The first of 4 full blown 5-day Tests between the Proteas and England at SuperSport Park, Centurion on 16 December 2009 at 10:30 SA Time. This is the match thread for the game which will have some score updates from time to time.
Test Drawn:
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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GC Smith* | c †Prior b Broad | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 1.3 my goodness me, what a stunning moment for England, and what a breakthrough. Nothing much of a delivery, swinging gently down the leg side, but Smith tries to help it down to fine leg, doesn’t get enough bat on it, and Matt Prior leaps like a rampant salmon to snaffle the first wicket of the series! 1/1 | ||||||||
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AG Prince | c Collingwood b Swann | 45 | 155 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 47.87 |
| 34.2 wow, he’s done it again! Swann has a penchant for early breakthroughs, and that’s a cracker. Perfect length, sharp and unexpected turn, and Paul Collingwood coolly accepts his second catch of the innings! 93/3 | ||||||||
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HM Amla | c Collingwood b Onions | 19 | 88 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 28.35 |
| 20.5 Got him this time! Onions deserved that. Full and Amla is drawn into a firm drive but edges to Collingwood. Good low catch there going to his right 51/2 | ||||||||
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JH Kallis | c Collingwood b Anderson | 120 | 306 | 225 | 16 | 1 | 53.33 |
| 96.6 my goodness me, it’s a breakthrough! I did not see that coming. Kallis was looking utterly serene, but Anderson found a good length with a hint of extra bounce and a fraction of away movement, and Collingwood at second slip scooped another fine low catch 283/5 | ||||||||
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AB de Villiers | c Cook b Swann | 32 | 82 | 66 | 5 | 0 | 48.48 |
| 54.3 gone this time! Thrown up and gets the inside edge from de Villiers’s defensive stroke and goes straight to Cook at short leg. Bit of turn and extra bounce, classic offspinner’s delivery. England really needed that. 159/4 | ||||||||
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JP Duminy | c Collingwood b Swann | 56 | 218 | 150 | 6 | 1 | 37.33 |
| 108.5 Swann does it again! He has a real habit of getting a wicket early in his spell. Nicely flighted, finds a little turn and Duminy, leaning forward with a slightly open face, guides it to Collingwood at slip who makes no mistake 316/6 | ||||||||
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MV Boucher† | c Cook b Swann | 49 | 156 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 49.00 |
| 134.1 Swann does the trick again. Regulation offspinners wicket. Pitched outside off stump, spun back sharply, caught the inside edge, and it went straight to Cook, who snaffles it gleefully. Unlucky for Boucher to fall one run short of 50 and England continue to stay just in reach of South Africa 377/8 | ||||||||
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M Morkel | c †Prior b Onions | 13 | 53 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 27.08 |
| 121.5 he’s gone this time! Still feeling the effects of that blow, perhaps, as that was a bit of a flat-footed waft, and a thin low snick to the keeper, who gathers well 341/7 | ||||||||
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PL Harris | b Onions | 38 | 117 | 89 | 4 | 0 | 42.69 |
| 150.5 oh, and that is out. Floated up outside off stump, Harris wafted, stood firmly in his crease, and inside edged in on to the base of the stumps. 414/9 | ||||||||
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F de Wet | lbw b Swann | 20 | 78 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 29.85 |
| 153.2 review. Gets well back and is struck plumb in front. de Wet calls for a review, since South Africa have one in the bank, but third umpire confirms the decision. Swann has five, the third time he’s managed that in his career. 418/10 | ||||||||
| M Ntini | not out | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 15, w 5) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 153.2 overs; 640 mins) | 418 | (2.72 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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JM Anderson | 37 | 9 | 104 | 1 | 2.81 | (1w) | |
