The 4Th and last 5-day Test between the SA Proteas and England takes place at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg from 14 January to 18 January 2010. The Proteas are one down in the series, so it is essential for them to win this Test to square the series and salvage some SA pride. This is the match thread for discussion of the game.

South Africa v England

Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Test debuts R McLaren and WD Parnell (South Africa)
Player of the match tba
Umpires SJ Davis (Australia) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire DJ Harper (Australia)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire JD Cloete

 

South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs

               
  England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* c Amla b Steyn 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
  0.1 gone! What an incredible start! A back-of-a-length delivery on the pads, Strauss played with an angled bat to deflect the ball into the leg-side, but Hashim Amla, under the lid at backward short leg, swooped superbly with his right hand, and clung onto a blinder! 0/1
View dismissal AN Cook lbw b Morkel 21 49 31 2 0 67.74
  9.4 a review coming up, as Cook is given out lbw … it could be marginal … He took a while to ponder the option, but it seemed to the naked eye to be quite high, and potentially outside leg… this is absolutely crucial … and there are so many permutations. No inside-edge, but surely that was a no-ball! Perhaps there is a fraction of leather behind the line … either way, it’s been given! 39/4
View dismissal IJL Trott lbw b Morkel 5 8 8 1 0 62.50
  1.6 full length, loose on-drive, that’s plumb! The end of a bewildering innings from Trott, who swished at anything that moved, and eventually played across the line to a full-length delivery 7/2
View dismissal KP Pietersen c Parnell b Morkel 7 26 16 1 0 43.75
  7.5 good grief, another one bites the dust, and it’s the debutant Wayne Parnell at mid-on! Back of a length, Pietersen climbs into a full-blooded pull, but he doesn’t time it properly and Parnell is on hand to intercept. 32/3
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Duminy b McLaren 47 104 61 5 2 77.04
  30.3 squared up, a leading edge, and that’s caught at point! A massive breakthrough and that is McLaren’s first in Tests. Smith’s hunch has paid off, just enough nibble off the deck to turn a regulation nurdle off the pads into a muffed false shot, and Duminy leans forward to collect a lobbed opportunity! 115/5
View dismissal IR Bell b Steyn 35 125 86 6 0 40.69
  37.4 castled! And that is exceptional bowling. Steyn has been swinging everything away, and this one zips back off the deck, through the gate, and into the stumps! High quality fast bowling, and there’s very little that Bell could have done about that 133/6
View dismissal MJ Prior c †Boucher b Steyn 14 45 25 2 0 56.00
  39.1 England collapsing here! Prior gone! Short ball, Prior tries to pull it away but it catches the gloves and goes slowly though to Boucher. Easy catch and South Africa are all over England here. “So much for your quiet hour,” says Miller. 136/7
View dismissal SCJ Broad c Morkel b Kallis 13 18 13 2 0 100.00
  40.5 gone this time! One shot too many perhaps. Back of a length, straight into Broad and he flaps it, needlessly really, in the air to mid off. Hit, hope and fail. 148/8
View dismissal GP Swann c †Boucher b Steyn 27 43 27 3 1 100.00
  47.5 gets him this time though. Outside off stump, Swann flays at it and it comes off an inside edge through to a diving Boucher. 180/10
View dismissal RJ Sidebottom c †Boucher b Steyn 0 12 6 0 0 0.00
  43.2 gone! Steyn gets another! All very easy really, outside off, Sidebottom comes forward and nicks it behind to Boucher. South Africa rampant here! 155/9
  JM Anderson not out 6 22 13 0 0 46.15
   
  Extras (lb 2, w 3) 5          
             
  Total (all out; 47.5 overs; 228 mins) 180 (3.76 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-0 (Strauss, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Trott, 1.6 ov), 3-32 (Pietersen, 7.5 ov), 4-39 (Cook, 9.4 ov), 5-115 (Collingwood, 30.3 ov), 6-133 (Bell, 37.4 ov), 7-136 (Prior, 39.1 ov), 8-148 (Broad, 40.5 ov), 9-155 (Sidebottom, 43.2 ov), 10-180 (Swann, 47.5 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets DW Steyn 13.5 1 51 5 3.68 (1w)  
  0.1 to Strauss, gone! What an incredible start! A back-of-a-length delivery on the pads, Strauss played with an angled bat to deflect the ball into the leg-side, but Hashim Amla, under the lid at backward short leg, swooped superbly with his right hand, and clung onto a blinder! 0/137.4 to Bell, castled! And that is exceptional bowling. Steyn has been swinging everything away, and this one zips back off the deck, through the gate, and into the stumps! High quality fast bowling, and there’s very little that Bell could have done about that 133/639.1 to Prior, England collapsing here! Prior gone! Short ball, Prior tries to pull it away but it catches the gloves and goes slowly though to Boucher. Easy catch and South Africa are all over England here. “So much for your quiet hour,” says Miller. 136/743.2 to Sidebottom, gone! Steyn gets another! All very easy really, outside off, Sidebottom comes forward and nicks it behind to Boucher. South Africa rampant here! 155/9

