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 |
Well let me get back to work. So nice for me about two minutes walk. Hope I’m not too exhausted. Will pop back later.
PUMA enjoy your special day mate. Will have one on you later.
86 – Irish, Howzit mate, Yip it is a holiday here today. Always is on the 16th of Dec. So have always had a holiday on my birthday except when I lived in Holland.
I am being spoilt. My daughter bought me a great dvd by U2 live in Dublin. We watched it together this morning. She is off to the Mall now so will probably get something else. Hope not John’s book!!!! hehehe. She seems to always get me some rugga book and I always tell her I have them. So have two of most rugby books.
Going out with my best mate tonight. He works in the middle east, lives just a few houses away from me here. He is home for a few weeks. So all 4 of us will go out to dinner tonight. Should be good.
Watching some crici now and we not doing well at all.
91 – Irish, That is a short walk…… 😀
I will enjoy the rest of my day. Hope the Proteas doing something special this afternoon. They seem to be struggling. That will make my day if JP and Kallis can stay in until close today.
OK manne, jip ek is dieselfde Saint, ek was skaars maar ek is terug met ‘n vengeance, hierdie blog het kriminele van ‘n hoe kaliber nodig, en dis waar ek inpas. Net vir die rekord ek vertoef my tyd deesdae in Witbank, maar ek is ‘n STORMER so groot, ek ruik skoon na soutwater.
Treehugger, ek wil net iets opklaar, Pietman is nou moerse komplimenter, beskryf my as ‘n Zulu Warrior, en ‘n “Beast” maar dis omdat ek ‘n stut is, nie omdat ek actually ‘n zoeloe is nie.
GBS is MALherbe en Ross hulle ook hier met nuwe nicks? Ek wil nie laat die klomp bliksems my bait en dan herken ek hulle nie.
94@ The Saint – So jy is nou in Mordor (Witbank)… fokkit, dissie vêr van my nie…
Ek neem aan jy is nou ‘n getroude stut en vermoor nie meer hoenertjies en tafeltjies of laat die kakhuise by die howe ontplof vannie kakkas nie!!
Ex Player is so nou en dan hier… en meeste van malles wat jy goed ken, maar MALherbe issie hier nie.
Supa, SuperBul, Pieta, ekke, Trupi, PissMier (Morne)…. jy sal ons hier vind… en dit gaan jolig hier!
94 The Saint
Hallou en welkom Saint. Goed om te sien jy’s ‘n soutwater mens – van die atlantiese oseaan tipe natuurlik!!! 🙂
ps ek het moerse stories van jou gehoor hehehehe
Die Faanster is terug, Hieeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
96@ Barbaar – Janee jong, The Saint was ‘n “Legend” op Voldy en saam met ons… ek en Pieta het juis gewonder waar issie man!
204/4 Hang in there Kallis and JP. Need to make them bowl for a long time tomorrow. Going to be 35 on Friday and full sun. We going to get the worst of the heat for bowling. So keep them out there for as long as possible.
Just BAT boys.
94 – Saint, Hello mate. The first time I speak to you. The others seem to know you well. You a friend of GBS you a friend of mine too.
@98 GBS
Netso!
Nou kan ons weer Zulu praat n slag, ons het n tolk…..The Saint sal vertaal as die mannne ons vloek…..dan vloek terug in Zulu via Saint, soos innie ou dae!
Eishhh….was lekker daai tyd, ons het hulle geroer op Voldy, alles in goeie gees, voor die ‘gutter coccarachas’ uitgekruip het daar n jaar of so gelede…..
100@ Puma
A legend, this oke.
Trust me.
102 – Piet, Howzit boet. Never saw him on Voldy but then he must have been there a long while back. Good that he is here then.
I read Voldy for about a year and a half before I started to blog there. Then only read the first 10 posts. Once the subject went off rugby used to just click off Voldy.
234/4
Keep them bowling boys.
103@ Puma
‘The Saint’ got married, and went on honeymoon for a year or two, just before you logged on……he warned us beforehand he was going to take some time out.
Kallis is a legend. What a great batsman. Still standing there and saving our butts. JP too doing well too.
Just keep batting boys.
234/4 so far. Slowly we are getting the runs and not losing anymore wickets. Good keep them bowling in the heat and tomrrow 😀 We will have to bowl on Friday and it will be 35 with full sun. Going to be tough.
105 – Piet he could have been still blogging when I used to read Voldy but not blogging there myself at the time. Like I said only used to read the threads what was written and about the first 10 posts. Once the subject went off rugby I just clicked off. So probably never got to see his posts and many for that matter. I have been there now for about one year and 10 months.
107 – Piet I read Voldy like I said for a year and a half before I started to blog there myself. He could have been posting there then.
106 – Meant tomorrow. Carol will be proud of me 😀 another typo…hehe
Kallis
Okaaaaaay 100!
110 – Piet did Kallis get his 100? Damn missed it going from tv to the study.
244/4 Kallis batting really well. JP holding his own too.
Kallis on 102 now. Brilliant well done to Kallis.
Hellooooooooooooo
Score not looking tooooooo bad now… if you told me at the start of the day to take 275 / 4, I would probably have said OK….
113 – GBS,
Yip, Kallis saving our butts today. Playing brilliant and JP standing with him too great.
Now they need to keep it up tomorrow.
Okay that is me out of here now. Going to get ready to go out.
Cheers all catch up tomorrow.
Go Proteas. Just keep batting boys. Make them sweat in the hot sun…….hehe.
114@ Puma – Enjoy the rest of your birthday, Oom Oerwoudkat!
Happy B’day Puma!
Was nou net op keo, Cab en Skopskiet gaat mekaar d%$^er!
117@ Daai Daisy Blom – Hulle moet maar net ‘n goeie joppie daarvan maak…. nie dat ek dink Skopbeflok kan iemand moer nie, hy is so kleiiiiiin ou toppie…. fokkol werd!
118@grootblousmile…. Mooi man! Hy praat egter asof hy Tyson homself is! Vuil bek!!!!
Man dis sleg met niks rugby nie!
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