| 96.6 to Kallis, my goodness me, it’s a breakthrough! I did not see that coming. Kallis was looking utterly serene, but Anderson found a good length with a hint of extra bounce and a fraction of away movement, and Collingwood at second slip scooped another fine low catch 283/5 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | 32 | 8 | 74 | 1 | 2.31 | (2w) | |
| 1.3 to Smith, my goodness me, what a stunning moment for England, and what a breakthrough. Nothing much of a delivery, swinging gently down the leg side, but Smith tries to help it down to fine leg, doesn’t get enough bat on it, and Matt Prior leaps like a rampant salmon to snaffle the first wicket of the series! 1/1 | ||||||||
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G Onions | 30 | 5 | 86 | 3 | 2.86 | (2w) | |
| 20.5 to Amla, Got him this time! Onions deserved that. Full and Amla is drawn into a firm drive but edges to Collingwood. Good low catch there going to his right 51/2121.5 to Morkel, he’s gone this time! Still feeling the effects of that blow, perhaps, as that was a bit of a flat-footed waft, and a thin low snick to the keeper, who gathers well 341/7150.5 to Harris, oh, and that is out. Floated up outside off stump, Harris wafted, stood firmly in his crease, and inside edged in on to the base of the stumps. 414/9 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | 45.2 | 10 | 110 | 5 | 2.42 | ||
| 34.2 to Prince, wow, he’s done it again! Swann has a penchant for early breakthroughs, and that’s a cracker. Perfect length, sharp and unexpected turn, and Paul Collingwood coolly accepts his second catch of the innings! 93/354.3 to de Villiers, gone this time! Thrown up and gets the inside edge from de Villiers’s defensive stroke and goes straight to Cook at short leg. Bit of turn and extra bounce, classic offspinner’s delivery. England really needed that. 159/4108.5 to Duminy, Swann does it again! He has a real habit of getting a wicket early in his spell. Nicely flighted, finds a little turn and Duminy, leaning forward with a slightly open face, guides it to Collingwood at slip who makes no mistake 316/6134.1 to Boucher, Swann does the trick again. Regulation offspinners wicket. Pitched outside off stump, spun back sharply, caught the inside edge, and it went straight to Cook, who snaffles it gleefully. Unlucky for Boucher to fall one run short of 50 and England continue to stay just in reach of South Africa 377/8153.2 to de Wet, review. Gets well back and is struck plumb in front. de Wet calls for a review, since South Africa have one in the bank, but third umpire confirms the decision. Swann has five, the third time he’s managed that in his career. 418/10 | ||||||||
| PD Collingwood | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 2.57 | |||
| IJL Trott | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | |||
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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AJ Strauss* | b Ntini | 46 | 138 | 87 | 6 | 0 | 52.87 |
| 28.6 got him! Excellent length again, and this time it keeps low once more. Strauss was in position but the ball skimmed through at shin height, and demolished the off stump! 98/2 | ||||||||
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AN Cook | c †Boucher b de Wet | 15 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 88.23 |
| 5.4 there it is! Friedel de Wet has his maiden Test wicket, as Cook pushes at an off-stump delivery, and feathers the thinnest of edges through to Boucher 25/1 | ||||||||
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IJL Trott | b Harris | 28 | 170 | 117 | 3 | 0 | 23.93 |
| 41.5 oh dear. Trott runs down at Harris and swipes wildly, beaten on the inside edge, looking for turn that wasn’t there. 119/3 | ||||||||
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KP Pietersen | b Morkel | 40 | 113 | 79 | 3 | 1 | 50.63 |
| 54.5 that’s the breakthrough, and it’s a huge scalp! Back on that probing length from Morkel, and just a hint of nip off the seam. Pietersen couldn’t resist any longer, climbed into an expansive drive, and inside-edged onto his off stump! 168/4 | ||||||||
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PD Collingwood | c Kallis b Harris | 50 | 133 | 88 | 5 | 1 | 56.81 |
| 71.6 lovely bowling defeats Collingwood! Flighted, it gripped and actually spun, enough to get the outside edge of Collingwood’s defensive shot and it went low to Kallis who makes no mistake 221/7 | ||||||||
