England v South Africa - 1st Test Scorecard

By Tom James
July 25 2012

England were to suffer an innings defeat in the opening test match at the Kia Oval, as South Africa posted all sorts of records, most notably batsman Hashim Amla becoming the first South African to post a triple century. The match also saw England take just two wickets, whilst the visitors managed to take all 20 of England's to take an early series lead....

Thursday 19th July 2012 - Kia Oval - London

South Africa beat England by an innings and 12 runs

England won the toss and decided to bat

England 1st Innings 385 all out (125.5 overs)

South Africa 1st Innings 637 for 2 (189.0 overs)

England 2nd Innings 240 all out (97.0 overs)

England: Strauss (C), Cook, Trott, Pietersen, Bell, Bopara, Prior (W), Bresnan, Swann, Broad, Anderson

South Africa: Smith (C), Petersen, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers (W), Rudolph, Duminy, Philander, Steyn, M Morkel, Tahir

England 1st Innings

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	lbw	b M Morkel	0	4	0	0
Cook		b Steyn	115	295	11	1
Trott	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	71	162	9	0
Pietersen	c de Villiers	b Kallis	42	72	4	0
Bell		b Kallis	13	56	2	0
Bopara	c de Villiers	b Steyn	0	6	0	0
Prior	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	60	90	9	0
Bresnan		b Tahir	8	32	1	0
Broad		b Philander	16	28	2	0
Swann	not out		15	20	3	0
Anderson	c de Villiers	b M Morkel	2	4	0	0
Extras		14nb 3w 2b 24lb	43
Total		all out	385	(125.5 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
M Morkel	24.5	2	72	4
Philander	27.0	4	79	1
Steyn	30.0	7	99	2
Kallis	19.0	7	38	2
Tahir	19.0	0	61	1
Duminy	6.0	1	10	0

Fall of wicket
0	Strauss
170	Trott
251	Pietersen
271	Cook
272	Bopara
284	Bell
313	Bresnan
358	Broad
383	Prior
385	Anderson

South Africa 1st Innings - Declared

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Smith		b Bresnan	131	273	20	0
Petersen	lbw	b Anderson	0	8	0	0
Amla	not out		311	529	35	0
Kallis	not out		182	326	23	1
Extras		2nb 2w 5b 4lb	13
Total		for 2	637	(189.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
Anderson	41.0	7	116	1
Broad	34.0	6	118	0
Swann	52.0	10	151	0
Bresnan	37.0	2	140	1
Bopara	18.0	1	78	0
Pietersen	3.0	0	13	0
Trott	4.0	0	12	0

Fall of wicket
1	Petersen
260	Smith

England 2nd Innings - All out

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Strauss	c Philander	b Tahir	27	80	2	0
Cook	c de Villiers	b Philander	0	6	0	0
Trott	c de Villiers	b Steyn	10	27	1	0
Pietersen		b M Morkel	16	17	3	0
Bell	c Kallis	b Steyn	55	220	6	0
Bopara		b Steyn	22	55	3	0
Prior	c Kallis	b Tahir	40	86	5	0
Bresnan	not out		20	61	2	0
Broad	c de Villiers	b Steyn	0	5	0	0
Swann	c Petersen	b Steyn	7	9	1	0
Anderson	lbw	b Tahir	4	24	1	0
Extras		12nb 1w 11b 15lb	39
Total		all out	240	(97.0 ovs)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
M Morkel	16.0	0	41	1
Philander	19.0	6	29	1
Steyn	21.0	6	56	5
Tahir	32.0	7	63	3
Kallis	7.0	1	22	0
Duminy	2.0	1	3	0

Fall of wicket
2	Cook
32	Trott
57	Pietersen
67	Strauss
117	Bopara
203	Prior
210	Bell
210	Broad
218	Swann
240	Anderson

England v South Africa - 1st Test Scorecard

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