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 | ||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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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 |
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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) | ||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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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 | ||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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) | ||
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JP Duminy | 1.5 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5.45 | ||
GBS – I am like Puma, NO ONE calls me auntie!! It may damage their health!!
So you are on dodgy ground! 😀
Piet, the lucky winner gets to sleep on GBS office sofa and get condensed milk for breakfast too!
Carol
I checked on youtube but could not really hear anything over all the laughter …
rugby_princess @ 663
😆 classic!!
@662 Carol, Yaaaargh!
Not about the sleep, but the breakfast afterwards.
Don’t think many people will enter for that one, rather take the third price then, I say.
GBS @ 653
Sounds fab – you should know that I do not fly behind the “Iron Curtain” on long haul flights ! 😉
So if the weekend in Brakpan is only open to females that will be Tripples, Princess, Treehugger and myself ‘fighting’ for that prize!!
I think the odds are quite good!!
Will the prize include the flight and a trip to Loftus? 😆
667@ Carol – After a weekend with me you won’t need a plane… you’ll be in the clouds already…. hehehe
GBS 😯 !!
Have the cricketers stopped for lunch?
669@ Carol – Yip, your eyes will be that big too…..
Erhum, erhuum, uhmmm, uhmmm, sorry…
Anyone on here still watching the the cricket?
GBS @671
Hehehehehe 🙂
Heheheheh – Oi…You are becoming unruly!
674@ Carol – I’ve ALWAYS been a bit unruly…
Ash is on a looooooong lunch break again, I notice…..
Ash does have quite a collection of jokes…..
Rugby_Princess – Are you in the Macau area??
@678 GBS
Yip, RP owns that Venetian Hotel Casino Complex over there in Macau, good place also, for some RT price.
RP might be expensive though….not quite a Brakkenjanspan backyard jobbie…
@679
‘RP’s place might be expensive’, I meant.
679@ Pieta – Owns??? Wow!! Better suck up to her big time…. hehehehe
Sjoh! First hangover of the year and it`s a beeeeggggg one!
@681
Owns, yes!
You had better believe it bru, the woman is loaded, drives around in Ashton Martins’s and such, no kidding.
And she is a looker as well.
But I think JL1 has got us all stymied there at RP’s, last time I heard…
But despite her wealth, RP is a good old girl, quite down to earth, RP is.
pietman @ 676
naaaaaaah
ash is working jis ass off (again)!!
anyway, i’m not able to log on again
enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone
cheers!!
Hell, that prize looks fantastic.
@684 Ash
Nou waar hol jy nou weer heen?
O, ok, ek sien dis one o’clock, so you are closing shop then.
Will phone you Richard Jon, groete by die huis…
Hi The Pill- A bacon sandwich will help…
Piet – What is ‘stymied’?
Ash – You go steady and have good weekend too!
GBS – Yes, Macau 🙂
Piet, you are too kind in your voluptuous descriptions ! Although you did get one thing particularly right – I am expensive !! But I must not tell a lie – the AM belongs to bro-in-law not me !
@687 Carol
Stymied = Snookered, bowled out, ‘onse hand innie as geslaan’ (GBS will translate the last bit)
@688 Yeah yeah, I know RP, ‘easy but not cheap’.
I am not the kind one, you are too modest, be honest girl….
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