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England v South Africa 1st Test

SA tour of England - 2017 (2017) · Lord's, London · 6 July 2017

England won by 211 runs

England won by 211 runs. Joe Root top-scored with 190 for England. Moeen Ali took 6/53.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
SA tour of England - 2017 (2017)
Ground
Lord's, London
Dates
6 July 2017 to 9 July 2017
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
England won by 211 runs
Player of the match
Moeen Ali
Captains
Joe Root (England), Dean Elgar (South Africa)
Debut
Heino Kuhn (South Africa)
Umpires
PR Reiffel and S Ravi
Match referee
JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. It was Heino Kuhn's first Test.

England batted first and made 458 all out. Joe Root top-scored with 190 off 234 balls, and Moeen Ali made 87. Morne Morkel took 4 for 115 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 177-run stand for the sixth wicket between Moeen Ali and Joe Root. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Lord's, 338 across 21 Tests.

South Africa replied with 361 all out. Temba Bavuma top-scored with 59 off 130 balls, and Dean Elgar made 54. Moeen Ali took 4 for 59 for England. England led by 97 on first innings.

England made 233 all out in their second innings. Alastair Cook top-scored with 69 off 192 balls, and Jonny Bairstow made 51. Keshav Maharaj took 4 for 85 for South Africa.

Set 331 to win, South Africa made 119 all out. Temba Bavuma top-scored with 21 off 41 balls. Moeen Ali took 6 for 53 for England. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 28 runs, to 28 for 4.

England won by 211 runs.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 458 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookc Quinton de Kock b Vernon Philander313
Keaton Jenningslbw b Vernon Philander812
Gary Ballancelbw b Morne Morkel2041
Joe Rootc Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel190234
Jonny Bairstowlbw b Vernon Philander1025
Ben Stokesc Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada56108
Moeen Alib Kagiso Rabada87147
Liam Dawsonlbw b Morne Morkel02
Stuart Broadnot out5747
Mark Woodlbw b Kagiso Rabada02
James Andersonc Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel1211

Extras 15 · Total 458 all out

Bowler (South Africa)OMRW
Morne Morkel25.321154
Vernon Philander203673
Kagiso Rabada2841233
Keshav Maharaj2211070
Theunis de Bruyn51300
Temba Bavuma50140

FALL OF WICKETS

1-14 (Alastair Cook, 3.1 ov), 2-17 (Keaton Jennings, 5.2 ov), 3-49 (Gary Ballance, 13.6 ov), 4-76 (Jonny Bairstow, 22.3 ov), 5-190 (Ben Stokes, 54.3 ov), 6-367 (Joe Root, 89.1 ov), 7-367 (Liam Dawson, 89.3 ov), 8-413 (Moeen Ali, 100.4 ov), 9-413 (Mark Wood, 100.6 ov), 10-458 (James Anderson, 105.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstAlastair Cook (3) and Keaton Jennings (8)1422
secondGary Ballance (3) and Keaton Jennings (0)313
thirdGary Ballance (17) and Joe Root (14)3253
fourthJonny Bairstow (10) and Joe Root (17)2751
fifthJoe Root (52) and Ben Stokes (56)114194
sixthMoeen Ali (65) and Joe Root (107)177211
seventhMoeen Ali (0) and Liam Dawson (0)02
eighthMoeen Ali (22) and Stuart Broad (24)4667
ninthStuart Broad (0) and Mark Wood (0)02
tenthJames Anderson (12) and Stuart Broad (33)4527
SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 361 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Dean Elgarc Gary Ballance b Moeen Ali54118
Heino Kuhnc Alastair Cook b Stuart Broad114
Hashim Amlalbw b Moeen Ali2940
Jean-Paul Duminylbw b Stuart Broad1538
Temba Bavumac Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali59130
Theunis de Bruync Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson4885
Kagiso Rabadac Jonny Bairstow b Liam Dawson2755
Quinton de Kockc Ben Stokes b James Anderson5137
Vernon Philanderb Moeen Ali5286
Keshav Maharajlbw b Liam Dawson922
Morne Morkelnot out28

Extras 14 · Total 361 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson196442
Stuart Broad185622
Mark Wood205650
Liam Dawson152672
Moeen Ali207594
Ben Stokes132530