47.5 to Swann, gets him this time though. Outside off stump, Swann flays at it and it comes off an inside edge through to a diving Boucher. 180/10

View wickets M Morkel 11 1 39 3 3.54 (2w)  
  1.6 to Trott, full length, loose on-drive, that’s plumb! The end of a bewildering innings from Trott, who swished at anything that moved, and eventually played across the line to a full-length delivery 7/27.5 to Pietersen, good grief, another one bites the dust, and it’s the debutant Wayne Parnell at mid-on! Back of a length, Pietersen climbs into a full-blooded pull, but he doesn’t time it properly and Parnell is on hand to intercept. 32/39.4 to Cook, a review coming up, as Cook is given out lbw … it could be marginal … He took a while to ponder the option, but it seemed to the naked eye to be quite high, and potentially outside leg… this is absolutely crucial … and there are so many permutations. No inside-edge, but surely that was a no-ball! Perhaps there is a fraction of leather behind the line … either way, it’s been given! 39/4
View wicket R McLaren 10 3 30 1 3.00    
  30.3 to Collingwood, squared up, a leading edge, and that’s caught at point! A massive breakthrough and that is McLaren’s first in Tests. Smith’s hunch has paid off, just enough nibble off the deck to turn a regulation nurdle off the pads into a muffed false shot, and Duminy leans forward to collect a lobbed opportunity! 115/5
  WD Parnell 3 0 18 0 6.00    
   
View wicket JH Kallis 10 3 40 1 4.00    
  40.5 to Broad, gone this time! One shot too many perhaps. Back of a length, straight into Broad and he flaps it, needlessly really, in the air to mid off. Hit, hope and fail. 148/8
               
  South Africa 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal GC Smith* c Strauss b Sidebottom 105 252 187 16 0 56.14
  57.2 edged and gone! A good length delivery that seams, rather than swings, and Strauss at first slip gobbles the edge in his midriff 201/2
View dismissal AG Prince c Swann b Broad 19 71 48 3 0 39.58
  16.3 that one is definitely out! Good delivery climbing outside off, Prince propped forward, found a thick edge, straight into Swann’s midriff at second slip 36/1
View dismissal HM Amla c †Prior b Broad 75 216 138 8 0 54.34
  64.6 the swing does the trick! Exceptional one-handed catch from Prior, diving in front of first slip, as Amla leans into a drive, but the ball ghosts away late, snicks the edge and England have their incision! 217/3
View dismissal JH Kallis c Anderson b Sidebottom 7 41 24 0 0 29.16
  65.6 wow, now we have got a game on here! Well-directed bouncer from Sidebottom, Kallis is caught completely unawares and muffs a bail-out pull. Anderson in the gully reacts like lightning, hurtles forward, scoops with one hand, and suddenly South Africa have lost two in two overs! 217/4
View dismissal AB de Villiers c Collingwood b Broad 58 165 119 5 0 48.73
  102.4 got him this time! Slightly shorter, de Villiers leans into a whippy pull, but his shot hasn’t got the power or the timing to beat wide mid-on. And that’s a timely wicket for England 355/6
View dismissal JP Duminy c Collingwood b Swann 7 31 20 1 0 35.00
  73.1 absolutely incredible! Swann has struck with his first ball yet again, and his bunny, Duminy, can only shake his head in disbelief! A perfect line and length, tossed up outside off, sharp spin and extra bounce, and Collingwood snaffles the edge 235/5
View dismissal MV Boucher c Trott b Swann 95 196 118 9 0 80.50
  117.1 oh that is unlucky for Boucher, so close to a hundred, he’s top edged a sweep down to a tumbling Trott at deep square. Fantastic innings from a fantastic cricketer. 419/7
  R McLaren not out 33 77 56 5 0 58.92
   
