14/07Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, Jul 14-17 2017
South Africa won by 340 runs
Player of the Match
Vernon Philander
Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa
14/07Result
2nd Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, Jul 14-17 2017
South Africa won by 340 runs
Player of the Match
Vernon Philander
Vernon PhilanderSouth Africa

4.48pm Well, 14 wickets in the day already, and still a massive 29 overs remaining in the day. What odds that England are batting again before the close? It's happened before ... Either way, that first-innings lead already feels very, very, very significant. Back in five for the resumption

51.5
W
Morris to Wood, OUT, edged and gone! A fierce delivery, lifting into the splice, deflected to second slip and comfortably gobbled. England have tumbled from 143 for 3 to 205 all out ... and a deficit of 130

MA Wood c du Plessis b Morris 6 (19m 19b 1x4 0x6) SR: 31.57

51.4
0
Morris to Wood, no run, short and sharp, just about sways inside the line, albeit with gloves raised dangerously high

Hippo: "The rule about equipment also prevents the deliberate design of equipment to aid in catching. like covering the helmet with blu-tac or haning Boycott's mother's pinny off it. There is a fine line..." Cricket is a game built on fine lines...

51.3
0
Morris to Wood, no run, outside off, a wafty ramp-y upper-cutty ... non-shot
51.2
4
Morris to Wood, FOUR, short, and slammed through midwicket, that is a confident stroke, and a valuable boundary
51.1
0
Morris to Wood, no run, pushed to cover

END OF OVER:
51 | 1 Run | ENG: 201/9

  • James Anderson0 (6b)
  • Mark Wood2 (14b)
  • Keshav Maharaj10-1-21-3
  • Chris Morris8-1-34-2
50.6
0
Maharaj to Anderson, no run, outside off, through to the keeper

Hippo: "Oh not again! Some of these England batsmen need a serious talking to. That phrase "ugly heave across the line", I assume you have a shortcut for that by now?" Ctrl-Alt-Delete tends to work for me

50.5
1
Maharaj to Wood, 1 run, chiselled down the ground to long-on
50.4
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, pushed away, tight attacking line
50.3
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, forward

Kbs Krishna: "When Faf is in charge, SA seem a different team --- lot more attacking, and with loads of self belief. Guess they might win 2019 WC if he is the one in charge" It is extraordinary, isn't it? And to think AB is insistent he wants to be skipper when he plays...

50.2
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, tossed up, into the toes, defended
50.1
0
Maharaj to Wood, no run, poked into the off side

END OF OVER:
50 | 1 Run | ENG: 200/9

  • James Anderson0 (5b)
  • Mark Wood1 (9b)
  • Chris Morris8-1-34-2
  • Keshav Maharaj9-1-20-3

sankar4787: "I told you when Root got out, that Eng will pack up around 200, you didn't take me serious then, now see...." I didn't think you weren't serious, I just ignored you. Subtle difference ...

49.6
0
Morris to Anderson, no run, full length, speared into the toes, dug out

Match Coverage

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96.1

Overs faced by England in this Test. The last time they faced less than 100 overs in a home Test, getting all-out in both inns, was at Headingley in Ashes 2009.

Bairstow v Maharaj

12.00

Bairstow's average against Maharaj in this series. In 3 of the 4 inns he has got out to him scoring 36 runs off 68 balls. Against others: 86 off 143 with 1 dismissal.

away at home

21.93

Cook's average at Trent Bridge, his lowest at any home venue. In 17 innings he has just one fifty.

Big task

332

Highest target successfully chased by England, at MCG in 1928. The highest at Trent Bridge is 284, by Eng v NZ in 2004.

Amla's double

2010

Last time Amla scored 50+ in both innings of an away Test - 80 & 118* in Dubai. Between 2008 and 2010 he had made the double 4 times in away Tests.

Top stand

135

The partnership between Elgar and Amla, their first century stand in 27 innings in Tests. Their previous best was 78, also against England, in Cape Town last year

Collapsed

6

Runs for which England lost their last four wickets. Last time they lost their last 4 wkts for 6 or fewer runs at home was in 2013.

Unballanced

19.79

Gary Ballance's average in last 13 Tests and 24 inns, with just 2 fifties. In his first 10 Tests, he averaged 67.93 with 4 100s and 5 50s in 17 inns.

Openers go cheaply

2005

Last time England's openers aggregated fewer runs in a Test innings, than the 3 runs in this Test. In Faisalabad, 2005, both their openers had got ducks.

Philander's bunny?

10.40

Cook's average against Philander - 52 runs, 5 wickets in 9 inns. It is the most Philander has dismissed any batsman in his career.

Anderson-Broad pair

702

No. of wickets between Anderson and Broad in the 92 Tests they played together. Only one fast bowling pair has more wickets - 762 by Ambrose-Walsh in 95 Tests.

Rules Trent Bridge

7

No. of 5-wkt hauls for Anderson at Trent Bridge, his most at any venue. No other bowler has more than 4 5-fors at this venue.

Amla's nemesis

8

No. of times Amla has got out to Broad, the most to any bowler in Tests. He was out to Johnson 7 times. Amla averages 39.12 per dismissal against Broad.