The South African Proteas take on England in the 2nd 5-day Test of the series of 4 Tests, after drawing the 1st Test in Centurion. This is the traditional Boxing Day Test and this year it takes place in Durban at Kingsmead. This is your match thread for discussion of the game.
South Africa 343 & 133 (50.0 ov)
England 574/9d
England won by an innings and 98 runs
South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
GC Smith* | run out (Cook) | 75 | 256 | 186 | 9 | 0 | 40.32 | |
AG Prince | c Swann b Anderson | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
HM Amla | lbw b Broad | 2 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | |
JH Kallis | c Collingwood b Swann | 75 | 197 | 132 | 7 | 0 | 56.81 | |
AB de Villiers | c †Prior b Broad | 50 | 149 | 98 | 6 | 0 | 51.02 | |
JP Duminy | lbw b Onions | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
MV Boucher† | lbw b Swann | 39 | 72 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 78.00 | |
M Morkel | lbw b Swann | 23 | 87 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 46.93 | |
PL Harris | lbw b Swann | 2 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
DW Steyn | c †Prior b Anderson | 47 | 66 | 58 | 3 | 3 | 81.03 | |
M Ntini | not out | 6 | 47 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
Extras | (b 1, lb 17) | 18 | ||||||
Total | (all out; 108.3 overs; 474 mins) | 343 | (3.16 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
JM Anderson | 23.3 | 4 | 75 | 2 | 3.19 | |||
G Onions | 23 | 6 | 62 | 1 | 2.69 | |||
SCJ Broad | 20 | 6 | 44 | 2 | 2.20 | |||
GP Swann | 35 | 3 | 110 | 4 | 3.14 | |||
IJL Trott | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | |||
KP Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 | |||
PD Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 |
England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
AJ Strauss* | b Morkel | 54 | 80 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 80.59 | |
AN Cook | c Kallis b Morkel | 118 | 401 | 263 | 11 | 0 | 44.86 | |
IJL Trott | c †Boucher b Morkel | 18 | 39 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 58.06 | |
KP Pietersen | lbw b Harris | 31 | 86 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 59.61 | |
PD Collingwood | c †Boucher b Duminy | 91 | 283 | 215 | 7 | 0 | 42.32 | |
IR Bell | c †Boucher b Steyn | 140 | 313 | 227 | 10 | 1 | 61.67 | |
MJ Prior† | b Duminy | 60 | 134 | 81 | 6 | 1 | 74.07 | |
SCJ Broad | c Kallis b Duminy | 20 | 65 | 59 | 1 | 1 | 33.89 | |
GP Swann | c Prince b Steyn | 22 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 157.14 | |
JM Anderson | not out | 1 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
G Onions | not out | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
Extras | (lb 10, w 6, nb 1) | 17 | ||||||
Total | (9 wickets dec; 170 overs; 724 mins) | 574 | (3.37 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
DW Steyn | 34 | 6 | 94 | 2 | 2.76 | |||
M Ntini | 29 | 4 | 114 | 0 | 3.93 | |||
M Morkel | 31 | 6 | 78 | 3 | 2.51 | (3w) | ||
JH Kallis | 14 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.07 | (1nb) | ||
PL Harris | 38 | 4 | 146 | 1 | 3.84 | (1w) | ||
JP Duminy | 24 | 1 | 89 | 3 | 3.70 |
South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
AG Prince | c Bell b Swann | 16 | 42 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 | |
GC Smith* | lbw b Swann | 22 | 97 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 39.28 | |
HM Amla | b Swann | 6 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
JH Kallis | b Broad | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | |
AB de Villiers | lbw b Broad | 2 | 18 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 | |
JP Duminy | b Broad | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
MV Boucher† | c †Prior b Broad | 29 | 91 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 44.61 | |
M Morkel | lbw b Swann | 15 | 51 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 37.50 | |
PL Harris | c Broad b Anderson | 36 | 57 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 72.00 | |
DW Steyn | lbw b Swann | 3 | 37 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | |
M Ntini | not out | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
Extras | 0 | |||||||
Total | (all out; 50 overs; 215 mins) | 133 | (2.66 runs per over) |
Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
JM Anderson | 8 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | |||
G Onions | 4 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 3.00 | |||
GP Swann | 21 | 3 | 54 | 5 | 2.57 | |||
SCJ Broad | 17 | 3 | 43 | 4 | 2.52 |
Match details |
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England led the 4-match series 1-0 |
Player of the match GP Swann (England) |
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AM Saheba (India) TV umpire SJ Davis (Australia) Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
Close of play 26 Dec day 1 – South Africa 1st innings 175/5 (AB de Villiers 8*, MV Boucher 1*, 61 ov) 27 Dec day 2 – England 1st innings 103/1 (AN Cook 31*, IJL Trott 17*, 26.2 ov) 28 Dec day 3 – England 1st innings 386/5 (IR Bell 55*, MJ Prior 11*, 123 ov) 29 Dec day 4 – South Africa 2nd innings 76/6 (MV Boucher 20*, M Morkel 7*, 32 ov) 30 Dec day 5 – South Africa 2nd innings 133 (50 ov) – end of match |
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Hi all
Hey GBS howzit
Simple solution for your tooth.