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IR Bell | b Harris | 5 | 23 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.25 |
| 59.5 oh my goodness me, that is hideous! Shades of Adam Hollioake in 1997 as Bell shoulders arms to a straight delivery, and has all three stumps demolished! 189/5 | ||||||||
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MJ Prior† | c de Wet b Harris | 4 | 44 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
| 69.6 oh dear oh dear. Prior goes for an expansive sweep, and Harris finds some extra bounce, it catches the top edge and loops down to de Wet, the only man deep on the leg side, at fine leg. England in all sorts of trouble here and Harris has been the destroyer. 211/6 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | lbw b Duminy | 17 | 34 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 78.5 oh close lbw appeal. Good length ball beat the bat and rapped Broad on the pads. Finally they ask for a review and it looks very close on replay, and he’s given. 242/8 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | c Smith b Harris | 85 | 139 | 81 | 10 | 2 | 104.93 |
| 103.6 Ah, it’s all over now. Swann attempts a big sweep but picks out deep square leg to give Harris a well-deserved fifth wicket. Swann shakes Harris’s hand, in a gesture of finger-spinning solidarity. 356/10 | ||||||||
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JM Anderson | c Morkel b Ntini | 29 | 104 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 37.17 |
| 102.1 well, what’s happened here? Anderson miscued an attempted forcing shot off the back foot, and it’s looped to cover. For some reason there is a referral, but the ball carried easily to a diving Morkel. Anderson can go and rest his hand now, but that has been a remarkable partnership. 348/9 | ||||||||
| G Onions | not out | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 12) | 33 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 104 overs; 472 mins) | 356 | (3.42 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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M Ntini | 23 | 4 | 78 | 2 | 3.39 | ||
| 28.6 to Strauss, got him! Excellent length again, and this time it keeps low once more. Strauss was in position but the ball skimmed through at shin height, and demolished the off stump! 98/2102.1 to Anderson, well, what’s happened here? Anderson miscued an attempted forcing shot off the back foot, and it’s looped to cover. For some reason there is a referral, but the ball carried easily to a diving Morkel. Anderson can go and rest his hand now, but that has been a remarkable partnership. 348/9 | ||||||||
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F de Wet | 20 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 3.60 | (6nb, 1w) | |
| 5.4 to Cook, there it is! Friedel de Wet has his maiden Test wicket, as Cook pushes at an off-stump delivery, and feathers the thinnest of edges through to Boucher 25/1 | ||||||||
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M Morkel | 21 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 2.85 | (6nb) | |
| 54.5 to Pietersen, that’s the breakthrough, and it’s a huge scalp! Back on that probing length from Morkel, and just a hint of nip off the seam. Pietersen couldn’t resist any longer, climbed into an expansive drive, and inside-edged onto his off stump! 168/4 | ||||||||
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PL Harris | 37 | 10 | 123 | 5 | 3.32 | ||
| 41.5 to Trott, oh dear. Trott runs down at Harris and swipes wildly, beaten on the inside edge, looking for turn that wasn’t there. 119/359.5 to Bell, oh my goodness me, that is hideous! Shades of Adam Hollioake in 1997 as Bell shoulders arms to a straight delivery, and has all three stumps demolished! 189/569.6 to Prior, oh dear oh dear. Prior goes for an expansive sweep, and Harris finds some extra bounce, it catches the top edge and loops down to de Wet, the only man deep on the leg side, at fine leg. England in all sorts of trouble here and Harris has been the destroyer. 211/671.6 to Collingwood, lovely bowling defeats Collingwood! Flighted, it gripped and actually spun, enough to get the outside edge of Collingwood’s defensive shot and it went low to Kallis who makes no mistake 221/7103.6 to Swann, Ah, it’s all over now. Swann attempts a big sweep but picks out deep square leg to give Harris a well-deserved fifth wicket. Swann shakes Harris’s hand, in a gesture of finger-spinning solidarity. 356/10 | ||||||||
