England v South Africa, London

South Africa 309/10 & 351/10

England 315/10 & 294/10

South Africa won by 51 runs

England v South Africa 2012 · 3rd Test Lord's, London 16–20 Aug 2012

How hard each side found the batting

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

South Africa

0.90× -10%

England

0.93× -7%

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

JM Bairstow England

149 +217

HM Amla South Africa

134 +188

VD Philander South Africa

96 +179

MJ Prior England

100 +163

JP Duminy South Africa

87 +128

Best bowling

Top match figures

VD Philander5/30

ST Finn4/74

ST Finn4/75

M Morkel4/80

Top score

121

HM Amla · South Africa

Biggest stand

124

5th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–25

3 wkts for 25 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 51 runs

Length5 days

South Africa

309 /10 (101.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	14	29	1	48.28
AN Petersen	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	22	54	4	40.74
HM Amla	b ST Finn	13	30	3	43.33
JH Kallis	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	3	9	0	33.33
AB de Villiers	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	27	47	6	57.45
JA Rudolph	b GP Swann	42	103	5	40.78
JP Duminy	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	61	158	6	38.61
VD Philander	st MJ Prior b GP Swann	61	93	6	65.59
DW Steyn	c GP Swann b SCJ Broad	26	47	4	55.32
M Morkel	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	25	36	4	69.44
Imran Tahir*	not out	2	2	0	100.00

Extras 13 (b 7, lb 5, w 1)

Total 309/10 (101.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	5	76	3	2.62
SCJ Broad	24.0	4	69	1	2.88
ST Finn	18.0	2	75	4	4.17
GP Swann	24.2	7	63	2	2.59
IJL Trott	6.0	1	14	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-22 (GC Smith, 8.3)·2-49 (AN Petersen, 18.3)·3-50 (HM Amla, 18.6)·4-54 (JH Kallis, 20.4)·5-105 (AB de Villiers, 38.1)·6-163 (JA Rudolph, 57.3)·7-235 (JP Duminy, 80.3)·8-270 (DW Steyn, 91.4)·9-307 (M Morkel, 100.4)·10-309 (VD Philander, 101.2)

England

315 /10 (107.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	b M Morkel	20	36	2	55.56
AN Cook	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	7	40	1	17.50
IJL Trott	lbw b DW Steyn	8	10	2	80.00
IR Bell	c AN Petersen b VD Philander	58	157	7	36.94
JWA Taylor	c GC Smith b M Morkel	10	25	2	40.00
JM Bairstow	b M Morkel	95	196	13	48.47
MJ Prior	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	27	58	4	46.55
SCJ Broad	c HM Amla b DW Steyn	16	22	2	72.73
GP Swann*	not out	37	53	4	69.81
JM Anderson	c JA Rudolph b DW Steyn	12	18	0	66.67
ST Finn	c JP Duminy b M Morkel	10	34	1	29.41

Extras 15 (lb 10, w 1, nb 4)

Total 315/10 (107.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	28.3	6	80	4	2.81
VD Philander	24.0	9	48	2	2.00
DW Steyn	29.0	4	94	4	3.24
JH Kallis	12.0	3	29	0	2.42
Imran Tahir	14.0	3	54	0	3.86

Fall of wickets

1-29 (AJ Strauss, 10.4)·2-38 (IJL Trott, 13.5)·3-39 (AN Cook, 15.2)·4-54 (JWA Taylor, 23.2)·5-178 (IR Bell, 61.5)·6-221 (MJ Prior, 80.1)·7-252 (SCJ Broad, 87.3)·8-264 (JM Bairstow, 92.4)·9-283 (JM Anderson, 97.6)·10-315 (ST Finn, 107.3)

South Africa

351 /10 (124.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Petersen	lbw b SCJ Broad	24	73	3	32.88
GC Smith	lbw b GP Swann	23	63	3	36.51
HM Amla	b ST Finn	121	205	10	59.02
JH Kallis	lbw b ST Finn	31	58	5	53.45
DW Steyn	c JWA Taylor b SCJ Broad	9	38	1	23.68
AB de Villiers	c AJ Strauss b ST Finn	43	100	4	43.00
JA Rudolph	c MJ Prior b ST Finn	11	29	1	37.93
JP Duminy*	not out	26	93	4	27.96
VD Philander	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	35	67	5	52.24
M Morkel	st MJ Prior b GP Swann	9	18	1	50.00
Imran Tahir	b JM Anderson	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 18 (b 6, lb 8, w 2, nb 2)

Total 351/10 (124.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	25.2	4	73	2	2.88
SCJ Broad	21.0	2	85	2	4.05
GP Swann	47.0	14	94	2	2.00
ST Finn	27.0	5	74	4	2.74
IJL Trott	4.0	0	11	0	2.75

Fall of wickets

1-46 (GC Smith, 21.5)·2-50 (AN Petersen, 24.3)·3-131 (JH Kallis, 46.1)·4-164 (DW Steyn, 58.5)·5-259 (HM Amla, 88.1)·6-268 (AB de Villiers, 90.6)·7-282 (JA Rudolph, 96.5)·8-336 (VD Philander, 118.3)·9-348 (M Morkel, 123.1)·10-351 (Imran Tahir, 124.2)

England

294 /10 (82.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	lbw b VD Philander	1	10	0	0	10.00
AN Cook	lbw b VD Philander	3	3	0	0	100.00
IJL Trott	c JH Kallis b DW Steyn	63	159	7	0	39.62
IR Bell	c GC Smith b VD Philander	4	37	0	0	10.81
JWA Taylor	run out (HM Amla)	4	23	0	0	17.39
JM Bairstow	b Imran Tahir	54	47	8	0	114.89
MJ Prior	c GC Smith b VD Philander	73	130	8	0	56.15
SCJ Broad	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	37	42	2	1	88.10
GP Swann	run out (JA Rudolph)	41	34	5	2	120.59
JM Anderson*	not out	4	12	0	0	33.33
ST Finn	c JH Kallis b VD Philander	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 10 (b 7, w 2, nb 1)

Total 294/10 (82.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	17.0	3	58	0	3.41
VD Philander	14.5	4	30	5	2.02
DW Steyn	16.0	4	61	1	3.81
JH Kallis	11.0	2	50	1	4.55
Imran Tahir	24.0	3	88	1	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-5 (AN Cook, 1.2)·2-6 (AJ Strauss, 3.5)·3-34 (IR Bell, 18.3)·4-45 (JWA Taylor, 25.6)·5-134 (JM Bairstow, 42.6)·6-146 (IJL Trott, 51.1)·7-208 (SCJ Broad, 67.4)·8-282 (GP Swann, 78.4)·9-294 (MJ Prior, 82.4)·10-294 (ST Finn, 82.5)