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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South Africa 343 & 31/1 (10.0 ov)
England 575/9d
South Africa trail by 201 runs with 9 wickets remaining
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South Africa 2nd innings
AG Prince c Bell b Swann 16 28
GC Smith* not out 12 30
HM Amla not out 5 8
Extras 0
Total (1 wicket; 11 overs) 33 (3.00 runs per over)
Big partnerships needed to salvage this game.
Afternoon everyone.
Prince gone. Why is he opening? Should come in at 5. WASTED to open.
Think GS should have bowled first too. Never bat first at Kingsmead if the weather not going to be good the first and 2nd day. Think we are sitting ducks now unless a batsman or two get a 100 or more like Bell and Cook done.
Hello Snoek, Agree we need GS and Amla or Kallis to get a ton. Probably need all 3 of them to get a ton actually.
South Africa 343 & 37/1 (13.0 ov)
England 575/9d
South Africa trail by 195 runs with 9 wickets remaining
Amla bowled by Swann.
GBS, Hope your toothace is gone. Could not answer your post yesterday. My pc has crashed. Now working from my daughter’s lap top. Not easy for me to work from a lap top. Puts too much strain on my neck. Also using my 3G Card and find it sssssssssssoooooooooooooo slow. So will post just a bit.
Hope you well boeta.
Hi Puma
It looks like we might lose this game. A draw would be good from here on.
South Africa 343 & 37/2 (13.2 ov)
England 575/9d
South Africa trail by 195 runs with 8 wickets remaining
Tea – Day 4
This is not good, we could lose by more than an Innings….. fark…. there is no way SA can win now, so runs are unimportant…. wickets are what matters… and we arealready two down the stupid drain!
Hi Puma.
Snoek i rate GS highly as a player and a captain. I know a lot of people dont but i would like to know who they think will do a better job, because there is no one right now.
Snoek, Think that is us done. Will have to think about the Newlands test. Why GS batted first at Kingsmead when the first day was forecast for rain and the 2nd. Was crazy. We sitting ducks for sure. Unless we have another hero like JP and Steyn done for us at Melbourne last year.
Swann has got 2 wickets for 6 runs in 2.2 overs.
The spinner will win this one for England.
Carol will be happy.
Puma you lucky you got 3G i only have edge or gprs out here where i live. So i actually dont know how fast a computer is supposed to send and receive stuff.
434 – Hello Treehugs, I rate GS highly too. Just have no idea why he decided to bat first when the weather forecast was for rain the first two days? Makes it more difficult for batting. We should have bowled first. Also Ntini should not be in this side. He is well, well past his best. Prince should be coming in at 5 where he would play far, far better. Wasted opening. Amla gone too so not really sure who should open.
Still very overcast here but they were batting well there this morning. Then they were well in and we still finding ourselves here. Think we could lose by a innings here. Also last test Ntini should NEVER have bowled that last over when De Wet was on fire. He probably should have had another go here but I would have selected Parnell for this test. Gets plenty swing and would have been suited for Kingsmead.
435 – Puma
Unfortunately I see a SA cricket choke coming up. Would be awesome if we can save this one, but it won’t happen easily.
437 – Treehugs normally use adsl but my pc has crashed so using my daugthers lap top for now with my 3g connection. VERY slow.
How much do we need to win ? isnt two hundred and something, cause if thats the case its not impossible but a draw would be satisfactory.
437 – TH
Are you staying on the South Pole?
439 – Snoek, Plenty wind picking up here in Umhlanga. So it must be down there at Kingsmead. Remember JP also got 3 wickets so it must be good for the spinners there. That is why Parnell should have played too. He is not a spinner but gets plenty swing when he bowls. Even J. Boycott can not believe we played Ntini again when he is out of form. He thought we should have given De Wet another go after his great performance last week. Also said or Parnell.
441 – TH
We need 232 to pass there first innings score, but they have a full inings to bat left.
So if we get bowled out for 250, they need 18 to win the test.
Puma unfortunatly i agree about Ntini, hopeing he would do well but you have throw in the towel sometime and maybe now is a good time. I rate Prince, i think he is better than no 5 in a test maybe he should come in at 3 but not open. He can stay in for a long time when he sets his mind to it. But my knowledge is not that great just an opinion.
Puma
I understand that the 3 for 82 that Duminy got was the best bowling figures for a South African in Durban since re-admission.
Strange fact that.
To many SA players strugling for form at the moment. Prince, Duminy, Amla, Ntini, Steyn and Harris.
Snoek – Chit didnt know they still had an innings, have not been watching today to busy and 😆 not the South Pole midlands Natal in the bush. Advantage being my neighbours have their own game farm so i stand in my garden everyday and look at their Giraff, wildebeast etc etc. Can walk to the end of my property and watch their zebra grazeing next to my horses on the other side of the game fence so i have some advantages.
“Congrats to Swanny on his 50th and 51st wickets in 2009, second behind Mitchell Johnson (61). Could Swanny conceivably be elevated in the order in a second innings T20 slog for victory, make 48no and join Johnson (500 runs) as the only pair to do the 500 run / 50 wkt calendar year double?”
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