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JP Duminy | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2.33 | ||
| 78.5 to Broad, oh close lbw appeal. Good length ball beat the bat and rapped Broad on the pads. Finally they ask for a review and it looks very close on replay, and he’s given. 242/8 | ||||||||
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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AG Prince | b Anderson | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 0.6 gone! Fullish on off stump, shaping back at Prince, and it catches the inside edge on to off stump. Great start for England 2/1 | ||||||||
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GC Smith* | b Onions | 12 | 53 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 11.2 that is a severely important wicket for England, and once again, it’s that low bounce that does the trick. Onions uses the over-the-wicket line to drag Smith forward, but the ball doesn’t get up, and burrows into his middle-and-off stumps via a thin inside-edge! 34/3 | ||||||||
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PL Harris | b Anderson | 11 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 64.70 |
| 6.5 got him! Not sure how because that was angling safely down the leg side, but his leg stump has been knocked back. In fact, it’s clipped the underside of his thighpad, and deflected improbably back into his wicket. 20/2 | ||||||||
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HM Amla | b Anderson | 100 | 315 | 213 | 10 | 0 | 46.94 |
| 81.5 there’s the shooter! And that will not please Andrew Strauss in the slightest, given that he – in all likelihood – will have to bat before the day is done. There’s no way to combat that, as the off stump is demolished at bootlace height. The hard new ball hits a crack, skids through, and a fine innings is over 266/7 | ||||||||
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JH Kallis | c Cook b Broad | 4 | 45 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 |
| 21.3 big moment in this game! Broad digs one in, Kallis rocks back and tries to break the shackles with an expansive pull shot, but it comes off the top edge and flies down to Alastair Cook at deep square-leg, who takes a well judged catch. 46/4 | ||||||||
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AB de Villiers | c Bell b Broad | 64 | 136 | 101 | 6 | 1 | 63.36 |
| 55.4 and that’s gone! Broad was probing away, trying to contrive something, and a fullish delivery stops on the wicket a touch, and de Villiers drives a fraction in the air, where Bell takes an excellent diving catch at short extra cover. 165/5 | ||||||||
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JP Duminy | lbw b Anderson | 11 | 33 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 40.74 |
| 63.5 big appeal, given out, and it’s gone to review. Swinging back a fraction into Duminy and strikes him in front, it looks very close. Replays show it clipping the top of the stumps. Duminy thought he could have inside-edged it, but there is no clear evidence to suggest he did. Third umpire rules in favour of England, and Duminy has gone. 191/6 | ||||||||
| MV Boucher† | not out | 63 | 96 | 73 | 9 | 1 | 86.30 | |
| M Morkel | not out | 22 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 169.23 | |
| Extras | (lb 10, w 4) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 85.5 overs; 368 mins) | 301 | (3.50 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Ntini, F de Wet |
| Fall of wickets1-2 (Prince, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (Harris, 6.5 ov), 3-34 (Smith, 11.2 ov), 4-46 (Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-165 (de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 6-191 (Duminy, 63.5 ov), 7-266 (Amla, 81.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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JM Anderson | 20.5 | 1 | 73 | 4 | 3.50 | ||
| 0.6 to Prince, gone! Fullish on off stump, shaping back at Prince, and it catches the inside edge on to off stump. Great start for England 2/16.5 to Harris, got him! Not sure how because that was angling safely down the leg side, but his leg stump has been knocked back. In fact, it’s clipped the underside of his thighpad, and deflected improbably back into his wicket. 20/263.5 to Duminy, big appeal, given out, and it’s gone to review. Swinging back a fraction into Duminy and strikes him in front, it looks very close. Replays show it clipping the top of the stumps. Duminy thought he could have inside-edged it, but there is no clear evidence to suggest he did. Third umpire rules in favour of England, and Duminy has gone. 191/681.5 to Amla, there’s the shooter! And that will not please Andrew Strauss in the slightest, given that he – in all likelihood – will have to bat before the day is done. There’s no way to combat that, as the off stump is demolished at bootlace height. The hard new ball hits a crack, skids through, and a fine innings is over 266/7 | ||||||||
