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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

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 SA30210718245.8045.78
Graeme Smith SA20201427759.2458.68
Mark Boucher SA24114110834.5853.67
AB de Villiers SA14111317446.3853.59
Andrew Strauss ENG15109214740.4447.17
Most wicketsMWktsEcon
James Anderson ENG16523.23
Jacques Kallis SA27492.66
Morné Morkel SA10413.11
Dale Steyn SA10413.47
Stuart Broad ENG9293.17

Tests at Lord's

Matches
120
Average 1st-innings score
308
Won batting first
39
Won chasing
36
Highest total
729/6 by Australia ()