Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 3 · Test
South Africa beat England by 51 runs - Match Info
Lord's, London, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
England315 & 29482.5 ov
South Africa309 & 351124.2 ov
South Africa won by 51 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 3, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2012
- Date
- (Thu 16 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Lord's, London, England
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 51 runs
- Player of the match
- Vernon Philander
- Umpires
- Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Simon Taufel (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Rod Tucker (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- PJ Hartley
- Match referee
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · ENG won 66 · SA won 35 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 2 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 425 & 130/4 v SA 419 & 258/9dMatch drawn
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 385 & 240 v SA 637/2dSouth Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- D vs ENG · ENG 425 & 130/4 v SA 419 & 258/9dMatch drawn
- W vs ENG · ENG 385 & 240 v SA 637/2dSouth Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
- 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
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 | 30 | 2107 | 182 | 45.80 | 45.78 |
| Graeme Smith SA | 20 | 2014 | 277 | 59.24 | 58.68 |
| Mark Boucher SA | 24 | 1141 | 108 | 34.58 | 53.67 |
| AB de Villiers SA | 14 | 1113 | 174 | 46.38 | 53.59 |
| Andrew Strauss ENG | 15 | 1092 | 147 | 40.44 | 47.17 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 16 | 52 | 3.23 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 27 | 49 | 2.66 |
| Morné Morkel SA | 10 | 41 | 3.11 |
| Dale Steyn SA | 10 | 41 | 3.47 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 9 | 29 | 3.17 |
Tests at Lord's
- Matches
- 120
- Average 1st-innings score
- 308
- Won batting first
- 39
- Won chasing
- 36
- Highest total
- 729/6 by Australia ()