Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 2 · Test
England beat South Africa by 189 runs - Match Info
Newlands, Cape Town, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
South Africa223 & 248137.4 ov
England269 & 391/8d111 ov
England won by 189 runs
Match details
- Match
- Match 2, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2019/20
- Date
- (Fri 3 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 189 runs
- Player of the match
- Ben Stokes
- Umpires
- Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Paul Reiffel (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- Allahudien Paleker (South Africa)
- Match referee
- Andy Pycroft (South Africa)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · SA won 35 · ENG won 66 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · SA 284 & 272 v ENG 181 & 268South Africa won by 107 runs
- 4th Test · South Africa tour of England · ENG 362 & 243 v SA 226 & 202England won by 177 runs
- 3rd Test · South Africa tour of England · ENG 353 & 313/8d v SA 175 & 252England won by 239 runs
- 2nd Test · South Africa tour of England · SA 335 & 343/9d v ENG 205 & 133South Africa won by 340 runs
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 458 & 233 v SA 361 & 119England won by 211 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs ENG · SA 284 & 272 v ENG 181 & 268South Africa won by 107 runs
- L vs IND · IND 497/9d v SA 162 & 133India won by an innings and 202 runs
- L vs IND · IND 601/5d v SA 275 & 189India won by an innings and 137 runs
- L vs IND · IND 502/7d & 323/4d v SA 431 & 191India won by 203 runs
- L vs SL · SA 222 & 128 v SL 154/9 & 197/2Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
- L vs SA · SA 284 & 272 v ENG 181 & 268South Africa won by 107 runs
- D vs NZ · NZ 375 & 241/2 v ENG 476Match drawn
- L vs NZ · NZ 615/9d v ENG 353 & 197New Zealand won by an innings and 65 runs
- W vs AUS · ENG 294 & 329 v AUS 225 & 263England won by 135 runs
- L vs AUS · ENG 301 & 197 v AUS 497/8d & 186/6dAustralia won by 185 runs
Top players in this fixture
SA v ENG Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hashim Amla SA | 21 | 1903 | 311 | 52.86 | 50.69 |
| Alastair Cook ENG | 19 | 1263 | 118 | 35.08 | 43.96 |
| Joe Root ENG | 9 | 924 | 190 | 54.35 | 63.33 |
| Jonny Bairstow ENG | 10 | 848 | 150 | 49.88 | 66.88 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 9 | 759 | 258 | 44.65 | 76.90 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 25 | 86 | 3.00 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 19 | 66 | 3.05 |
| Dale Steyn SA | 12 | 50 | 3.42 |
| Kagiso Rabada SA | 7 | 45 | 3.91 |
| Moeen Ali ENG | 8 | 35 | 3.11 |
Tests at Newlands
- Matches
- 42
- Average 1st-innings score
- 347
- Won batting first
- 15
- Won chasing
- 17
- Highest total
- 651 by South Africa ()