England v South Africa 2nd Test

South Africa tour of England - 2012 (2012) · Headingley, Leeds · 2 August 2012

Match drawn

Match drawn. Alviro Petersen top-scored with 182 for South Africa. Stuart Broad took 5/69.

South Africa ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 2012 TESTS Headingley ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: South Africa tour of England - 2012 (2012)
Ground: Headingley, Leeds
Dates: 2 August 2012 to 6 August 2012
Toss: England, chose to field
Result: Match drawn
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen
Captains: Graeme Smith (South Africa), Andrew Strauss (England)
Debut: James Taylor (England)
Umpires: RJ Tucker and SJ Davis
Match referee: JJ Crowe

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field. It was James Taylor's first Test.

South Africa batted first and made 419 all out. Alviro Petersen top-scored with 182 off 365 balls, and Graeme Smith made 52. Stuart Broad took 3 for 96 for England. The innings was built on a 120-run stand for the first wicket between Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Headingley, 264 across 9 Tests.

England replied with 425 all out. Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 149 off 214 balls, and Matt Prior made 68. Imran Tahir took 3 for 92 for South Africa. The innings was built on a 147-run stand for the fifth wicket between Kevin Pietersen and James Taylor. England led by 6 on first innings.

South Africa made 258 for 9 declared in their second innings. Jacques Rudolph top-scored with 69 off 122 balls, and Graeme Smith made 52. Stuart Broad took 5 for 69 for England. The innings was built on a 120-run stand for the first wicket between Jacques Rudolph and Graeme Smith, 47% of the total.

Set 253 to win, England made 130 for 4. Alastair Cook top-scored with 46 off 62 balls.

Match drawn.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 419 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Alviro Petersen	c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad	182	365
Graeme Smith	c Ian Bell b Tim Bresnan	52	93
Hashim Amla	run out (Tim Bresnan, Matt Prior)	9	14
Jacques Kallis	c Alastair Cook b James Anderson	19	30
AB de Villiers	b Stuart Broad	47	107
Dale Steyn	b Steven Finn	0	6
Jacques Rudolph	st Matt Prior b Kevin Pietersen	19	74
Jean-Paul Duminy	not out	48	94
Vernon Philander	c Tim Bresnan b Steven Finn	13	20
Morne Morkel	c Alastair Cook b Stuart Broad	19	27
Imran Tahir	c Alastair Cook b James Anderson	0	6

Extras 11 · Total 419 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	33.2	10	61	2
Stuart Broad	35	10	96	3
Steven Finn	32	3	118	2
Tim Bresnan	27	4	98	1
Jonathan Trott	5	1	9	0
Kevin Pietersen	7	0	26	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-120 (Graeme Smith, 37.2 ov), 2-132 (Hashim Amla, 40.1 ov), 3-157 (Jacques Kallis, 49.5 ov), 4-254 (AB de Villiers, 82.6 ov), 5-259 (Dale Steyn, 85.1 ov), 6-318 (Jacques Rudolph, 110.2 ov), 7-353 (Alviro Petersen, 120.4 ov), 8-375 (Vernon Philander, 126.5 ov), 9-414 (Morne Morkel, 136.2 ov), 10-419 (Imran Tahir, 139.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Graeme Smith (52) and Alviro Petersen (66)	120	224
second	Hashim Amla (9) and Alviro Petersen (3)	12	17
third	Jacques Kallis (19) and Alviro Petersen (6)	25	58
fourth	Alviro Petersen (44) and AB de Villiers (47)	97	199
fifth	Alviro Petersen (4) and Dale Steyn (0)	5	13
sixth	Jacques Rudolph (19) and Alviro Petersen (39)	59	151
seventh	Alviro Petersen (20) and Jean-Paul Duminy (14)	35	62
eighth	Jean-Paul Duminy (9) and Vernon Philander (13)	22	37
ninth	Jean-Paul Duminy (20) and Morne Morkel (19)	39	57
tenth	Imran Tahir (0) and Jean-Paul Duminy (5)	5	18

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 425 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Andrew Strauss	c AB de Villiers b Dale Steyn	37	106
Alastair Cook	lbw b Vernon Philander	24	78
Jonathan Trott	c Graeme Smith b Dale Steyn	35	77
Kevin Pietersen	lbw b Morne Morkel	149	214
Ian Bell	c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis	11	29
James Taylor	b Morne Morkel	34	104
Matt Prior	c Dale Steyn b Imran Tahir	68	89
Tim Bresnan	c Graeme Smith b Vernon Philander	9	50
Stuart Broad	c Faf du Plessis b Imran Tahir	1	8
James Anderson	b Imran Tahir	8	16
Steven Finn	not out	0	–

