f52155 t1942	South Africa v England
	England in South Africa 2009/10 (1st Test)
Venue	SuperSport Park, Centurion on 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th December 2009 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), SJ Davis (Australia)
TV umpire	AM Saheba (India)
Referee	RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	BG Jerling
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 262/4 (Kallis 112*, Duminy 38*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 88/1 (Strauss 44*, Trott 18*; 23 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (2) 9/1 (Smith 6*, Harris 2*; 4 overs)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 11/1 (Cook 4*, Anderson 6*; 6 overs)
Player of the Match	GP Swann
Articles	England thwart South Africa's victory march
	Amla helps South Africa take a huge lead
	Match evenly poised as South Africa take lead
	England fight back after South Africa post 418
	List of all articles

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	c Prior b Broad	0	7	8	-	-
AG Prince	c Collingwood b Swann	45	94	155	6	-
HM Amla	c Collingwood b Onions	19	67	88	2	-
JH Kallis	c Collingwood b Anderson	120	225	306	16	1
AB de Villiers	c Cook b Swann	32	66	80	5	-
JP Duminy	c Collingwood b Swann	56	150	220	6	1
+MV Boucher	c Cook b Swann	49	100	156	6	-
M Morkel	c Prior b Onions	13	48	53	2	-
PL Harris	b Onions	38	89	118	4	-
F de Wet	lbw b Swann	20	67	80	3	-
M Ntini	not out	4	7	10	1	-
Extras	(1 b, 16 lb, 5 w)	22
Total	(all out, 640 minutes, 153.2 overs)	418
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Smith, 1.3 ov), 2-51 (Amla, 20.5 ov), 3-93 (Prince, 34.2 ov), 4-159 (de Villiers, 54.3 ov), 5-283 (Kallis, 96.6 ov), 6-316 (Duminy, 108.5 ov), 7-341 (Morkel, 121.5 ov), 8-377 (Boucher, 134.1 ov), 9-414 (Harris, 150.5 ov), 10-418 (de Wet, 153.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	37	9	104	1	1	-
Broad	32	8	74	1	2	-
Onions	30	5	86	3	2	-
Swann	45.2	10	110	5	-	-
Collingwood	7	1	18	0	-	-
Trott	2	0	9	0	-	-

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Strauss	b Ntini	46	87	138	6	-
AN Cook	c Boucher b de Wet	15	17	26	3	-
IJL Trott	b Harris	28	117	172	3	-
KP Pietersen	b Morkel	40	79	114	3	1
PD Collingwood	c Kallis b Harris	50	88	133	5	1
IR Bell	b Harris	5	16	23	-	-
+MJ Prior	c de Wet b Harris	4	34	44	-	-
SCJ Broad	lbw b Duminy	17	34	36	2	-
GP Swann	c Smith b Harris	85	81	139	10	2
JM Anderson	c Morkel b Ntini	29	78	103	4	1
G Onions	not out	4	5	7	1	-
Extras	(8 b, 8 lb, 12 nb, 5 w)	33
Total	(all out, 472 minutes, 104 overs)	356
Fall of wickets:
1-25 (Cook, 5.4 ov), 2-98 (Strauss, 28.6 ov), 3-119 (Trott, 41.5 ov), 4-168 (Pietersen, 54.5 ov), 5-189 (Bell, 59.5 ov), 6-211 (Prior, 69.6 ov), 7-221 (Collingwood, 71.6 ov), 8-242 (Broad, 78.5 ov), 9-348 (Anderson, 102.1 ov), 10-356 (Swann, 104 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ntini	23	4	78	2	-	-
de Wet	20	3	72	1	1	6
Morkel	21	0	60	1	-	6
Harris	37	10	123	5	-	-
Duminy	3	0	7	1	-	-

