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England vs South Africa Scorecard, 1st Test, South Africa vs England 2019/20

Result · Dec 26 2019, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST)
1st Test - Supersport Park
SOUTH AFRICA
284, 272
ENGLAND
181, 268
South Africa won by 107 runs
CRR:2.88
Player Of The Match
Bowler O M R W Eco
James Anderson 20 4 69 1 3.5
Stuart Broad 18.3 4 58 4 3.1
Sam Curran 20 5 58 4 2.9
Jofra Archer 19 4 65 1 3.4
Joe Root 4 - 26 0 6.5
Joe Denly 3 - 4 0 1.3
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
0/1 (0.1) Dean Elgar
32/2 (9.4) Aiden Markram
71/3 (21.6) Zubayr Hamza
97/4 (33.2) Rassie van der Dussen
111/5 (36.3) Faf du Plessis
198/6 (54.5) Dwaine Pretorius
245/7 (71.5) Quinton de Kock
252/8 (74.5) Keshav Maharaj
277/9 (82.4) Kagiso Rabada
284/10 (84.3) Vernon Philander
Bowler O M R W Eco
Kagiso Rabada 15 1 68 3 4.5
Vernon Philander 14.2 8 16 4 1.1
Dwaine Pretorius 8 2 23 1 2.9
Anrich Nortje 12 2 47 2 3.9
Keshav Maharaj 4 1 18 0 4.5
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
11/1 (3.1) Rory Burns
15/2 (4.6) Dominic Sibley
70/3 (23.1) Joe Root
142/4 (37.5) Joe Denly
143/5 (38.5) Jonny Bairstow
150/6 (40.3) Ben Stokes
176/7 (48.5) Sam Curran
176/8 (51.1) Jos Buttler
181/9 (52.4) Stuart Broad
181/10 (53.2) Jofra Archer
Bowler O M R W Eco
James Anderson 13 1 47 1 3.6
Stuart Broad 11 2 42 1 3.8
Jofra Archer 17 1 102 5 6
Sam Curran 12.4 3 51 1 4
Ben Stokes 8 1 22 2 2.8
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
2/1 (0.5) Aiden Markram
25/2 (7.4) Zubayr Hamza
29/3 (8.2) Dean Elgar
62/4 (14.4) Faf du Plessis
153/5 (38.1) Rassie van der Dussen
170/6 (40.1) Anrich Nortje
177/7 (41.2) Dwaine Pretorius
220/8 (51.3) Quinton de Kock
250/9 (58.4) Keshav Maharaj
272/10 (61.4) Vernon Philander
Bowler O M R W Eco
Kagiso Rabada 24 3 103 4 4.3
Vernon Philander 20 8 35 0 1.8
Anrich Nortje 17 4 56 3 3.3
Dwaine Pretorius 16 6 26 1 1.6
Keshav Maharaj 16 3 37 2 2.3
Fall Of Wickets Batsman
92/1 (27.6) Dominic Sibley
139/2 (51.2) Rory Burns
158/3 (56.3) Joe Denly
204/4 (72.3) Ben Stokes
222/5 (80.2) Jonny Bairstow
232/6 (87.2) Joe Root
251/7 (90.4) Sam Curran
256/8 (91.4) Jofra Archer
262/9 (92.2) Jos Buttler
268/10 (92.6) Stuart Broad
Match Info
Series: England in South Africa 2019/20
Date: Dec 26 2019, Thu - 01:30 PM (IST)
Country: South Africa
City: Centurion
Venue: Supersport Park
Toss: England won the toss and elected to bowl.
South Africa Squad: Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis (c), Quinton de Kock (wk), Dwaine Pretorius, Vernon Philander, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje
England Squad: Rory Burns, Dominic Sibley, Joe Denly, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jos Buttler, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, James Anderson, Stuart Broad
  • England have won each of their last two men's Test series versus South Africa, as many as they'd won in their 10 series prior against them (D3, L5); the last time they secured more consecutive series wins against the Proteas was a span of five from 1938-1955.
  • England have lost just three of their last 13 men's Tests series away to South Africa (W7, D3), they are unbeaten in the last three series of that stretch (W2, D1).
  • South Africa have lost each of their last two men's Test series, as many as they had lost in their 10 series prior (W8); they haven’t endured more consecutive series defeats since losing three in succession from 2004-2005.
  • England are winless from their last three men's Test series (D1, L2), the last time they went longer without tasting success was a run of four series in 2001-2002 (D2, L2).
  • South Africa have lost only three of their last 17 men's Test series at home (W11, D3), with one of those defeats coming last time out against Sri Lanka; the last time they lost consecutive series on home soil was a span of four between 1935 and 1950.
  • South Africa have won 19 of their 24 men's Tests at SuperSport Park (D3, L2), only at Newlands in Cape Town (W26) have they won more Test matches at home.
  • James Anderson is in line to become only the second man to make 150 Test appearances for England (Cook, 161) and he needs just one wicket to go third for the most against South Africa in men's Test cricket (currently 84); the Englishman is currently level with India's Anil Kumble, only Shane Warne (130) and Muttiah Muralitharan (104) are sat ahead of them.
  • Only Indian pair Mayank Agarwal (18) and Rohit Sharma (16) have hit more sixes against spin bowling than England's Ben Stokes (9) in men’s Test cricket in 2019.
  • Ben Stokes (England) has averaged 47 across his 15 Test knocks versus South Africa, the highest rate he's managed against a single opponent; 2019 has been his best calendar year in terms of batting average in men's Test matches (48).
  • No bowler has struck a batsman's helmet more often in men's Tests so far in 2019 than England’s Jofra Archer (six times - level with Pat Cummins); he comes into this series having managed to take just two wickets at an average of 105 against New Zealand in his most recent series however.