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G Onions | 16 | 3 | 50 | 1 | 3.12 | ||
| 11.2 to Smith, that is a severely important wicket for England, and once again, it’s that low bounce that does the trick. Onions uses the over-the-wicket line to drag Smith forward, but the ball doesn’t get up, and burrows into his middle-and-off stumps via a thin inside-edge! 34/3 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | 16 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 3.62 | (2w) | |
| 21.3 to Kallis, big moment in this game! Broad digs one in, Kallis rocks back and tries to break the shackles with an expansive pull shot, but it comes off the top edge and flies down to Alastair Cook at deep square-leg, who takes a well judged catch. 46/455.4 to de Villiers, and that’s gone! Broad was probing away, trying to contrive something, and a fullish delivery stops on the wicket a touch, and de Villiers drives a fraction in the air, where Bell takes an excellent diving catch at short extra cover. 165/5 | ||||||||
| GP Swann | 27 | 3 | 91 | 0 | 3.37 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 6 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 3.16 | |||
| England 2nd innings (target: 364 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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AJ Strauss* | c †Boucher b Morkel | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 1.2 got him! Huge wicket for South Africa and a massive moment in this Test. Morkel from around the wicket, lands one just back of a length, and it leaves Strauss slightly, catching a faint edge on the way through an ecstatic Boucher. 5/1 | ||||||||
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AN Cook | c Smith b Harris | 12 | 78 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 21.42 |
| 18.2 there’s the breakthrough! Cook tries to get outside off and work the ball to leg, but there’s a bit of turn to take the glove, lob off the pad flap, and into the stretching right hand of Graeme Smith at leg slip! 27/3 | ||||||||
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JM Anderson | c †Boucher b de Wet | 10 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 |
| 8.1 de Wet strikes! A short ball, outside leg stump, seemingly innocuous. But it climbs into the glove as Anderson attempts a leg-glance, and Boucher claims a simple strangle! 16/2 | ||||||||
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IJL Trott | c de Villiers b de Wet | 69 | 316 | 212 | 7 | 0 | 32.54 |
| 81.4 stunner! Great catch from AB de Villiers, a shortish ball leapt off a length and flew off the shoulder of Trott’s bat to third slip, where de Villiers dived back and to his left, to claim a brilliant one-handed catch. 205/5 | ||||||||
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KP Pietersen | run out (de Wet) | 81 | 191 | 143 | 11 | 0 | 56.64 |
| 61.5 from de Wet, that is an extraordinary misjudgment from Pietersen! A tap into the covers, a head-down sprint to the other end, and Trott just stands there in bemusement. He never took so much as a step out of his crease! 172/4 | ||||||||
| PD Collingwood | not out | 26 | 159 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 26.26 | |
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IR Bell | c †Boucher b de Wet | 2 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| 85.2 Bell has gone! South Africa still in with a chance. Bell just needed to bat out the overs but has a just hung his bat outside off stump and it’s found the edge on the way through to a diving Boucher. 10.4 overs left, game on! 207/6 | ||||||||
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MJ Prior† | c †Boucher b de Wet | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 87.5 great bowling and South Africa are right in this! On off stump and it climbed at Prior who just followed the ball a tad, and it found the edge, where Boucher took the catch. 208/7 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | c †Boucher b Harris | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 88.4 flighted, caught the edge outside off stump, and clearly gone. 209/8 | ||||||||