A heavy door a peice of string, tie sting to door knob and the other end around your tooth and slam the door 🙂
@274
Howdy Coach, seems we missed each other again.
On my way to the Angolan Consulate, then off to Luanda for two days, talk laters.
Stay cool old son from Langebaan.
Cheers.
274 – Coach, Good to see you here. Hope you well mate.
Piet travel safe. Luanda would love to see that part of Arica one day.
Well just as I thought. Brilliant day here. Blue sky no clouds and it will be damn GOOD FOR BATTING……DAMN. GS should have looked at the weather forecast before he done the toss. Should have bowled first I think. Bat first in Durban if the weather is great but cloudy you bowl first.
Just hope our bowlers come out like a cracker.
Go Proteas.
MORNE you beauty. Takes Trott in his first over this morning. Good just what we needed a early wicket.
GBS, Hope you sitting at the Dentist…. 😆
278 Puma…..Trott out first over!! My turn to say Grrrrrrrr
We have woken up to another hard frost, blue cloudless sky sounds good though…….
I do hope our Webmonster gets himself and Handbrieke sorted today!! 🙁
280 – Carol, Morning to you. Not all the time by my pc back and forward to the tv.
Ag, NO frost? Not good. Just look what you are missing Carol here in Durbs? Big blue sky today and plenty Barmy Army Supporters expected to arrive for the afternoon session. Good day for them. Hot around 32 today.
280 – Carol, I have no doubt GBS and Handbrieke are both at the Dentist right now. Hope it is all sorted. Toothache is a horrible thing. I had it this time last year.
Puma, I just saw you comment on Voldy that you would rather watch the action from the comfort of your own home, aircon etc!!
Well the Barmy Army boys will be probably be spread out in the sun getting sun stroke and prickly heat today,some of us Brits still struggle with the concept of suncream and protective clothing. 😐
Score 125 for 2 I hear!
Hi all. Geez like,the wind is howling there today..
Winston – Morning, how are things with you today?
Morning all
Well i’m back from my Christmas celebrations with family, and back at work. Hope everyone had a great weekend.
Keep them to small partnerships from here, and we just might sneak a first innings lead.
Hi Carol,am well and yourself. Am back from Joburg so can get back to relaxing and watch some good cricket 🙂
Hi Carol, how’s things with you and your family?
Are you in Durban Winston?
283 – Carol, I have been posting there as no-one was logged on here only me LOL. See some have arrived now.
Morning Snoek and Winston.
136/2 Missing a chance to take Pietersons wicket. Not good work, we must take all chances coming our way.
287 – Snoek, We need to take KP or Cook they looking comfortable there. Sun out at Kingsmead makes for good batting. Just hope we can take another wicket or two before lunch.
Hi Puma,
Are you well?
290 – Snoek, Winston lives in Durban North he told us and is a SHARK supporter like us. Also Dipsy another blogger that is now blogging here from last week. He too is a Shark Supporter. Many of us here now. Bully Boys better be careful we going to out number them here soon.. 😆
293 – Third day is always the best for batting. If we can get KP out early, it would definatly help our cause.
294 – Snoek, Very well boet. Very hot here today so relaxing inside watching the crici. Still have my mom here. She always spends Christmas with us. 82 now and going strong after she had a pace maker put in last year.
296 – Snoek, We need to take him out soon. He knows Kingsmead well too. Damn, think GS got it wrong to bat first. Why did he not look at the weather before the toss? Always bowl first at Kingsmead if it is overcast for the first two days. Bat first if it is sun out. We going to struggle to take them out today. Looks very good for batting there.
295 – Well that is good news. We need all the Shark supporters here to keep the blog decent. 😆
297 – Enjoy your parents mate. As they get older we appreciate them more.
283 – Carol, The Barmy Army are there with their sun cream on and jugs of beer…… 😆 Ag, they a good lot of fun. Brings some good atmosphere to the test crici. I enjoy them. Just not going to the ground this time. Too hot for me and humid. Rather watch from the comfy of the aircon at home.
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