Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 1 · Test
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
- Match 4 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 423/7d v ENG 180 & 169South Africa won by an innings and 74 runs
- Match 3 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 291 & 447/7d v ENG 273 & 296/9Match drawn
- Match 2 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 343 & 133 v ENG 574/9dEngland won by an innings and 98 runs
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 418 & 301/7d v ENG 356 & 228/9Match drawn
- Match 4 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 316 & 198/4 v SA 194 & 318England won by 6 wickets
Recent results (Test)
- D vs NZ · NZ 275/9 & 200/6 v SA 474/9d & 189/3dMatch drawn
- W vs NZ · NZ 185 & 168 v SA 253 & 103/1South Africa won by 9 wickets
- D vs NZ · NZ 273 & 137/2 v SA 238 & 435/5dMatch drawn
- W vs SL · SA 580/4d & 2/0 v SL 239 & 342South Africa won by 10 wickets
- L vs SL · SA 168 & 241 v SL 338 & 279Sri Lanka won by 208 runs
Top players in this fixture
ENG v SA Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Kallis SA | 28 | 1879 | 162 | 42.70 | 44.59 |
| Graeme Smith SA | 18 | 1779 | 277 | 57.39 | 60.33 |
| Mark Boucher SA | 24 | 1141 | 108 | 34.58 | 53.67 |
| AB de Villiers SA | 13 | 1022 | 174 | 46.45 | 53.09 |
| Andrew Strauss ENG | 13 | 1006 | 147 | 43.74 | 48.09 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 14 | 48 | 3.39 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 25 | 46 | 2.68 |
| Morné Morkel SA | 8 | 34 | 3.16 |
| Dale Steyn SA | 8 | 31 | 3.52 |
| Graeme Swann ENG | 4 | 21 | 3.13 |
Tests at Kennington Oval
- Matches
- 85
- Average 1st-innings score
- 350
- Won batting first
- 26
- Won chasing
- 24
- Highest total
- 903/7 by England ()