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GP Swann | lbw b Morkel | 2 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| 92.5 replays show it was crashing into leg stump and Swann has gone. Vital strike and huge disappointment for Swann, who has done so much for England in this Test. 218/9 | ||||||||
| G Onions | not out | 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.33 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 3, nb 11) | 24 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 96 overs; 432 mins) | 228 | (2.37 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Ntini | 18 | 7 | 41 | 0 | 2.27 | (1nb) | ||
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M Morkel | 18 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 2.55 | (7nb) | |
| 1.2 to Strauss, got him! Huge wicket for South Africa and a massive moment in this Test. Morkel from around the wicket, lands one just back of a length, and it leaves Strauss slightly, catching a faint edge on the way through an ecstatic Boucher. 5/192.5 to Swann, replays show it was crashing into leg stump and Swann has gone. Vital strike and huge disappointment for Swann, who has done so much for England in this Test. 218/9 | ||||||||
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PL Harris | 26 | 11 | 51 | 2 | 1.96 | ||
| 18.2 to Cook, there’s the breakthrough! Cook tries to get outside off and work the ball to leg, but there’s a bit of turn to take the glove, lob off the pad flap, and into the stretching right hand of Graeme Smith at leg slip! 27/388.4 to Broad, flighted, caught the edge outside off stump, and clearly gone. 209/8 | ||||||||
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F de Wet | 23 | 8 | 55 | 4 | 2.39 | (3nb) | |
| 8.1 to Anderson, de Wet strikes! A short ball, outside leg stump, seemingly innocuous. But it climbs into the glove as Anderson attempts a leg-glance, and Boucher claims a simple strangle! 16/281.4 to Trott, stunner! Great catch from AB de Villiers, a shortish ball leapt off a length and flew off the shoulder of Trott’s bat to third slip, where de Villiers dived back and to his left, to claim a brilliant one-handed catch. 205/585.2 to Bell, Bell has gone! South Africa still in with a chance. Bell just needed to bat out the overs but has a just hung his bat outside off stump and it’s found the edge on the way through to a diving Boucher. 10.4 overs left, game on! 207/687.5 to Prior, great bowling and South Africa are right in this! On off stump and it climbed at Prior who just followed the ball a tad, and it found the edge, where Boucher took the catch. 208/7 | ||||||||
| JP Duminy | 8 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 2.12 | |||
| JH Kallis | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1.66 | |||
| Match details |
| Toss England, who chose to field Series 4-match series level 0-0 |
| Test debut F de Wet (South Africa) Player of the match GP Swann (England) |
| Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia) TV umpire AM Saheba (India) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire BG Jerling |
| Close of play 16 Dec day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 262/4 (JH Kallis 112*, JP Duminy 38*, 90 ov) 17 Dec day 2 – England 1st innings 88/1 (AJ Strauss 44*, IJL Trott 18*, 23 ov) 18 Dec day 3 – South Africa 2nd innings 9/1 (GC Smith 6*, PL Harris 2*, 4 ov) 19 Dec day 4 – England 2nd innings 11/1 (AN Cook 4*, JM Anderson 6*, 6 ov) 20 Dec day 5 – England 2nd innings 228/9 (96 ov) – end of match |
476@ SuperBul – No, I’m not finished with house tasks… only did the kitchen cupboard doors and the stove today…. so tonight I’ll expect “reward”…
Then tomorrow I’ll fix the washing line and BonzaiHandbriekie’s hand basin drain pipes (partial blockage cause by hair over time… eishhhhh…
Then tomorrow night I’ll expect more “Favours” from Handbriekie again…
If you fix everything in ONE day, then you get awarded “Favours” only once!
Hehehehe
479
ag i mean posting it 😆
yust yoking
we must get Anderson i love it when they then sent in the no 3,
479 – Super, I know. I just type quick and hit the submit. Lazy to check and see my mistakes after. 😀
480
jys weer te slim , prokurower
ek wil weer daai network opstel tussen die kompers, maar net waneer dit jou pas.
