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South Africa beat England by an innings and 12 runs - Match Info

Kennington Oval, London, . England won the toss and chose to bat.

England385 & 24097 ov
South Africa637/2d189 ov
South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs

Match details

Match
Match 1, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2012
Date
(Thu 19 Jul, 14:00 PKT)
Venue
Kennington Oval, London, England
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
Player of the match
Hashim Amla
Umpires
Asad Rauf (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia)
TV umpire
Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire
Michael Gough
Match referee
Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)

Head to head (Test)

Played 156 · ENG won 66 · SA won 35 · Drawn 55

Last 5 meetings

Recent results (Test)

Top players in this fixture

ENG v SA Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.

Most runsMRunsHSAvgSR
Jacques Kallis SA28187916242.7044.59
Graeme Smith SA18177927757.3960.33
Mark Boucher SA24114110834.5853.67
AB de Villiers SA13102217446.4553.09
Andrew Strauss ENG13100614743.7448.09
Most wicketsMWktsEcon
James Anderson ENG14483.39
Jacques Kallis SA25462.68
Morné Morkel SA8343.16
Dale Steyn SA8313.52
Graeme Swann ENG4213.13

Tests at Kennington Oval

Matches
85
Average 1st-innings score
350
Won batting first
26
Won chasing
24
Highest total
903/7 by England ()