  DW Steyn not out 1 10 5 0 0 20.00
   
  Extras (b 8, lb 9, w 5, nb 1) 23          
             
  Total (7 wickets dec; 119 overs; 531 mins) 423 (3.55 runs per over)
Did not bat M Morkel, WD Parnell
Fall of wickets1-36 (Prince, 16.3 ov), 2-201 (Smith, 57.2 ov), 3-217 (Amla, 64.6 ov), 4-217 (Kallis, 65.6 ov), 5-235 (Duminy, 73.1 ov), 6-355 (de Villiers, 102.4 ov), 7-419 (Boucher, 117.1 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
  JM Anderson 30 4 111 0 3.70 (1nb)  
   
View wickets RJ Sidebottom 31 6 98 2 3.16    
  57.2 to Smith, edged and gone! A good length delivery that seams, rather than swings, and Strauss at first slip gobbles the edge in his midriff 201/265.6 to Kallis, wow, now we have got a game on here! Well-directed bouncer from Sidebottom, Kallis is caught completely unawares and muffs a bail-out pull. Anderson in the gully reacts like lightning, hurtles forward, scoops with one hand, and suddenly South Africa have lost two in two overs! 217/4
View wickets SCJ Broad 29 4 83 3 2.86 (1w)  
  16.3 to Prince, that one is definitely out! Good delivery climbing outside off, Prince propped forward, found a thick edge, straight into Swann’s midriff at second slip 36/164.6 to Amla, the swing does the trick! Exceptional one-handed catch from Prior, diving in front of first slip, as Amla leans into a drive, but the ball ghosts away late, snicks the edge and England have their incision! 217/3102.4 to de Villiers, got him this time! Slightly shorter, de Villiers leans into a whippy pull, but his shot hasn’t got the power or the timing to beat wide mid-on. And that’s a timely wicket for England 355/6
View wickets GP Swann 23 0 93 2 4.04    
  73.1 to Duminy, absolutely incredible! Swann has struck with his first ball yet again, and his bunny, Duminy, can only shake his head in disbelief! A perfect line and length, tossed up outside off, sharp spin and extra bounce, and Collingwood snaffles the edge 235/5117.1 to Boucher, oh that is unlucky for Boucher, so close to a hundred, he’s top edged a sweep down to a tumbling Trott at deep square. Fantastic innings from a fantastic cricketer. 419/7
  PD Collingwood 6 1 21 0 3.50    
   
               
  England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
View dismissal AJ Strauss* lbw b Parnell 22 58 45 3 0 48.88
  12.3 Review: much fuller ball, and this nips off the seam and thuds into Strauss’ pads. Massive appeal for lbw. Was there an inside edge? He was given out by Tony Hill… and after some deliberation that is given out and that’s Wayne Parnell’s first wicket in Test cricket 48/3
View dismissal AN Cook c Smith b Morkel 1 14 6 0 0 16.66
  3.4 Morkel strikes! South Africa breakthrough early! On the off stump channel, moving away with the angle, a touch of extra bounce and it finds the outside edge of Cook’s defensive shot and flies through to Smith at slip who gobbles it up gleefully 6/1
View dismissal IJL Trott c de Villiers b Steyn 8 15 9 2 0 88.88
  6.1 Gone! Got him! You always felt Steyn could be lethal against the right handers, Trott had not settled but what could he do with this. Full, snaking away at the last moment, flies off the outside edge from a defensive shot to third slip 21/2
View dismissal KP Pietersen c †Boucher b Parnell 12 91 42 2 0 28.57
  22.4 there’s the breakthrough! A push across Pietersen’s bows, a wild swish to a ball that keeps going towards the slips, and a faint nick through to Boucher! 84/4
View dismissal PD Collingwood c Morkel b Duminy 71 139 88 12 1 80.68
  39.1 got him straight away! Horrid delivery, dragged down, Collingwood tried to hoik it out the Wanderers but didn’t quite time it and found Morkel at deep square 154/9
View dismissal IR Bell c Kallis b Morkel 5 35 17 1 0 29.41
  29.3 this time he’s gone. Another fine delivery from Morkel. Superb line, excellent bounce, a regulation edge at head height to second slip 103/5
View dismissal MJ Prior c Smith b Morkel 0 3 2 0 0 0.00
  29.5 well, that was even briefer than anyone could have imagined! A short ball outside off, a loose swish, a steepling top-edge, and Smith back-pedals to cling onto the catch 103/6
View dismissal SCJ Broad c †Boucher b Morkel 1 11 9 0 0 11.11
  31.3 Review. Broad given not out to one that arrowed down the leg side. Instant review and looks like it clipped the glove. There was a big, dare I say it, sound Even Harper could get this right, surely. Yes, he’s gone. Broad hangs around for a while and drags himself off. Wheels are off for England now. 104/7
View dismissal GP Swann c de Villiers b Steyn 20 21 17 3 0 117.64
  35.5 gone this time! Full and swinging, Swann aims to block but the late away swing finds the edge and it goes straight through to De Villiers at slip. Almost all over now! 134/8
View dismissal RJ Sidebottom b Duminy 15 37 17 2 0 88.23
  42.5 Gone, got him! South Africa win the Test and level the series! Sidebottom tried to heave this through the leg side but misses and it crashes into the stumps. South Africa win by an innings and 74 runs. 169/10
  JM Anderson not out 1 16 11 0 0 9.09
   