Vandag lekker terug gegaan na daai ou fotos, mooies wat jy recover het.
Nogmaals Baie Dankie
Puma i have met quite a few bloggers in my life here and previously at voldys, must say i would love to meet you. You are my type of sport friend, you can give it and you can take it. It is a please to share a conversation with you.
must say i liked the spin that Harris got. Okay i better go and braai, fire is ready will look in later tonight.
England need 353 to win. Hope we bowl well with this new ball tomorrow morning. Got one so far need to try and take a quick wicket in the morning.
484 – Super is is always a pleasure to talk to you here too.
Enjoy your braai Super.
Hope we can get a quick wicket tomorrow. Hope the rain stays away too.
Also out of here now. Catch up tomorrow.
sorry another typo. meant it not is. Really have to start checking before I submit my posts. 😆
braai was lekerrrrrrrr , all those who missed a braai, ag shame
SA at its best sonskyn, braaivleis………
WAKE UP everyone living in Pretoria land. Want to know the weather up there? See on the weather channel it says rain for the whole day. That would be a shame. Just like the odi’s two games just washed out. Really want to see us play a full 5 days.
Go Proteas.
489 – Super, I LOVE a braai too. In SA nothing is better, braai sun, swimming and rugby. Also the cricket.
7.00 pm Gnasher, our man at the ground, has this rather interesting update: “Here’s something for England fans to cling to, there is a massive storm just approaching the ground. Fork lightning coming down and the wind has really got up. Looks like the end of the world out there. Oh, the joy of an open press box.”
That’s it from me, Sahil and Andrew Miller, I hope you’ll join us tomorrow for the conclusion to this Test, play gets underway at 10.30am (8.30 GMT) and it should be a cracking finish.
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Morning Puma, the braai was good. I wonder if we will get play today , cricinfo did not start commentating yet, maybe half an hour before start they will give us the verdict.
Weather here in the East Rand (about 50km from Centurion) is freegin hot, sun is out…. lots of clouds about and we had rain from about 6:30pm last night till midnight… but I sense that the rain will stay away till afternoon…. so we must strike and strike quickly and decisively this morning in the cricket!
Thanks weatherman
Hope that the over hyped Ntini does his trick, Morne opening yesterday was the right sensible thing to do, his home ground and he is far more experienced than De Wet.
493 – Super, I hope we can get the last day in. Would be a shame now to draw this test because of rain. Proteas have the upper hands so far.
494 – GBS, Hope that rain stays away the whole day. Just see on the weather channel that it will rain the whole day there. Hope they got it wrong.
not hands…haha. Hand.
Okay waiting for the start. Will see now what the weather is like up there.
Here in Umhlanga overcast with the sun trying to come out BUT VERY HUMID air con on full blast. Probably get another head cold but just too humid to be without the aircon. 😀
Back later.
Okay can see on tv now. There is a bit of cloud cover there. Hope it does not build up to rain. Just let us stay a bit overcast that is fine. Probably better for our bowlers too this morning if it is overcast.
Go Proteas.
Now out of here for a bit. Back later.
Sorry man, going to have to check my posts before sending.
JUst let us meant Just let it. 🙄
Back later.
Heeeeeeeeee, haaaaaaaaaaa…. thread has now gone over 500!!
no mud slinging and clean , so good
502 @ SuperBul – Ek gaan later vandag ons “Festive Awards” threads ook bou en publish….
Well, good start…. wicket falling… 16 / 2
Anderson is out… now we must follow up with 2 or 3 more wickets in Session 1
Good two down. We need another few wickets soon. Don’t think that rain will hold out for the whole day.
503 – GBS, Sounds good. How is your wife doing? Hope you coping with all the housework too…..hehehe.
Very attacking field set by Greame Smith…. lots of slips and close fielders…
507 @ Puma – Handbriekie is grumpy today……….. grrrrrrrrrr…. so I’ve banished myself to the Office…. hehehe
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