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244 & 70-0
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
153 & 157
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Overs: 15.4 RR: 4.47 vs spin: 4.20
vs seam: 3.80
Overs: 62.5 RR: 2.50 vs spin: 2.41
vs seam: 2.38
Tue 02/01/96 South Africa v England, 5th Test, Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 10 wickets
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England - 1st Inns 153 (68.1; RR: 2.24)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton c Hudson b Donald 0 21 0 0 0.00
AJ Stewart b McMillan 13 51 0 0 25.49
RA Smith b Adams 66 179 8 0 36.87
GP Thorpe c McMillan b Donald 20 43 3 0 46.51
GA Hick c McMillan b Donald 2 3 0 0 66.67
RC Russell c McMillan b Pollock 9 57 1 0 15.79
M Watkinson lbw b Pollock 11 9 2 0 122.22
DG Cork b Donald 16 33 2 0 48.48
PJ Martin c Hudson b Donald 0 6 0 0 0.00
ARC Fraser not out 5 8 1 0 62.50
DE Malcolm b Adams 1 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (4b, 1lb, 1w, 4nb) 10  
TOTAL 153 all out (68.1 overs; RR: 2.24)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 24-2 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 58-3 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 60-4 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 103-5 (RC Russell 0.0 ov), 115-6 (M Watkinson 0.0 ov), 141-7 (DG Cork 0.0 ov), 147-8 (PJ Martin 0.0 ov), 151-9 (RA Smith 0.0 ov), 153-10 (DE Malcolm 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 16.0 5 46 5 2.88 1 1
SM Pollock 14.0 6 26 2 1.86 0 1
BM McMillan 10.0 2 22 1 2.20 0 0
PR Adams 20.1 5 52 2 2.60 0 0
JH Kallis 4.0 2 2 0 0.50 0 0
WJ Cronje 4.0 4 0 0 0.00 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 244 (101.0; RR: 2.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten c Atherton b Watkinson 23 99 3 0 23.23
AC Hudson lbw b Cork 0 5 0 0 0.00
WJ Cronje c Russell b Cork 12 33 2 0 36.36
DJ Cullinan c Russell b Martin 62 134 7 0 46.27
JN Rhodes c Russell b Fraser 16 70 0 0 22.86
BM McMillan run out 11 29 2 0 37.93
JH Kallis lbw b Martin 7 65 1 0 10.77
DJ Richardson not out 54 98 5 0 55.10
SM Pollock c Smith b Watkinson 4 24 0 0 16.67
AA Donald c Russell b Cork 3 12 0 0 25.00
PR Adams c Hick b Martin 29 38 3 0 76.32
Extras (0b, 22lb, 0w, 1nb) 23  
TOTAL 244 all out (101.0 overs; RR: 2.42)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (AC Hudson 0.0 ov), 19-2 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 79-3 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 125-4 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 125-5 (JN Rhodes 0.0 ov), 144-6 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 154-7 (JH Kallis 0.0 ov), 163-8 (SM Pollock 0.0 ov), 171-9 (AA Donald 0.0 ov), 244-10 (PR Adams 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Cork 25.0 6 60 3 2.40 0 1
DE Malcolm 20.0 6 56 0 2.80 0 0
PJ Martin 24.0 9 37 3 1.54 0 0
ARC Fraser 17.0 10 34 1 2.00 0 0
M Watkinson 15.0 3 35 2 2.33 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 157 (62.5; RR: 2.50)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton c Richardson b Donald 10 15 1 0 66.67
AJ Stewart c Cullinan b Pollock 7 39 1 0 17.95
ARC Fraser c Adams b Donald 1 24 0 0 4.17
RA Smith c Richardson b Adams 13 36 1 0 36.11
GP Thorpe run out 59 126 8 0 46.83
GA Hick lbw b Pollock 36 79 4 2 45.57
RC Russell c Hudson b Pollock 2 4 0 0 50.00
M Watkinson lbw b Adams 0 4 0 0 0.00
DG Cork c Kallis b Pollock 8 9 2 0 88.89
PJ Martin c Adams b Pollock 9 35 0 0 25.71
DE Malcolm not out 0 11 0 0 0.00
Extras (2b, 5lb, 0w, 5nb) 12  
TOTAL 157 all out (62.5 overs; RR: 2.50)

Fall of wickets

16-1 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 22-2 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 22-3 (ARC Fraser 0.0 ov), 66-4 (RA Smith 0.0 ov), 138-5 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 140-6 (RC Russell 0.0 ov), 140-7 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 140-8 (M Watkinson 0.0 ov), 150-9 (DG Cork 0.0 ov), 157-10 (PJ Martin 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 18.0 6 49 2 2.72 0 0
SM Pollock 15.5 4 32 5 2.13 0 2
PR Adams 22.0 6 53 2 2.41 0 0
BM McMillan 7.0 3 16 0 2.29 0 3

South Africa - 2nd Inns 70-0 (15.4; RR: 4.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten not out 41 48 8 0 85.42
AC Hudson not out 27 44 5 0 61.36
WJ Cronje  
DJ Cullinan  
JN Rhodes  
BM McMillan  
JH Kallis  
DJ Richardson  
SM Pollock  
AA Donald  
PR Adams  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 0w, 1nb) 2  
TOTAL 70-0 (15.4 overs; RR: 4.47)

Fall of wickets

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Cork 4.0 0 23 0 5.75 0 0
DE Malcolm 2.0 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
PJ Martin 4.0 2 3 0 0.75 0 0
M Watkinson 4.0 0 24 0 6.00 0 0
GA Hick 1.4 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Cape Town, 5th Test

Date

Tuesday January 2, 1996

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Park Newlands, Cape Town

Umpires

DL Orchard, SG Randell

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, AA Donald, AC Hudson, DJ Richardson, BM McMillan, JN Rhodes, DJ Cullinan, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis, PR Adams

England Team

Playing XI

RA Smith, RC Russell, ARC Fraser, MA Atherton, DE Malcolm, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, PJ Martin, DG Cork, M Watkinson