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

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  • 121

    Seker Jake se biere gefetch

  • 122

    116@ BiDiBiDi – Hey, ek was nog nooit bang om onder in ‘n losskrum te vroetel vir die bal nie…. en as die bal nie daar was nie het ek gevroetel met my vuiste…. hehehe

  • 123

    Steyn en Morkel lyk baie goed
    Kallis is nog altyd betroubaar
    Maar, ons kort nog ten minste so 2 goeie boulers.
    Die wat nou daar is (Parnell, Harris, McClaren) is gemiddeld.

    Enige ander boulers op die horison ?

  • 124

    Puma Steyn is class, i like the way Morkel came back in the tests. This pair can be devastating.

  • 125

    Wat lees ek nou dat Pille sê die Voldiete (klink soos Bandiete) het nou weer ‘n mooooooooooooosa hard-on vir my??

    Ek besoek mossie meer daai besoedelde siek plek nie…. flok!

  • 126

    116: Jou oom/neef (?) was mos ook ‘n fetcher, Burger ?

  • 127

    113 – Super, I feel with the rain that is forecast that pitch going to be difficult to get runs.

    So far so good. GS and Prince still in. Need to bat smart tomorrow, that is if there is no rain. The forecast shows rain for the whole day. Then it showed rain for the whole day today too. So it messed my superbru. Went with what the forecast said. Thought we would not get much crici in today. How wrong the forecast was.

  • 128

    125 – GBS 😆 😆

  • 129

    daai jong boulers is nie sleg nie, maar Smith moes met Kallis as eerste aflos gespeel het saam McClaren/Parnell. Die twee het die kolwers gereeld geklop, so het dit geklink. Maar baie viere deur die glippe en gang gekry van hul boulwerk.
    Op n staduim was kolftempo oor 4.

  • 130

    126@ BiDiBiDi – Jip… kleinneef Burger

    Ons het dieselfde tyd gespeel, hy vir Tuks, ekke vir Quins…. teen mekaar gejol paar keer… harde fokker daai Burger gewees… selfde posisie

  • 131

    124 – Super, For sure, Steyn is world class and Morkel looking superb too.

  • 132

    Super, Looking at your photo gallery, are those White Lions in the one photo? Awesome man, only seen White Lions once.

  • 133

    saffainnz welcome to Rugby-Talk… come talk to us when you’re finished updating your profile.

  • 134

    Super, Blouste, GBS, Cheers catch up tomorrow.

    Now let us hope no rain and our boys bat like never before.

    Need to equal this series in this last test.

  • 135

    Oh, and we have a guest from the Netherlands online…..

    Helloooooooooooooooo Kaasie!

  • 136

    Cheers Puma

  • 137

    133 – saffainnz. Welcome to this great blog.

    Catch up with you all tomorrow. Going to bed been a long day.

    Cheers all.

  • 138

    134: engelsman groet my ook nooit nie, maar dit is reg, sal dit op hom uithaal as ons weer teen hulle speel …

  • 139

    bdb 😆

  • 140

    Puma those lions was in a breeding project, the one were the man was thrown into the lion cage. But the talk of the town is that they found white lion cubs that are quite big in the Timbavati.

  • 141

    Goeie Naand Karlien Cotswolds!

  • 142

    135 – GBS, That is good news to have someone here blogging from Holland. My old turf the Netherlands.

    Okay now really out of here. Cheers to you too BdB.

  • 143

    138 – BdB sorry ou maat, het jou vergeet….hehehe.

  • 144

    So who is going to translate post 125 for me?

  • 145

    superBul

    Gehoor daai projek is toe…
    Nou in elk geval.

    Was toe nie eers een van die wit leeus wat die man geeet het nie.
    Gelukkig nie, dit sou seker rassisties gewees het 😆

  • 146

    Hiya GBS fancy seeing you here, did your dental work put you back a rand or two? All ok now?

  • 147

    carol

    You don’t wanna know…

  • 148

    140 – Super, I know that there are not many White Lions. See they were breeding them at the Lion Park just outside of Fourways. Great to see them though. Only ever seen them there never in the Kruger or any other game park I have been too. Awesome to see them though.

    Okay now going to bed. Been such a hectic day. Catch up tomorrow Super and everyone else here. Cheers all. Enjoy the rest of your evening.

  • 149

    Blouste – Try me? 😆

  • 150

    146 – Hello Carol, before I go. Hope you well and not too much freezing weather there by you now.

    Night Carol, Catch up tomorrow.

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