South Africa v England 1st Test

ICC World Test Championship - 2019 (2019-2021) · SuperSport Park, Centurion · 26 December 2019

South Africa won by 107 runs

South Africa won by 107 runs. Quinton de Kock top-scored with 95 for South Africa. Jofra Archer took 5/102.

South Africa ARCHIVE England ARCHIVE 2019 TESTS SuperSport Park ARCHIVE

MATCH FACTS

Series: ICC World Test Championship - 2019 (2019-2021)
Ground: SuperSport Park, Centurion
Dates: 26 December 2019 to 29 December 2019
Toss: England, chose to field
Result: South Africa won by 107 runs
Player of the match: Quinton de Kock
Captains: Faf du Plessis (South Africa), Joe Root (England)
Debuts: Rassie van der Dussen (South Africa), Dwaine Pretorius (South Africa)
Umpires: CB Gaffaney and PR Reiffel
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field. Rassie van der Dussen and Dwaine Pretorius played their first Tests.

South Africa batted first and made 284 all out. Quinton de Kock top-scored with 95 off 128 balls. Stuart Broad took 4 for 58 for England.

England replied with 181 all out. Joe Denly top-scored with 50 off 111 balls. Vernon Philander took 4 for 16 for South Africa. South Africa led by 103 on first innings.

South Africa made 272 all out in their second innings. Rassie van der Dussen top-scored with 51 off 67 balls, and Vernon Philander made 46. Jofra Archer took 5 for 102 for England.

Set 376 to win, England made 268 all out. Rory Burns top-scored with 84 off 154 balls, and Joe Root made 48. Kagiso Rabada took 4 for 103 for South Africa.

South Africa won by 107 runs.

SOUTH AFRICA, FIRST INNINGS: 284 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Dean Elgar	c Jos Buttler b James Anderson	0	1
Aiden Markram	c Jonny Bairstow b Sam Curran	20	23
Zubayr Hamza	c Ben Stokes b Stuart Broad	39	72
Faf du Plessis	c Joe Root b Stuart Broad	29	80
Rassie van der Dussen	c Joe Root b Sam Curran	6	34
Quinton de Kock	c Jos Buttler b Sam Curran	95	128
Dwaine Pretorius	c Joe Root b Sam Curran	33	45
Vernon Philander	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	35	81
Keshav Maharaj	c Ben Stokes b Jofra Archer	6	15
Kagiso Rabada	b Stuart Broad	12	24
Anrich Nortje	not out	0	6

Extras 9 · Total 284 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	20	4	69	1
Stuart Broad	18.3	4	58	4
Sam Curran	20	5	58	4
Jofra Archer	19	4	65	1
Joe Root	4	0	26	0
Joe Denly	3	0	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Dean Elgar, 0.1 ov), 2-32 (Aiden Markram, 9.4 ov), 3-71 (Zubayr Hamza, 21.6 ov), 4-97 (Rassie van der Dussen, 33.2 ov), 5-111 (Faf du Plessis, 36.3 ov), 6-198 (Dwaine Pretorius, 54.5 ov), 7-245 (Quinton de Kock, 71.5 ov), 8-252 (Keshav Maharaj, 74.5 ov), 9-277 (Kagiso Rabada, 82.4 ov), 10-284 (Vernon Philander, 84.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (0) and Aiden Markram (0)	0	1
second	Zubayr Hamza (12) and Aiden Markram (20)	32	57
third	Faf du Plessis (10) and Zubayr Hamza (27)	39	75
fourth	Faf du Plessis (19) and Rassie van der Dussen (6)	26	68
fifth	Faf du Plessis (0) and Quinton de Kock (14)	14	19
sixth	Dwaine Pretorius (33) and Quinton de Kock (53)	87	111
seventh	Vernon Philander (16) and Quinton de Kock (28)	47	102
eighth	Vernon Philander (1) and Keshav Maharaj (6)	7	18
ninth	Vernon Philander (11) and Kagiso Rabada (12)	25	47
tenth	Vernon Philander (7) and Anrich Nortje (0)	7	11

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 181 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	c Quinton de Kock b Vernon Philander	9	15
Dom Sibley	c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada	4	12
Joe Denly	c Quinton de Kock b Dwaine Pretorius	50	111
Joe Root	c Quinton de Kock b Vernon Philander	29	49
Ben Stokes	c Quinton de Kock b Anrich Nortje	35	46
Jonny Bairstow	b Anrich Nortje	1	6
Jos Buttler	c Quinton de Kock b Vernon Philander	12	39
Sam Curran	c Zubayr Hamza b Kagiso Rabada	20	24
Jofra Archer	b Vernon Philander	3	11
Stuart Broad	c Dean Elgar b Kagiso Rabada	2	7
James Anderson	not out	0	2

