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 |
I have a change in plans.
My brother just invited us over to the Blyde River Canyon, apparently they have room for us at their Lodge, so now it party time , braai , beer and sunshine.
Will leave you till tomorrow afternoon.
Will leave in 2 hours time, some things to get. Will watch you though till i leave.
superBul have a wonderful time.
Hi…. grootbloufattapteeth here…. hehehe
Gargling a strong salt solution works wonders… thanks…
But I’ve also managed to get Antibiotics without a prescription from our local chemist… the type of Antibiotics a dentist would prescribe to someone with an absess in a tooth.
I’ve never pumped myself so full of pills and drugs in my entire life, both my ears have closed on me (“toegeslaan”) and I’m feeling rather pathetic…. there’s no bigger ninny than me at the moment.
Looks like I might only find an open dentist on Monday… so I’ll have to keep dosing myself up with the freegin drugs through today, tonight and tomorrow and tomorrow night…..
….but I’ll be fine…. I always am…. you know me…
Brave brave gBS, funny about a toothache like that once its gone it can stay away for days, dont ignore the dentist though, it WILL come back.
Am so glad the salt solution helped 🙂
GBS dont gargle hold it in your mouth over the sore tooth.
65@ Boomninny – Sorry, that’s what I meant…. I’m holding it there… I have found that the hotter the water, the more salt will dissolve in the water… and accordingly the stronger the mixture is, so I’m overdoing it a bit now in an attempt not to take pain tablets…. fark my head eventually felt the size of a moooooooooooosa watermelon because of all the pills…. you name it, I’ve drunk it…
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Right manne ek gaan nou kuier bye for now
Cheers SuperBul, geniet dit
GBS, Medicross in Kraaifontein have a standby dentist on call. What time should I fetch you from the airport?
Did you get the picture of my bottle od whisky?
71@ Loskoppie – Fark…. I’m damn tempted to fly….. really!
Yip, I got the pic… I shall now proceed to put it on here for all to see!
Loosehead Present:
The people know my taste well too…. look what I got… amongst others….
GBS’s Present:
The Cricket is looking a bit better now….. Biff and Kallis must both get handsome tons and more….
SA now 142 / 2
The Poms, according to the commentators are using stupid tactics in the application of their chioce of bowlers….
loosehead.
Nice bottle there, i also received one from my neighbour. Tghe Famous one that is.
I hope that Ntini doesn`t cost us this test. He is really past his sell by date.
Am back, had to walk in front of the tractor so hub didnt go into the donga. Got back to the house and the dstv dish was nearly right out the wall from the wind, we got one the those on a long pole above the roof.
Hub put rope around the pole and tied it onto a burglar bar to keep it stable in the wind else no signal, Eish things you have to do.
61 – Super, Sounds awesome boet. Enjoy.
75 – Pill, That is a worry. Tests are all about taking wickets. So feel the same. Ntini has been great for SA cricket but I feel too that he is now past it a bit. De Wett or Parnell should have played instead.
Well so far all good. Just as I thought. Once we saw off the first 15 overs it was going to be better for the batters. If these two are still in at close we will have England by the throat…. 😆 Sorry to our resident Pom – Carol…..hehehe.
Carol many Barmy Army supporters arriving tonight I hear. So from tomorrow we will be seeing many more of your people here. Should be good. Hope the weather plays ball.
63 – GBS. Pleaed you got sorted boet, toothache is horrible.
Kallis is out….
typo……LOL. Meant pleased.
Feck ! roof on the stables on next doors property has just gone !
Kallis gone. Bugger and he was batting superb.
Cloud everywhere here now so maybe it will once again start to favour the bowlers. Hope not though.
83 – TreeHugs, Where you live? The wind by you sounds terrible. Here in Umhlanga it is just starting to pick up now.
80@ Puma – Who says I’m sorted….. I’m just in between fits of pain….. hehehehe
Fark, these teeth…. or should I rather say, Fark the lazy sons of bitches who are dentists…..
Looks like rain going to come soon. Hang in boys don’t lose any wickets now.
Biff run out….
Puma outside of Pmb, its really nasty outside and sky is going all black looks like Richmond way. This wind scares me,does so much damage but we got lots of trees so protects the house compared to the other propertys.
86 – GBS, I had the same problem this time last year. Drove me insane almost….hehehe. Saw a dentist here and he was USELESS. Made it even worse then saw another he hardly done much. So eventually only saw my dentist Mid-Jan early this year when I returned to Joburg. He sorted it out quick.
STUPID, STUPID GS, JUST RUN OUT………….DAMN. WHY NOW WHEN THE RAIN IS COMING GET RUN OUT. DAFT.
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