 94.4)·6-284 (IR Bell, 100.4)·7-313 (TT Bresnan, 110.3)·8-358 (SCJ Broad, 119.5)·9-383 (MJ Prior, 125.1)·10-385 (JM Anderson, 125.5)

South Africa

637 /2 (189.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b TT Bresnan	131	273	20	0	47.99
AN Petersen	lbw b JM Anderson	0	8	0	0	0.00
HM Amla*	not out	311	529	35	0	58.79
JH Kallis*	not out	182	326	23	1	55.83

Extras 13 (b 5, lb 4, w 2, nb 2)

Total 637/2 (189.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	41.0	7	116	1	2.83
SCJ Broad	34.0	6	118	0	3.47
GP Swann	52.0	10	151	0	2.90
TT Bresnan	37.0	2	140	1	3.78
RS Bopara	18.0	1	78	0	4.33
KP Pietersen	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
IJL Trott	4.0	0	12	0	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AN Petersen, 2.4)·2-260 (GC Smith, 87.1)

England

240 /10 (97.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c VD Philander b Imran Tahir	27	80	2	33.75
AN Cook	c AB de Villiers b VD Philander	0	6	0	0.00
IJL Trott	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	10	27	1	37.04
KP Pietersen	b M Morkel	16	17	3	94.12
IR Bell	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	55	220	6	25.00
RS Bopara	b DW Steyn	22	55	3	40.00
MJ Prior	c JH Kallis b Imran Tahir	40	86	5	46.51
TT Bresnan*	not out	20	61	2	32.79
SCJ Broad	c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn	0	5	0	0.00
GP Swann	c AN Petersen b DW Steyn	7	9	1	77.78
JM Anderson	lbw b Imran Tahir	4	24	1	16.67

Extras 39 (b 11, lb 15, w 1, nb 12)

Total 240/10 (97.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	16.0	0	41	1	2.56
VD Philander	19.0	6	29	1	1.53
DW Steyn	21.0	6	56	5	2.67
Imran Tahir	32.0	7	63	3	1.97
JH Kallis	7.0	1	22	0	3.14
JP Duminy	2.0	1	3	0	1.50

Fall of wickets

1-2 (AN Cook, 1.2)·2-32 (IJL Trott, 10.2)·3-57 (KP Pietersen, 17.3)·4-67 (AJ Strauss, 26.7)·5-117 (RS Bopara, 44.4)·6-203 (MJ Prior, 76.6)·7-210 (IR Bell, 82.2)·8-210 (SCJ Broad, 84.1)·9-218 (GP Swann, 86.5)·10-240 (JM Anderson, 96.6)