Extras 16 · Total 181 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	15	1	68	3
Vernon Philander	14.2	8	16	4
Dwaine Pretorius	8	2	23	1
Anrich Nortje	12	2	47	2
Keshav Maharaj	4	1	18	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-11 (Rory Burns, 3.1 ov), 2-15 (Dom Sibley, 4.6 ov), 3-70 (Joe Root, 23.1 ov), 4-142 (Joe Denly, 37.5 ov), 5-143 (Jonny Bairstow, 38.5 ov), 6-150 (Ben Stokes, 40.3 ov), 7-176 (Sam Curran, 48.5 ov), 8-176 (Jos Buttler, 51.1 ov), 9-181 (Stuart Broad, 52.4 ov), 10-181 (Jofra Archer, 53.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (9) and Dom Sibley (0)	11	21
second	Joe Denly (0) and Dom Sibley (4)	4	11
third	Joe Denly (21) and Joe Root (29)	55	109
fourth	Joe Denly (29) and Ben Stokes (34)	72	88
fifth	Jonny Bairstow (1) and Ben Stokes (0)	1	6
sixth	Jos Buttler (6) and Ben Stokes (1)	7	10
seventh	Jos Buttler (6) and Sam Curran (20)	26	50
eighth	Jos Buttler (0) and Jofra Archer (0)	0	14
ninth	Stuart Broad (2) and Jofra Archer (3)	5	9
tenth	James Anderson (0) and Jofra Archer (0)	0	4

SOUTH AFRICA, SECOND INNINGS: 272 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Aiden Markram	lbw b James Anderson	2	5
Dean Elgar	c Jos Buttler b Jofra Archer	22	27
Zubayr Hamza	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	4	16
Faf du Plessis	c Sam Curran b Jofra Archer	20	28
Rassie van der Dussen	lbw b Jofra Archer	51	67
Anrich Nortje	c Zak Crawley b Jofra Archer	40	89
Quinton de Kock	c Jonny Bairstow b Ben Stokes	34	37
Dwaine Pretorius	c Dom Sibley b Ben Stokes	7	7
Vernon Philander	c Jonny Bairstow b Sam Curran	46	68
Keshav Maharaj	c Sam Curran b Jofra Archer	11	16
Kagiso Rabada	not out	16	12

Extras 19 · Total 272 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	13	1	47	1
Stuart Broad	11	2	42	1
Jofra Archer	17	1	102	5
Sam Curran	12.4	3	51	1
Ben Stokes	8	1	22	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-2 (Aiden Markram, 0.5 ov), 2-25 (Zubayr Hamza, 7.4 ov), 3-29 (Dean Elgar, 8.2 ov), 4-62 (Faf du Plessis, 14.4 ov), 5-153 (Rassie van der Dussen, 38.1 ov), 6-170 (Anrich Nortje, 40.1 ov), 7-177 (Dwaine Pretorius, 41.2 ov), 8-220 (Quinton de Kock, 51.3 ov), 9-250 (Keshav Maharaj, 58.4 ov), 10-272 (Vernon Philander, 61.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Dean Elgar (0) and Aiden Markram (2)	2	5
second	Dean Elgar (18) and Zubayr Hamza (4)	23	41
third	Faf du Plessis (0) and Dean Elgar (4)	4	4
fourth	Faf du Plessis (20) and Rassie van der Dussen (12)	33	38
fifth	Rassie van der Dussen (39) and Anrich Nortje (39)	91	142
sixth	Quinton de Kock (16) and Anrich Nortje (1)	17	12
seventh	Dwaine Pretorius (7) and Quinton de Kock (0)	7	7
eighth	Vernon Philander (23) and Quinton de Kock (18)	43	62
ninth	Vernon Philander (18) and Keshav Maharaj (11)	30	43
tenth	Vernon Philander (5) and Kagiso Rabada (16)	22	18

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 268 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	c Kagiso Rabada b Anrich Nortje	84	154
Dom Sibley	c & b Keshav Maharaj	29	90
Joe Denly	lbw b Dwaine Pretorius	31	79
Joe Root	c Quinton de Kock b Anrich Nortje	48	101
Ben Stokes	b Keshav Maharaj	14	55
Jonny Bairstow	c Zubayr Hamza b Kagiso Rabada	9	25
Jos Buttler	c Dwaine Pretorius b Kagiso Rabada	22	33
Sam Curran	c Quinton de Kock b Kagiso Rabada	9	10
Jofra Archer	c Rassie van der Dussen b Anrich Nortje	4	5
Stuart Broad	b Kagiso Rabada	6	6
James Anderson	not out	0	–

Extras 12 · Total 268 all out

Bowler (South Africa)	O	M	R	W
Kagiso Rabada	24	3	103	4
Vernon Philander	20	8	35	0
Anrich Nortje	17	4	56	3
Dwaine Pretorius	16	6	26	1
Keshav Maharaj	16	3	37	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-92 (Dom Sibley, 27.6 ov), 2-139 (Rory Burns, 51.2 ov), 3-158 (Joe Denly, 56.3 ov), 4-204 (Ben Stokes, 72.3 ov), 5-222 (Jonny Bairstow, 80.2 ov), 6-232 (Joe Root, 87.2 ov), 7-251 (Sam Curran, 90.4 ov), 8-256 (Jofra Archer, 91.4 ov), 9-262 (Jos Buttler, 92.2 ov), 10-268 (Stuart Broad, 92.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (58) and Dom Sibley (29)	92	168
second	Joe Denly (21) and Rory Burns (26)	47	140
third	Joe Denly (10) and Joe Root (8)	19	31
fourth	Joe Root (27) and Ben Stokes (14)	46	96
fifth	Jonny Bairstow (9) and Joe Root (8)	18	47
sixth	Joe Root (5) and Jos Buttler (5)	10	42
seventh	Jos Buttler (10) and Sam Curran (9)	19	20
eighth	Jos Buttler (1) and Jofra Archer (4)	5	6
ninth	Stuart Broad (0) and Jos Buttler (6)	6	4
tenth	James Anderson (0) and Stuart Broad (6)	6	4

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