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England v South Africa @ Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood
16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th August 2012
Toss: South Africa (bat)
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: RJ Tucker
Match Referee: JJ Crowe
Match Result: South Africa won by 51 runs
1st Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graeme Smith | c Matt Prior b James Anderson | 14 | 29 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 2. Alviro Petersen | c Matt Prior b Steven Finn | 22 | 54 | 88 | 4 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | b Steven Finn | 13 | 30 | 53 | 3 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | c Matt Prior b Steven Finn | 3 | 9 | 14 | - | - |
| +5. AB de Villiers | c Alastair Cook b James Anderson | 27 | 47 | 85 | 6 | - |
| 6. Jacques Rudolph | b Graeme Swann | 42 | 103 | 146 | 5 | - |
| 7. Jean-Paul Duminy | c Matt Prior b James Anderson | 61 | 158 | 167 | 6 | - |
| 8. Vernon Philander | st Matt Prior b Graeme Swann | 61 | 93 | 183 | 6 | - |
| 9. Dale Steyn | c Graeme Swann b Stuart Broad | 26 | 47 | 50 | 4 | - |
| 10. Morne Morkel | c Matt Prior b Steven Finn | 25 | 36 | 32 | 4 | - |
| 11. Imran Tahir | not out | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-22 (Graeme Smith), 2-49 (Alviro Petersen), 3-50 (Hashim Amla), 4-54 (Jacques Kallis), 5-105 (AB de Villiers), 6-163 (Jacques Rudolph), 7-235 (Jean-Paul Duminy), 8-270 (Dale Steyn), 9-307 (Morne Morkel), 10-309 (Vernon Philander). |
| Extras | 7b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 101.2 ovs, 437 mins) 309 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Anderson | 29 | 5 | 76 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Broad | 24 | 4 | 69 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steven Finn | 18 | 2 | 75 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Graeme Swann | 24.2 | 6 | 63 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jonathan Trott | 6 | 1 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Andrew Strauss | b Morne Morkel | 20 | 36 | 45 | 2 | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 7 | 40 | 63 | 1 | - |
| 3. Jonathan Trott | lbw b Dale Steyn | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 4. Ian Bell | c Alviro Petersen b Vernon Philander | 58 | 157 | 210 | 7 | - |
| 5. James Taylor | c Graeme Smith b Morne Morkel | 10 | 25 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 6. Jonny Bairstow | b Morne Morkel | 95 | 196 | 310 | 13 | - |
| +7. Matt Prior | c Jacques Kallis b Vernon Philander | 27 | 58 | 79 | 4 | - |
| 8. Stuart Broad | c Hashim Amla b Dale Steyn | 16 | 22 | 38 | 2 | - |
| 9. Graeme Swann | not out | 37 | 53 | 94 | 4 | - |
| 10. James Anderson | c Jacques Rudolph b Dale Steyn | 12 | 18 | 26 | - | - |
| 11. Steven Finn | c Jean-Paul Duminy b Morne Morkel | 10 | 34 | 40 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-29 (Andrew Strauss), 2-38 (Jonathan Trott), 3-39 (Alastair Cook), 4-54 (James Taylor), 5-178 (Ian Bell), 6-221 (Matt Prior), 7-252 (Stuart Broad), 8-264 (Jonny Bairstow), 9-283 (James Anderson), 10-315 (Steven Finn). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 107.3 ovs, 468 mins) 315 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Morne Morkel | 28.3 | 6 | 80 | 4 | (0w,4nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 24 | 9 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dale Steyn | 29 | 4 | 94 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 12 | 3 | 29 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 14 | 3 | 54 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
South Africa
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Alviro Petersen | lbw b Stuart Broad | 24 | 73 | 89 | 3 | - |
| *2. Graeme Smith | lbw b Graeme Swann | 23 | 63 | 102 | 3 | - |
| 3. Hashim Amla | b Steven Finn | 121 | 205 | 287 | 10 | - |
| 4. Jacques Kallis | lbw b Steven Finn | 31 | 58 | 91 | 5 | - |
| 5. Dale Steyn | c James Taylor b Stuart Broad | 9 | 38 | 65 | 1 | - |
| +6. AB de Villiers | c Andrew Strauss b Steven Finn | 43 | 100 | 135 | 4 | - |
| 7. Jacques Rudolph | c Matt Prior b Steven Finn | 11 | 29 | 42 | 1 | - |
| 8. Jean-Paul Duminy | not out | 26 | 93 | 141 | 4 | - |
| 9. Vernon Philander | c Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson | 35 | 67 | 81 | 5 | - |
| 10. Morne Morkel | st Matt Prior b Graeme Swann | 9 | 18 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 11. Imran Tahir | b James Anderson | 1 | 4 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-46 (Graeme Smith), 2-50 (Alviro Petersen), 3-131 (Jacques Kallis), 4-164 (Dale Steyn), 5-259 (Hashim Amla), 6-268 (AB de Villiers), 7-282 (Jacques Rudolph), 8-336 (Vernon Philander), 9-348 (Morne Morkel), 10-351 (Imran Tahir). |
| Extras | 6b, 8lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 124.2 ovs, 538 mins) 351 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Anderson | 25.2 | 4 | 73 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Stuart Broad | 21 | 2 | 85 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Graeme Swann | 47 | 14 | 94 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steven Finn | 27 | 5 | 74 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Jonathan Trott | 4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Andrew Strauss | lbw b Vernon Philander | 1 | 10 | 18 | - | - |
| 2. Alastair Cook | lbw b Vernon Philander | 3 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| 3. Jonathan Trott | c Jacques Kallis b Dale Steyn | 63 | 159 | 213 | 7 | - |
| 4. Ian Bell | c Graeme Smith b Vernon Philander | 4 | 37 | 64 | - | - |
| 5. James Taylor | run out (Hashim Amla > Dale Steyn > AB de Villiers) | 4 | 23 | 34 | - | - |
| 6. Jonny Bairstow | b Imran Tahir | 54 | 47 | 68 | 8 | - |
| +7. Matt Prior | c Graeme Smith b Vernon Philander | 73 | 130 | 169 | 8 | - |
| 8. Stuart Broad | c Hashim Amla b Jacques Kallis | 37 | 42 | 69 | 2 | 1 |
| 9. Graeme Swann | run out (Jacques Rudolph > Imran Tahir > ) | 41 | 34 | 41 | 5 | 2 |
| 10. James Anderson | not out | 4 | 12 | 28 | - | - |
| 11. Steven Finn | c Jacques Kallis b Vernon Philander | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-5 (Alastair Cook), 2-6 (Andrew Strauss), 3-34 (Ian Bell), 4-45 (James Taylor), 5-134 (Jonny Bairstow), 6-146 (Jonathan Trott), 7-208 (Stuart Broad), 8-282 (Graeme Swann), 9-294 (Matt Prior), 10-294 (Steven Finn). |
| Extras | 7b, 0lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 82.5 ovs, 363 mins) 294 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Morne Morkel | 17 | 3 | 58 | 0 | (2w,1nb) |
| Vernon Philander | 14.5 | 4 | 30 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dale Steyn | 16 | 4 | 61 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Jacques Kallis | 11 | 2 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Imran Tahir | 24 | 3 | 88 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, James Taylor, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Steven Finn