  Extras (lb 6, w 1, nb 6) 13          
             
  Total (all out; 42.5 overs; 213 mins) 169 (3.94 runs per over)
Fall of wickets1-6 (Cook, 3.4 ov), 2-21 (Trott, 6.1 ov), 3-48 (Strauss, 12.3 ov), 4-84 (Pietersen, 22.4 ov), 5-103 (Bell, 29.3 ov), 6-103 (Prior, 29.5 ov), 7-104 (Broad, 31.3 ov), 8-134 (Swann, 35.5 ov), 9-154 (Collingwood, 39.1 ov), 10-169 (Sidebottom, 42.5 ov)
                 
  Bowling O M R W Econ    
View wickets DW Steyn 14 1 64 2 4.57 (2nb)  
  6.1 to Trott, Gone! Got him! You always felt Steyn could be lethal against the right handers, Trott had not settled but what could he do with this. Full, snaking away at the last moment, flies off the outside edge from a defensive shot to third slip 21/235.5 to Swann, gone this time! Full and swinging, Swann aims to block but the late away swing finds the edge and it goes straight through to De Villiers at slip. Almost all over now! 134/8
View wickets M Morkel 16 5 59 4 3.68 (3nb, 1w)  
  3.4 to Cook, Morkel strikes! South Africa breakthrough early! On the off stump channel, moving away with the angle, a touch of extra bounce and it finds the outside edge of Cook’s defensive shot and flies through to Smith at slip who gobbles it up gleefully 6/129.3 to Bell, this time he’s gone. Another fine delivery from Morkel. Superb line, excellent bounce, a regulation edge at head height to second slip 103/529.5 to Prior, well, that was even briefer than anyone could have imagined! A short ball outside off, a loose swish, a steepling top-edge, and Smith back-pedals to cling onto the catch 103/631.3 to Broad, Review. Broad given not out to one that arrowed down the leg side. Instant review and looks like it clipped the glove. There was a big, dare I say it, sound Even Harper could get this right, surely. Yes, he’s gone. Broad hangs around for a while and drags himself off. Wheels are off for England now. 104/7
View wickets WD Parnell 8 1 17 2 2.12    
  12.3 to Strauss, Review: much fuller ball, and this nips off the seam and thuds into Strauss’ pads. Massive appeal for lbw. Was there an inside edge? He was given out by Tony Hill… and after some deliberation that is given out and that’s Wayne Parnell’s first wicket in Test cricket 48/322.4 to Pietersen, there’s the breakthrough! A push across Pietersen’s bows, a wild swish to a ball that keeps going towards the slips, and a faint nick through to Boucher! 84/4
  R McLaren 3 1 13 0 4.33 (1nb)  
   
View wickets JP Duminy 1.5 0 10 2 5.45  

853 Responses to Cricket: SA vs England, 4Th 5-day Test, Wanderers, Joburg – SA Won

  • 841

    837 – Carol, Hope you had a brilliant time last night.

  • 842

    841 – Puma, great party thanks,I danced so much decided I did not need to go running today!! 😀

  • 843

    The following questions were set in last year’s GCSE examination in Swindon, Wiltshire ( U.K. )

    These are genuine answers (from 16 year old boys)

    (1)———–Q. Name the four seasons
    A. Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar

    (2)———–Q. Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink
    A. Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutants like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists ….(Canoeists??)