FALL OF WICKETS

1-10 (Heino Kuhn, 5.6 ov), 2-82 (Hashim Amla, 24.1 ov), 3-98 (Dean Elgar, 33.2 ov), 4-104 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 36.2 ov), 5-203 (Theunis de Bruyn, 65.2 ov), 6-244 (Kagiso Rabada, 78.2 ov), 7-248 (Temba Bavuma, 79.6 ov), 8-314 (Quinton de Kock, 92.3 ov), 9-337 (Keshav Maharaj, 99.6 ov), 10-361 (Vernon Philander, 104.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstHeino Kuhn (1) and Dean Elgar (9)1036
secondHashim Amla (29) and Dean Elgar (42)72110
thirdJean-Paul Duminy (10) and Dean Elgar (3)1655
fourthJean-Paul Duminy (5) and Temba Bavuma (1)618
fifthTemba Bavuma (45) and Theunis de Bruyn (48)99174
sixthTemba Bavuma (12) and Kagiso Rabada (27)4180
seventhTemba Bavuma (1) and Quinton de Kock (3)410
eighthVernon Philander (17) and Quinton de Kock (48)6675
ninthVernon Philander (13) and Keshav Maharaj (9)2345
tenthVernon Philander (22) and Morne Morkel (2)2430
ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 233 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Alastair Cookc Temba Bavuma b Morne Morkel69192
Keaton Jenningsc Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel33101
Gary Ballancec Quinton de Kock b Morne Morkel3478
Joe Rootb Keshav Maharaj513
Jonny Bairstowst Quinton de Kock b Keshav Maharaj5176
Ben Stokeslbw b Kagiso Rabada14
Moeen Alib Keshav Maharaj716
Liam Dawsonb Kagiso Rabada02
Stuart Broadc Theunis de Bruyn b Keshav Maharaj01
Mark Woodb Kagiso Rabada2836
James Andersonnot out05

Extras 5 · Total 233 all out

Bowler (South Africa)OMRW
Morne Morkel216643
Kagiso Rabada205503
Keshav Maharaj32.18854
Jean-Paul Duminy92210
Vernon Philander5190

FALL OF WICKETS

1-80 (Keaton Jennings, 34.5 ov), 2-139 (Alastair Cook, 60.2 ov), 3-142 (Gary Ballance, 62.5 ov), 4-146 (Joe Root, 63.6 ov), 5-149 (Ben Stokes, 66.4 ov), 6-180 (Moeen Ali, 73.6 ov), 7-181 (Liam Dawson, 74.6 ov), 8-182 (Stuart Broad, 75.4 ov), 9-227 (Mark Wood, 84.2 ov), 10-233 (Jonny Bairstow, 87.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstAlastair Cook (42) and Keaton Jennings (33)80210
secondAlastair Cook (27) and Gary Ballance (32)59153
thirdGary Ballance (2) and Joe Root (1)315
fourthJonny Bairstow (0) and Joe Root (4)47
fifthJonny Bairstow (2) and Ben Stokes (1)316
sixthMoeen Ali (7) and Jonny Bairstow (24)3144
seventhLiam Dawson (0) and Jonny Bairstow (1)16
eighthStuart Broad (0) and Jonny Bairstow (1)14
ninthJonny Bairstow (17) and Mark Wood (28)4552
tenthJames Anderson (0) and Jonny Bairstow (6)617
SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 119 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Heino Kuhnc Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson928
Dean Elgarc & b Moeen Ali221
Hashim Amlalbw b Liam Dawson1121
Jean-Paul Duminyc Moeen Ali b Mark Wood216
Quinton de Kockb Moeen Ali1837
Temba Bavumab Moeen Ali2141
Theunis de Bruync Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali14
Vernon Philandernot out1929
Keshav Maharajb Moeen Ali109
Kagiso Rabadac Jonny Bairstow b Moeen Ali47
Morne Morkelc Keaton Jennings b Liam Dawson147

Extras 8 · Total 119 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
James Anderson62161
Stuart Broad3150
Moeen Ali154536
Mark Wood1031
Liam Dawson11.44342

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Heino Kuhn, 6.6 ov), 2-12 (Dean Elgar, 9.1 ov), 3-25 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 12.6 ov), 4-28 (Hashim Amla, 14.6 ov), 5-64 (Quinton de Kock, 25.5 ov), 6-67 (Temba Bavuma, 27.3 ov), 7-72 (Theunis de Bruyn, 29.1 ov), 8-82 (Keshav Maharaj, 31.4 ov), 9-94 (Kagiso Rabada, 33.5 ov), 10-119 (Morne Morkel, 36.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstHeino Kuhn (9) and Dean Elgar (2)1242
secondHashim Amla (0) and Dean Elgar (0)013
thirdHashim Amla (11) and Jean-Paul Duminy (2)1323
fourthHashim Amla (0) and Quinton de Kock (3)312
fifthTemba Bavuma (18) and Quinton de Kock (15)3665
sixthTemba Bavuma (3) and Theunis de Bruyn (0)310
seventhVernon Philander (4) and Theunis de Bruyn (1)510
eighthVernon Philander (0) and Keshav Maharaj (10)1015
ninthVernon Philander (8) and Kagiso Rabada (4)1213
tenthVernon Philander (7) and Morne Morkel (14)2517
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