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284 & 272
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181 & 268
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Overs: 61.4 RR: 4.41 vs spin: 4.29
vs seam: 4.28
Overs: 93.0 RR: 2.88 vs spin: 2.31
vs seam: 2.86
Thu 26/12/19 South Africa v England, 1st Test, Centurion Park, Centurion
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 107 runs
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South Africa - 1st Inns 284 (84.3; RR: 3.36)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
D Elgar c Buttler b Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.00
AK Markram c Bairstow b Curran 20 23 4 0 86.96
MZ Hamza c Stokes b Broad 39 72 6 0 54.17
F du Plessis c Root b Broad 29 80 5 0 36.25
HE van der Dussen c Root b Curran 6 34 1 0 17.65
Q de Kock c Buttler b Curran 95 128 14 0 74.22
D Pretorius c Root b Curran 33 45 4 1 73.33
VD Philander c Buttler b Broad 35 81 6 0 43.21
KA Maharaj c Stokes b Archer 6 15 1 0 40.00
K Rabada b Broad 12 24 3 0 50.00
AA Nortje not out 0 6 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 3w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 284 all out (84.3 overs; RR: 3.36)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (D Elgar 0.1 ov), 32-2 (AK Markram 9.4 ov), 71-3 (MZ Hamza 21.6 ov), 97-4 (HE van der Dussen 33.2 ov), 111-5 (F du Plessis 36.3 ov), 198-6 (D Pretorius 54.5 ov), 245-7 (Q de Kock 71.5 ov), 252-8 (KA Maharaj 74.5 ov), 277-9 (K Rabada 82.4 ov), 284-10 (VD Philander 84.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 20.0 4 69 1 3.45 0 0
SCJ Broad 18.3 4 58 4 3.22 1 1
SM Curran 20.0 5 58 4 2.90 2 0
JC Archer 19.0 4 65 1 3.42 0 1
JE Root 4.0 0 26 0 6.50 0 0
JL Denly 3.0 0 4 0 1.33 0 0

England - 1st Inns 181 (53.2; RR: 3.39)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RJ Burns c de Kock b Philander 9 15 2 0 60.00
DP Sibley c de Kock b Rabada 4 12 1 0 33.33
JL Denly c de Kock b Pretorius 50 111 9 0 45.05
JE Root c de Kock b Philander 29 49 5 0 59.18
BA Stokes c de Kock b Nortje 35 46 4 2 76.09
JM Bairstow b Nortje 1 6 0 0 16.67
JC Buttler c de Kock b Philander 12 39 2 0 30.77
SM Curran c Hamza b Rabada 20 24 4 0 83.33
JC Archer b Philander 3 11 0 0 27.27
SCJ Broad c Elgar b Rabada 2 7 0 0 28.57
JM Anderson not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 5lb, 5w, 2nb) 16  
TOTAL 181 all out (53.2 overs; RR: 3.39)

Fall of wickets

11-1 (RJ Burns 3.1 ov), 15-2 (DP Sibley 4.6 ov), 70-3 (JE Root 23.1 ov), 142-4 (JL Denly 37.5 ov), 143-5 (JM Bairstow 38.5 ov), 150-6 (BA Stokes 40.3 ov), 176-7 (SM Curran 48.5 ov), 176-8 (JC Buttler 51.1 ov), 181-9 (SCJ Broad 52.4 ov), 181-10 (JC Archer 53.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Rabada 15.0 1 68 3 4.53 0 2
VD Philander 14.2 8 16 4 1.14 0 0
D Pretorius 8.0 2 23 1 2.88 0 0
AA Nortje 12.0 2 47 2 3.92 1 0
KA Maharaj 4.0 1 18 0 4.50 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 272 (61.4; RR: 4.41)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AK Markram lbw b Anderson 2 5 0 0 40.00
D Elgar c Buttler b Archer 22 27 5 0 81.48
MZ Hamza c Buttler b Broad 4 16 0 0 25.00
F du Plessis c Curran b Archer 20 28 3 1 71.43
HE van der Dussen lbw b Archer 51 67 5 0 76.12
AA Nortje c Sub b Archer 40 89 6 0 44.94
Q de Kock c Bairstow b Stokes 34 37 2 3 91.89
D Pretorius c Sibley b Stokes 7 7 1 0 100.00
VD Philander c Bairstow b Curran 46 68 4 0 67.65
KA Maharaj c Curran b Archer 11 16 1 0 68.75
K Rabada not out 16 12 2 1 133.33
Extras (5b, 3lb, 9w, 2nb) 19  
TOTAL 272 all out (61.4 overs; RR: 4.41)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (AK Markram 0.5 ov), 25-2 (MZ Hamza 7.4 ov), 29-3 (D Elgar 8.2 ov), 62-4 (F du Plessis 14.4 ov), 153-5 (HE van der Dussen 38.1 ov), 170-6 (AA Nortje 40.1 ov), 177-7 (D Pretorius 41.2 ov), 220-8 (Q de Kock 51.3 ov), 250-9 (KA Maharaj 58.4 ov), 272-10 (VD Philander 61.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 13.0 1 47 1 3.62 0 0
SCJ Broad 11.0 2 42 1 3.82 2 0
JC Archer 17.0 1 102 5 6.00 2 1
SM Curran 12.4 3 51 1 4.25 1 0
BA Stokes 8.0 1 22 2 2.75 0 1

England - 2nd Inns 268 (93.0; RR: 2.88)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
RJ Burns c Rabada b Nortje 84 154 11 0 54.55
DP Sibley c & b Maharaj 29 90 5 0 32.22
JL Denly lbw b Pretorius 31 79 3 2 39.24
JE Root c de Kock b Nortje 48 101 8 0 47.52
BA Stokes b Maharaj 14 55 2 0 25.45
JM Bairstow c Hamza b Rabada 9 25 2 0 36.00
JC Buttler c Pretorius b Rabada 22 33 2 2 66.67
SM Curran c de Kock b Rabada 9 10 2 0 90.00
JC Archer c van der Dussen b Nortje 4 5 1 0 80.00
SCJ Broad b Rabada 6 6 0 0 100.00
JM Anderson not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (8b, 3lb, 1w, 0nb) 12  
TOTAL 268 all out (93.0 overs; RR: 2.88)

Fall of wickets

92-1 (DP Sibley 27.6 ov), 139-2 (RJ Burns 51.2 ov), 158-3 (JL Denly 56.3 ov), 204-4 (BA Stokes 72.3 ov), 222-5 (JM Bairstow 80.2 ov), 232-6 (JE Root 87.2 ov), 251-7 (SM Curran 90.4 ov), 256-8 (JC Archer 91.4 ov), 262-9 (JC Buttler 92.2 ov), 268-10 (SCJ Broad 92.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
K Rabada 24.0 3 103 4 4.29 0 0
VD Philander 20.0 8 35 0 1.75 0 0
AA Nortje 17.0 4 56 3 3.29 1 0
D Pretorius 16.0 6 26 1 1.63 0 0
KA Maharaj 16.0 3 37 2 2.31 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Centurion, 1st Test

Date

Thursday December 26, 2019

Toss

England won the toss and elected to field

Time

8:00am UTC

Venue

Centurion Park, Centurion

Umpires

South Africa Team

Playing XI

AK Markram, D Elgar, MZ Hamza, HE van der Dussen, F du Plessis, Q de Kock, D Pretorius, VD Philander, KA Maharaj, K Rabada, AA Nortje

England Team

Playing XI

RJ Burns, DP Sibley, JL Denly, JE Root, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow, JC Buttler, SM Curran, JC Archer, JM Anderson, SCJ Broad