24/01Result
4th Test, ICC World Test Championship at Johannesburg, Jan 24-27 2020
England won by 191 runs
Player of the Match
Mark Wood
Mark WoodEngland
24/01Result
4th Test, ICC World Test Championship at Johannesburg, Jan 24-27 2020
England won by 191 runs
Player of the Match
Mark Wood
Mark WoodEngland

Dean: "What is the average for the 10th wicket partnership throughout this series? After SA's 99 in the last test and now these two, the must be at least one top/middle order wicket partnership now averaging less in the series than the 10th?" Here's the all-time list...

2.43pm Anrich Nortje leads South Africa off and takes the applause after his maiden five-wicket haul, but England will be delighted with that. It was a marginal call at the toss, and they've racked up a hefty first-innings total despite a couple of wobbles along the way. As for South Africa, it was a mixed bag but aside from Nortje they were pretty hopeless for the most part. Faf du Plessis' captaincy was shown up badly by that last-wicket stand, and their medium-pacers looked... well, medium-paced. They'll have to bat as well as they have done all series to keep this game alive.

Robert Bownes: "England pass 400 again...like waiting for a bus"

Harry: "SA coaching staff and Faf have a lot of thinking to do. Bowling half trackers consistently when it wasn't working... so poor. Pitch it up guys. "

98.2
W
Paterson to Broad, OUT, goes again, straight up in the air looking to pull, and Malan takes the catch ten yards off the rope. 82 runs for the last wicket to drag England up to 400

SCJ Broad c Malan b Paterson 43 (40m 28b 2x4 4x6) SR: 153.57

England's balcony love this

98.1
4
Paterson to Broad, FOUR, back of a length outside off, Broad picks it up early and mows it through midwicket to bring up England's 400! Pulled hard in front of deep midwicket, Bavuma couldn't get round

END OF OVER:
98 | 19 Runs | ENG: 396/9

  • Mark Wood35 (39b)
  • Stuart Broad39 (26b)
  • Beuran Hendricks23-3-111-1
  • Dane Paterson20-3-82-1
97.6
6
Hendricks to Wood, SIX, length outside the off stump, Wood clears the front dog and hammers it over the covers for six more! Have some of that! The Ashington Afridi strikes again

This is the record 10th-wicket partnership at this ground, and Broad's highest score since the Boxing Day Test of 2017!

97.5
1
Hendricks to Broad, 1 run, length ball, hoiked out to deep midwicket on the bounce
97.4
4lb
Hendricks to Broad, 4 leg byes, slips out the hand, full toss down the leg side, clips Broad's thigh pad as he looks to work it down to long leg and races away for leg byes!
97.3
1
Hendricks to Wood, 1 run, length, width outside the off stump, cut to deep point
97.2
1
Hendricks to Broad, 1 run, slower ball, dragged out to deep square leg on the bounce
97.1
6
Hendricks to Broad, SIX, short outside off, Broad clobbers him for six more over midwicket. Bosssshhhhhhhhh!!! Sits up nicely off the pitch, chest-height, clubbed

Jeez, this has been fun. What is Faf du Plessis thinking?! A wicket the ball after drinks in the morning session... same again this afternoon?

Will: "Whats the highest score ever made with a sub-50% control percentage? Broad must be giving them a run for their money" Great question, Will. I'll try to find out

END OF OVER:
97 | 3 Runs | ENG: 377/9

  • Mark Wood28 (37b)
  • Stuart Broad31 (22b)
  • Dane Paterson20-3-82-1
  • Beuran Hendricks22-3-96-1

The clowns shall be patrolling the aisles, serving ice cream and custard pies. Back to your seats pronto for the resumption of the Woody-Broad's Flying Circus. Here's Matt Roller ...

96.6
0
Paterson to Wood, no run, forward and poked back down the track. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the refreshment break.

David: "Well, Miller, good call re: Gough and Malcolm. Imagined them dining out that night discussing which was easier to hit: McDermott's outswinger or Warne's leg-break. " Sometimes you just sense the mood ...

96.5
0
Paterson to Wood, no run, fizzed through to the keeper, no contact that time
96.4
1
Paterson to Broad, 1 run, in the slot, and slotted to deep midwicket. Broad with another massive wind-up, trusting his eye, and getting more contact than not. That's more like it!
96.3
1
Paterson to Wood, 1 run, tails in the yorker, well dug out with a late flash of inside-edge onto pad
96.2
0
Paterson to Wood, no run, chases a wide one outside off, the relative lack of pace is just threatening to get the better of England's blood-pumping quicks here
96.1
1
Paterson to Broad, 1 run, very full, almost slow-motion, tailing towards the stumps and pushed with something resembling caution to mid-off.

END OF OVER:
96 | 4 Runs | ENG: 374/9

  • Mark Wood27 (33b)
  • Stuart Broad29 (20b)
  • Beuran Hendricks22-3-96-1
  • Dane Paterson19-3-79-1

Chris: "Amazing 50 partnership off 5 overs!" What utter nonsense. Up with this sort of thing

95.6
0
Hendricks to Wood, no run, banged in short, and Wood bails out of a pull shot! Boo...
95.5
0
Hendricks to Wood, no run, another violent wipe at thin air! Wood almost loses his bat in his followthrough as the ball hops over middle stump

Sai kiran: "Already looks like half of the match is happening within an hour "

95.4
1
Hendricks to Broad, 1 run, another bottom-handed wallop to long-on
95.3
1
Hendricks to Wood, 1 run, tucked off the legs for another single. These two have got themselves in now ...
95.3
1w
Hendricks to Wood, 1 wide, pushed way across the right-hander, Wood has a slash - of course - but it's too wide for him to get close to
95.2
1
Hendricks to Broad, 1 run, up on the toes, rides the bounce of an angled delivery, back into the body, and picks off the single through the cordon
95.1
0
Hendricks to Broad, no run, fired down the leg side, can't connect there

END OF OVER:
95 | 8 Runs | ENG: 370/9

  • Stuart Broad27 (17b)
  • Mark Wood26 (30b)
  • Dane Paterson19-3-79-1
  • Beuran Hendricks21-3-92-1

James: "With root out of the T20 picture is Stuart Broad trying to audition for his spot?" Been there, done that. He's the two-times World T20 captain, and former winner.

94.6
1
Paterson to Broad, 1 run, another big wind-up, under-edged into the legs, trickles behind square and they tot up another run

Dan : "Re: Daniel Arya, like all geordies, his first is ham and pease pudding stotties and Newcastle brown ale."

94.5
0
Paterson to Broad, no run, bouncer, a wild woolly waft around the shoulder region. No contact, not even close to contact. This is tail-end perfection

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South Africa 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st39D ElgarPJ Malan
2nd50D ElgarHE van der Dussen
3rd92F du PlessisHE van der Dussen
4th6HE van der DussenQ de Kock
5th48T BavumaQ de Kock
6th4D PretoriusQ de Kock
7th21VD PhilanderQ de Kock
8th7Q de KockA Nortje
9th6BE HendricksA Nortje
10th1D PatersonA Nortje

ICC World Test Championship

TeamMWLDPTSWRpWr
AUS1484233221.392
IND17124152051.577
ENG21117344241.120
NZ1174042031.281
PAK1245328630.822
SL1226420010.729
WI1338219410.661
SA1358026420.787
BAN70612000.601