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 |
Not sure what has happened to JP Duminy since last year having such a great test series in Oz. See he only made 4 today. Not playing well at the moment.
I would have Amla open with Smith let Prince bat at 5. Would have been much better.
116@ Boomninny – I got it…. will place it here.
Bommninny’s kid…. hehehe
115 – Treehugs, Hope not. Why they have tests in Durban is just crazy. It always rains this time of year. Light is a issue there too.
I agree with some of the commentators if tests are played here we have to start them at 9am and not at 10am. Would have had that extra hour.
Pillie have you been watching the news ? lots of problems with planes it seems. My sister lives in Usa and sister and afrikaans brother inlaw went there skiing over exmas and havent done any with the weather they haveing and is nervous flying home now, and am haveing a lot of fun makeing her more nervous 👿
120 – Piet, Just shows what a quick nap can do! 😆
Yip, We were in the driving seats now struggling in just a space of about 30min. It all changed. As soon as Kallis went out.
Now hope that Boucher the fighter and AB can hang in there for as long as possible.
Hugs, would love to see the monkey picture!
As for the Voldy comments, no one needs to stick up for me, it would not be ‘politically correct’!!
As a white English woman blogging on a South African site I would expect at least a bit of stick!!! 😆
Most of the guys who used to stick up for me are now here!! No wonder I feel so at home!! 🙂
The-Pill & Pietman Thanks for the welcome.
Puma they have said a few times in the past about starting the tests earlier, agree they should.
GBS thats how you will be after to many pills and papagaai slaai
Carol @126
Who’s is after you this time, not that that ‘Lilithy’ again?
Just ignore the little witch…..
Hiho Carol, GBS says he is putting on here and x marks the spot lol.
@122
A blue one as well, all it needs is a little Bulls shirt 🙂
Fark people, why is it that only 4 or so Proteas rescue EVERY SA INNINGS…. and it’s mostly the same okes…. Kallis, AB, Boucher.. and sometimes Biff…
SA used to have such a long and solid batting line-up…. not anymore, our tail is much longer now.
Yet we do not have a terrifying bowling attack either anymore, just an average bowling attack….
Hi Pietman nonono thats a SHARKS monkey lol
Carol the picture is on number 122
130 – Treehugs, Thansk for that pic. Shame looks kinda stuck there that monkey.
Hugs, Thanks for sticking up for Carol over at Voldy. Just had to go and check he was having a go at here once again. I hardly go and re-read threads but saw you mentioned it here.
Well no surprise there it is the same people that always stir trouble there.
118 Dipsy – Great mix you have there. There seem to be lots of Scots in SA. Has GBS asked you to nail you colours to the mast? Who do you follow (please NOT another Sharkie) !! 😉
Smithy normally does very well, he is just has a hiccup now and again. He does have a very awkward looking batting style thou.
135@ Carol – Dipsy sounds very WP…. very feminine… hehehe
132 – GBS, You are right. Not sure what is going on with our batting. Once Kallis went out it seemed to fall apart.
Also they playing Prince in the wrong position. He should come into bat at 5 and not open. Wasted playing him to open.
Ntini is past it too. If anyone cant see that they are blind as a bat. Parnell should have been selected to play for Durban. His bowling is suited well for Durban. Daft not to have selected him or De Wet that almost won us the test last week. Crazy stuff not sure what is going on with the selection thing.
105 – Dipsy well then it is great to have you here.
Have to tell us who you support though 😀 Which franchise in SA I mean.
135 – Carol, Another Sharkie would be just great. We sure growing in numbers here. 😆
Hugs – That little chap looks so helpless and fragile, I think he has fallen on his feet at your home!
Piet – It is Valkyrie, strange as I do not know who he is really but he seems to be Langhovens echo!! 😉
Puma – Funny old lot on Voldy eigh? 😉
Hope the Barmy Army don’t drink Durban dry like we Lions supporters did!!
Carol@135 You called it Girl. Whilst I reside in Cape Town, I am a Sharks supporter. Oh Yes, and an avid Liverpool supporter. Yes, yes through thick and thin and You’ll never walk alone et al!
OI !!!! Carol there are hardly any Sharks here we need more.
Puma thats where it decided to go to sleep, it was handed over to Steve and Carol shortly after that was taken to go to the monkey orphanage, where people look after them in nuserys then outside cages then released with a group in a new area in the bush. I was phoned to rescue this one and it was a handfull and lots of work, eating baby purity and baby formula in a syrynge, had huge temper tantrams.
137 – Don’t go offending our newest blogger……..just wait until he does his ‘reveal’!!
DIPSY WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME we need another SHARKS supporter
Fark, I better be careful who I APPROVE here on R-T….. hey Dipsy the Tipsy Tjarkie!
Toodlloo everyone got start the feeding, have a wonderfull evening and GBS hope the pain goes away.
It appears that Handbriekie’s teeth have gone on strike in sympathy with mine…. she’s now on the meds as well for tooth ache!!
GBS@137 Nee wat Boet! We WILL have a drink one day and you will have to post an apology for your distinct lack of character profiling.
148 – GBS Bet its a bundle of laughs in your house this afternoon!! 😆
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