    (3)————-Q. How is dew formed
    A. The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

    (4)————-Q. What causes the tides in the oceans
    A. The tides are a fight between the earth and the moon. All watertends to flow towards the moon, because there is no water on the moon, and nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins the fight

    (5)————Q. What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on
    A. If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed

    (6)————Q. In a democratic society, how important are elections
    A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election

    (7)————Q. What are steroids
    A. Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs ……………….. (Shoot yourself now ,there is little hope)

    (8 )——–Q. What happens to your body as you age
    A.. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental ………. ( at ballistic speed!!!)

    (9)———Q. What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty
    A. He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery ………….. (So true)

    (10)——-Q. Name a major disease associated with cigarettes
    A. Premature death

    (11)——–Q. What is artificial insemination
    A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow ………………………… (Oh my Gawdt)

    (12)——-Q. How can you delay milk turning sour
    A. Keep it in the cow ……………………………………………………(Simple, but brilliant)

    (13)———Q. How are the main parts of the body categorised (eg the abdomen)
    A. The body is consisted into 3 parts – the brainium, the borax and the abdominal cavity. The brainium contains the brain, the borax contains the heart and lungs and the abdominal cavity contains the five bowels: A,E,I,O and U ……………………………………………………(What the *!!*???)

    (14)———-Q. What is the fibula
    A. A small lie

    (15)———Q. What does ‘varicose’ mean
    A. Nearby

    (16)————–Q. What is the most common form of birth control
    A. Most people prevent contraception by wearing a condominium .(That would work)

    (17)———-Q. Give the meaning of the term ‘Caesarean section’
    A. The caesarean section is a district in Rome

    (18 )————Q. What is a seizure
    A. A Roman Emperor .(Julius Seizure, I came, I saw, I had a fit)

    (19)———–Q. What is a terminal illness
    A. When you are sick at the airport .(Irrefutable)

    (20)——–Q. Give an example of a fungus. What is a characteristic feature
    A. Mushrooms. They always grow in damp places and they look like umbrellas

    (21)——-Q. Use the word ‘judicious’ in a sentence to show you understand its meaning
    A. Hands that judicious can be soft as your face …………………….(OMG)

    (22)———-Q. What does the word ‘benign’ mean
    A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight

    (23)———–Q. What is a turbine
    A. Something an Arab or Shreik wears on his head

  • 844

    And this is the guys who get paid in pounds!

  • 845

    I intentionally made a grammar error in above sentence 😆

  • 846

    843 – The Pill – Swindon is the armpit of Wiltshire!

  • 847

    Is there anybody there?

  • 848

    I will just keep my hit rate up because Puma is now steaming ahead of me…..

    Hey Puma, we are going out for dinner with friends this evening, my social diary nearly sounds as hectic as yours!! 😀

  • 849

    Actually Pill, those are pretty funny quotes……

    Having said that I have never met an amusing person from Swindon!! It’s dull as Norwich!!

  • 850

    morning everyone
    the pill @ 843 …. classic
    i particularly liked this one
    “What happens to your body as you age
    A.. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental”
    … hmmmm, wonder whether pietman and gbs reached that stage already? 😉

  • 851

    oh, and now that the series is done and dusted
    just one final award
    i believe that stuart broad well and truly deserve to be named “Ass of the Series” as he’s been caught up in nearly every controversy ranging from questioning the umpires to ball tampering to showing disgust at being given out even though every replay showed that he was well and truly out!!
    jeez, i cant think of one occasion in which he actually walked without asking for a review!! 😯

  • 852

    Ek wil net van hierdie geleentheid gebruik maak om onse blommetjies BAIE geluk te wens met hulle total anihalation(sp?) van die bleeksiele!!!!!!

    En ja Stuart Broad is one huge asshole…..KP het telkemale ‘n goeie Suid Afrikaanse PK gekry elke keer wat hy sy windgat lyfie op die pitch geplant het, dit was vir my WONDERLIK hehehehe

  • 853

    Tripples @ 852
    pragtig tripples man!!
    eks sooooooooooo bly om te sien jy stem deesdae so baie met my saam
    en ja, ek dink ook jy sal baie mooi in jou nuwe streeptrui lyk
    en wees verseker tripples, jy sal die rugby sooooooooveel meer geniet noudat jy OOK beskaaf kan hande klap as ñ mooi drie gedruk word!! 😀

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