TestNo. 2266MenUpset 61

England v South Africa

England won by 239 runs

South Africa tour of England, Match 327 July 2017 to 31 July 2017The Oval, London

Englandbatted first

353 & 313/8d79.5 ov

South Africa

175 & 25277.1 ov

England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match BA Stokes

England innings

353103.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b M Morkel	88	200	10	0	44.0
KK Jennings	c D Elgar b VD Philander	0	9	0	0	0.0
T Westley	c F du Plessis b CH Morris	25	50	5	0	50.0
JE Root	c Q de Kock b VD Philander	29	56	4	0	51.8
DJ Malan	b K Rabada	1	17	0	0	5.9
BA Stokes	c K Rabada b M Morkel	112	153	9	4	73.2
JM Bairstow	c F du Plessis b K Rabada	36	52	6	0	69.2
MM Ali	c Q de Kock b M Morkel	16	40	1	0	40.0
TS Roland-Jones	lbw b KA Maharaj	25	25	4	1	100.0
SCJ Broad	c HM Amla b K Rabada	3	13	0	0	23.1
JM Anderson	not out	1*	5	0	0	20.0
Extras	b 7, lb 7, w 3	17
Total	all out, 103.2 overs, run rate 3.42	353

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-12 KK Jennings2-64 T Westley3-113 JE Root4-120 DJ Malan5-183 AN Cook6-258 JM Bairstow7-279 MM Ali8-316 TS Roland-Jones9-331 SCJ Broad10-353 BA Stokes

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
M Morkel	28.2	7	70	3	2.47	138	10	0	0
VD Philander	17	6	32	2	1.88	86	4	0	1
K Rabada	26	4	85	3	3.27	106	7	0	0
KA Maharaj	15	1	61	1	4.07	66	5	4	0
CH Morris	17	1	91	1	5.35	61	13	1	2

South Africa innings

17558.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D Elgar	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	8	33	1	0	24.2
HG Kuhn	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	15	24	3	0	62.5
HM Amla	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	6	15	1	0	40.0
Q de Kock	c BA Stokes b TS Roland-Jones	17	21	3	0	81.0
F du Plessis	lbw b JM Anderson	1	7	0	0	14.3
T Bavuma	c JM Bairstow b TS Roland-Jones	52	120	8	0	43.3
CH Morris	c & b JM Anderson	2	27	0	0	7.4
KA Maharaj	c AN Cook b BA Stokes	5	8	0	0	62.5
K Rabada	b SCJ Broad	30	49	4	0	61.2
M Morkel	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	17	39	3	0	43.6
VD Philander	not out	10*	11	2	0	90.9
Extras	b 4, lb 5, nb 3	12
Total	all out, 58.4 overs, run rate 2.98	175

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-18 D Elgar2-23 HG Kuhn3-30 HM Amla4-47 Q de Kock5-47 F du Plessis6-51 CH Morris7-61 KA Maharaj8-114 K Rabada9-161 M Morkel10-175 T Bavuma

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JM Anderson	13	6	25	3	1.92	66	3	0
SCJ Broad	15	5	44	1	2.93	73	9	1
TS Roland-Jones	16.4	4	57	5	3.42	74	10	0
BA Stokes	7	1	26	1	3.71	30	3	1
JE Root	2	0	5	0	2.50	8	0	0
MM Ali	5	1	9	0	1.80	21	0	0

England innings

313/8d79.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	b M Morkel	7	29	1	0	24.1
KK Jennings	c CH Morris b K Rabada	48	78	9	0	61.5
T Westley	st Q de Kock b KA Maharaj	59	141	11	0	41.8
JE Root	c M Morkel b KA Maharaj	50	94	6	0	53.2
DJ Malan	lbw b CH Morris	10	18	2	0	55.6
BA Stokes	b CH Morris	31	38	2	1	81.6
JM Bairstow	c K Rabada b KA Maharaj	63	58	6	1	108.6
MM Ali	run out	8	4	1	0	200.0
TS Roland-Jones	not out	23*	19	0	2	121.1
Extras	lb 11, w 3	14
Total	8 wickets, 79.5 overs, run rate 3.92	313

Did not batSCJ Broad, JM Anderson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-30 AN Cook2-92 KK Jennings3-170 T Westley4-180 JE Root5-202 DJ Malan6-251 BA Stokes7-265 MM Ali8-313 JM Bairstow

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
M Morkel	19	6	44	1	2.32	95	7	0	1
VD Philander	15	3	54	0	3.60	68	10	0	1
K Rabada	18	4	56	1	3.11	75	6	0	0
CH Morris	11	0	70	2	6.36	36	10	1	0
KA Maharaj	13.5	2	50	3	3.61	54	4	1	0
D Elgar	3	0	28	0	9.33	5	1	2	0

South Africa innings

25277.1 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
HG Kuhn	b SCJ Broad	11	17	2	0	64.7
D Elgar	c BA Stokes b MM Ali	136	228	20	0	59.6
HM Amla	c JE Root b TS Roland-Jones	5	37	0	0	13.5
Q de Kock	b BA Stokes	5	6	1	0	83.3
F du Plessis	lbw b BA Stokes	0	1	0	0	0.0
T Bavuma	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	32	97	2	0	33.0
VD Philander	lbw b TS Roland-Jones	0	1	0	0	0.0
CH Morris	c BA Stokes b MM Ali	24	52	4	0	46.2
KA Maharaj	not out	24*	26	5	0	92.3
K Rabada	c BA Stokes b MM Ali	0	1	0	0	0.0
M Morkel	lbw b MM Ali	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 7, nb 4	15
Total	all out, 77.1 overs, run rate 3.27	252

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 360

1-21 HG Kuhn2-47 HM Amla3-52 Q de Kock4-52 F du Plessis5-160 T Bavuma6-160 VD Philander7-205 CH Morris8-252 D Elgar9-252 K Rabada10-252 M Morkel

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JM Anderson	13	3	26	0	2.00	62	3	0
SCJ Broad	16	4	47	1	2.94	74	6	0
TS Roland-Jones	18	4	72	3	4.00	78	11	0
BA Stokes	14	1	51	2	3.64	63	7	4
MM Ali	16.1	5	45	4	2.78	77	7	0

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Player of the match

BA StokesEngland

112off 153 balls, 9 fours and 4 sixes, strike rate 73.2

1-26in 7 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2266
Competition: South Africa tour of England
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and JS Wilson
TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2017

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 21 / 12°C, 0.9 mm rain
Day 2: 21 / 12°C, 1.6 mm rain
Day 3: 20 / 14°C, 8.9 mm rain
Day 4: 21 / 13°C, 2.9 mm rain
Day 5: 22 / 12°C, 0.2 mm rain

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