06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland
06/07Result
1st Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Jul 6-9 2017
England won by 211 runs
Player of the Match
Moeen Ali
Moeen AliEngland

Best performances - Batsmen

JE Root
JE Root
190(234) 27x4 - 1x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 36 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
29 19 30 22 39 9 3 39
MM Ali
MM Ali
87(147) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %82%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 23 runs
  • 0x4 - 0x6
8 3 8 19 21 5 4 19

Best performances - Bowlers

MM Ali
MM Ali
O15
M4
R53
W6
Eco3.53
RHB
OFFLEG
3W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W2W
MM Ali
MM Ali
O20
M7
R59
W4
Eco2.95
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • SA - 1st
  • ENG - 2nd
  • SA - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

14
AN Cook3 (13)
KK Jennings8 (9)
3
GS Ballance3 (10)
KK Jennings0 (3)
32
GS Ballance17 (31)
JE Root14 (22)
27
JM Bairstow10 (25)
JE Root17 (26)
114
JE Root52 (86)
BA Stokes56 (108)
177
MM Ali65 (111)
JE Root107 (100)
0
MM Ali0 (0)
LA Dawson0 (2)
46
MM Ali22 (36)
SCJ Broad24 (31)
0
SCJ Broad0 (0)
MA Wood0 (2)
45
JM Anderson12 (11)
SCJ Broad33 (16)

South Africa - 1st - Innings

10
HG Kuhn1 (14)
D Elgar9 (22)
72
HM Amla29 (40)
D Elgar42 (70)
16
JP Duminy10 (29)
D Elgar3 (26)
6
JP Duminy5 (9)
T Bavuma1 (9)
99
T Bavuma45 (89)
TB de Bruyn48 (85)
41
T Bavuma12 (25)
K Rabada27 (55)
4
T Bavuma1 (7)
Q de Kock3 (3)
66
VD Philander17 (41)
Q de Kock48 (34)
23
VD Philander13 (23)
KA Maharaj9 (22)
24
VD Philander22 (22)
M Morkel2 (8)

England - 2nd - Innings

80
AN Cook42 (109)
KK Jennings33 (101)
59
AN Cook27 (83)
GS Ballance32 (70)
3
GS Ballance2 (8)
JE Root1 (7)
4
JM Bairstow0 (1)
JE Root4 (6)
3
JM Bairstow2 (12)
BA Stokes1 (4)
31
MM Ali7 (16)
JM Bairstow24 (28)
1
LA Dawson0 (2)
JM Bairstow1 (4)
1
SCJ Broad0 (1)
JM Bairstow1 (3)
45
JM Bairstow17 (16)
MA Wood28 (36)
6
JM Anderson0 (5)
JM Bairstow6 (12)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

12
HG Kuhn9 (28)
D Elgar2 (14)
0
HM Amla0 (6)
D Elgar0 (7)
13
HM Amla11 (7)
JP Duminy2 (16)
3
HM Amla0 (8)
Q de Kock3 (4)
36
T Bavuma18 (32)
Q de Kock15 (33)
3
T Bavuma3 (9)
TB de Bruyn0 (1)
5
VD Philander4 (7)
TB de Bruyn1 (3)
10
VD Philander0 (6)
KA Maharaj10 (9)
12
VD Philander8 (6)
K Rabada4 (7)
25
VD Philander7 (10)
M Morkel14 (7)

Match Coverage

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Moeen's match

1980

Last time an England player scored 50+ and took 10+ wickets in a Test, before Moeen Ali in this match - Ian Botham v India at Wankhede.

Top-order thrashed

1998

Last time SA's top-4 accounted for less than 25 runs in a Test innings in England, at Headingley. Their top-4 have put only 24 runs in the 2nd inns of this Test.

First session troubles

246/16

Eng's score in the first sessions of this Test - 82/4 on Day 1, 101/5 on Day 2 and 63/7 on Day 4. In the other sessions of the day they have struck 394 runs for just 2 wkts.

Cook v Morkel

9

No. of times Cook has been dismissed by Morkel in Tests, the joint-most by any bowler with Johnson. None of the other SA bowlers have got Cook more than 4 times.

Time to score?

97

Runs scored by Gary Balance in his last 9 innings . He has a top score of 28 in this period.

Moeen's quick double

38

No. of Tests taken by Moeen Ali to complete 2000+ runs and 100+ wickets - the 5th fastest among 28 players to do so. For Eng, Tony Greig (37 Tests) is quickest.

Elgar in good touch

5

No. of 50+ scores for Dean Elgar in 10 Test innings this year. No other SA player has hit more than 3 such scores.

Amla at Lord's

2

No. of 100s for Amla in 2 Tests at Lord's, - 104* in 2008 & 121 in 2012. However, both came in 2nd inns of the Tests. At other Eng venues: 1 century in 5 Tests.

Broad scores

65

No. of consecutive Test innings without a fifty for Stuart Broad, before getting one in this game. His last such score was in Ashes 2013 at Trent Bridge.

Big start

3

No. of batsmen to make a bigger score on captaincy debut, than Root's 190 - Graham Dowling (239), Chanderpaul (203*) and Clem Hill (191).

Ton on captaincy debut

6

England batsmen who have scored a Test century on captaincy debut, including each of the last four: Root, Cook, Pietersen and Strauss.