Extras 49 · Total 425 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	32	9	96	2
Vernon Philander	30	10	72	2
Dale Steyn	28	8	102	2
Jacques Kallis	12	3	34	1
Imran Tahir	23.4	0	92	3
Jean-Paul Duminy	1	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-65 (Alastair Cook, 25.3 ov), 2-85 (Andrew Strauss, 34.4 ov), 3-142 (Jonathan Trott, 51.3 ov), 4-173 (Ian Bell, 61.2 ov), 5-320 (James Taylor, 95.3 ov), 6-351 (Kevin Pietersen, 105.2 ov), 7-396 (Tim Bresnan, 119.6 ov), 8-407 (Stuart Broad, 122.6 ov), 9-420 (Matt Prior, 126.1 ov), 10-425 (James Anderson, 126.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Andrew Strauss (28) and Alastair Cook (24)	65	155
second	Andrew Strauss (9) and Jonathan Trott (6)	20	55
third	Kevin Pietersen (23) and Jonathan Trott (29)	57	102
fourth	Ian Bell (11) and Kevin Pietersen (19)	31	59
fifth	Kevin Pietersen (99) and James Taylor (34)	147	206
sixth	Kevin Pietersen (8) and Matt Prior (20)	31	61
seventh	Matt Prior (31) and Tim Bresnan (9)	45	91
eighth	Matt Prior (10) and Stuart Broad (1)	11	18
ninth	James Anderson (4) and Matt Prior (7)	13	20
tenth	James Anderson (4) and Steven Finn (0)	5	3

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 258 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Jacques Rudolph	lbw b Kevin Pietersen	69	122
Graeme Smith	c James Taylor b Kevin Pietersen	52	117
Hashim Amla	c Alastair Cook b Kevin Pietersen	28	41
AB de Villiers	lbw b Stuart Broad	44	45
Jacques Kallis	c Matt Prior b Stuart Broad	27	32
Jean-Paul Duminy	lbw b Stuart Broad	0	1
Vernon Philander	lbw b Stuart Broad	6	8
Alviro Petersen	not out	16	21
Dale Steyn	c & b James Anderson	3	11
Morne Morkel	c Alastair Cook b Stuart Broad	10	8

Did not bat: Imran Tahir

Extras 3 · Total 258 for 9 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	19	7	40	1
Stuart Broad	16.4	2	69	5
Steven Finn	14	2	55	0
Tim Bresnan	9	2	40	0
Kevin Pietersen	9	1	52	3

FALL OF WICKETS

1-120 (Jacques Rudolph, 37.2 ov), 2-129 (Graeme Smith, 41.5 ov), 3-182 (Hashim Amla, 51.5 ov), 4-209 (AB de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 5-209 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 55.5 ov), 6-223 (Vernon Philander, 59.1 ov), 7-230 (Jacques Kallis, 61.5 ov), 8-247 (Dale Steyn, 66.1 ov), 9-258 (Morne Morkel, 67.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Jacques Rudolph (69) and Graeme Smith (48)	120	224
second	Hashim Amla (5) and Graeme Smith (4)	9	27
third	Hashim Amla (23) and AB de Villiers (30)	53	60
fourth	Jacques Kallis (13) and AB de Villiers (14)	27	23
fifth	Jacques Kallis (0) and Jean-Paul Duminy (0)	0	1
sixth	Jacques Kallis (8) and Vernon Philander (6)	14	20
seventh	Jacques Kallis (6) and Alviro Petersen (1)	7	16
eighth	Alviro Petersen (14) and Dale Steyn (3)	17	26
ninth	Alviro Petersen (1) and Morne Morkel (10)	11	9

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 130 FOR 4

Batter	How out	R	B
Kevin Pietersen	c Imran Tahir b Vernon Philander	12	8
Alastair Cook	c Jacques Rudolph b Dale Steyn	46	62
Andrew Strauss	c & b Jean-Paul Duminy	22	33
Jonathan Trott	not out	30	57
Matt Prior	run out (Graeme Smith, AB de Villiers)	7	5
Ian Bell	not out	3	34

Did not bat: James Taylor, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steven Finn

Extras 10 · Total 130 for 4

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Morne Morkel	10	4	33	0
Vernon Philander	6	1	26	1
Dale Steyn	7	1	26	1
Imran Tahir	4	0	20	0
Jean-Paul Duminy	2	0	10	1
Jacques Kallis	4	2	7	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-21 (Kevin Pietersen, 3.1 ov), 2-75 (Andrew Strauss, 13.6 ov), 3-90 (Alastair Cook, 17.4 ov), 4-106 (Matt Prior, 19.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Kevin Pietersen (12) and Alastair Cook (9)	21	19
second	Andrew Strauss (22) and Alastair Cook (26)	54	66
third	Jonathan Trott (4) and Alastair Cook (11)	15	22
fourth	Jonathan Trott (9) and Matt Prior (7)	16	12
fifth	Ian Bell (3) and Jonathan Trott (17)	24	80

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