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AG Prince	b Anderson	0	3	4	-	-
*GC Smith	b Onions	12	36	53	1	-
PL Harris	b Anderson	11	17	25	2	-
HM Amla	b Anderson	100	213	315	10	-
JH Kallis	c Cook b Broad	4	32	46	-	-
AB de Villiers	c Bell b Broad	64	101	136	6	1
JP Duminy	lbw b Anderson	11	27	33	2	-
+MV Boucher	not out	63	73	96	9	1
M Morkel	not out	22	13	21	4	-
M Ntini	did not bat
F de Wet	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 4 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, declared, 368 minutes, 85.5 overs)	301
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Prince, 0.6 ov), 2-20 (Harris, 6.5 ov), 3-34 (Smith, 11.2 ov), 4-46 (Kallis, 21.3 ov), 5-165 (de Villiers, 55.4 ov), 6-191 (Duminy, 63.5 ov), 7-266 (Amla, 81.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	20.5	1	73	4	-	-
Onions	16	3	50	1	-	-
Broad	16	5	58	2	2	-
Swann	27	3	91	0	-	-
Collingwood	6	1	19	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Strauss	c Boucher b Morkel	1	3	5	-	-
AN Cook	c Smith b Harris	12	56	78	1	-
JM Anderson	c Boucher b de Wet	10	23	28	2	-
IJL Trott	c de Villiers b de Wet	69	212	315	7	-
KP Pietersen	run out (de Wet)	81	143	192	11	-
PD Collingwood	not out	26	99	160	6	-
IR Bell	c Boucher b de Wet	2	10	17	-	-
+MJ Prior	c Boucher b de Wet	0	9	13	-	-
SCJ Broad	c Boucher b Harris	0	5	7	-	-
GP Swann	lbw b Morkel	2	15	22	-	-
G Onions	not out	1	12	19	-	-
Extras	(10 b, 3 lb, 11 nb)	24
Total	(9 wickets, 432 minutes, 96 overs)	228
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Strauss, 1.2 ov), 2-16 (Anderson, 8.1 ov), 3-27 (Cook, 18.2 ov), 4-172 (Pietersen, 61.5 ov), 5-205 (Trott, 81.4 ov), 6-207 (Bell, 85.2 ov), 7-208 (Prior, 87.5 ov), 8-209 (Broad, 88.4 ov), 9-218 (Swann, 92.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Ntini	18	7	41	0	-	1
Morkel	18	3	46	2	-	7
Harris	26	11	51	2	-	-
de Wet	23	8	55	4	-	3
Duminy	8	2	17	0	-	-
Kallis	3	1	5	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 70/2 (AG Prince 33*, JH Kallis 7*; 26 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 159/4 (JH Kallis 51*, JP Duminy 0*; 55 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 330/6 (MV Boucher 29*, M Morkel 8*; 119 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 401/8 (PL Harris 33*, F de Wet 12*; 147 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (1) 143/3 (KP Pietersen 29*, PD Collingwood 5*; 50 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (1) 238/7 (SCJ Broad 16*, GP Swann 6*; 76 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 80/4 (Amla 34*, de Villiers 17*; 32 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 77/3 (IJL Trott 18*, KP Pietersen 29*; 34 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: England (2) 169/3 (IJL Trott 53*, KP Pietersen 80*; 60 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 20.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 35.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 47.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 69.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 87.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 104.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 126.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 144.6 overs
--> England first innings: 50 in 10.1 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 29.6 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 51.5 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 63.1 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 82.6 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 89.5 overs
--> England first innings: 350 in 102.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 22.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 38.2 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 48.6 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 66.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 78.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 300 in 85.4 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 26.1 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 39.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 53.3 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 78.5 overs
--> F de Wet made his debut in Test matches
--> JH Kallis (1) 50 in 86 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> JH Kallis (1) 100 in 177 balls with 13 fours and 1 six
--> JP Duminy (1) 50 in 120 balls with 6 fours and 1 six
--> JP Duminy (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 44
--> PD Collingwood (1) 50 in 87 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> GP Swann (1) 50 in 47 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> GP Swann (1) passed his previous highest score of 63 in Test matches
--> GP Swann (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 60
--> HM Amla (2) 50 in 106 balls with 6 fours
--> HM Amla (2) 100 in 210 balls with 10 fours
--> HM Amla (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 21
--> AB de Villiers (2) 50 in 70 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> AB de Villiers (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 61
--> MV Boucher (2) 50 in 58 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> IJL Trott (2) 50 in 135 balls with 7 fours
--> KP Pietersen (2) 50 in 76 balls with 7 fours
--> F de Wet made his debut for South Africa in First-Class matches
--> IJL Trott made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> MJ Prior made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> MJ Prior made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> PD Collingwood made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> PD Collingwood made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> AN Cook made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> AN Cook made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> G Onions made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> G Onions made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> SCJ Broad made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> SCJ Broad made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> GP Swann made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> IR Bell made his debut in South Africa in First-Class matches
--> IR Bell made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> KP Pietersen made his debut in South Africa in Test matches
--> GP Swann reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AB de Villiers, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> JM Anderson reached 350 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HM Amla, his 4th wicket in the South Africa second innings

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Over 18.2: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- AG Prince
Over 39.2: Referral by England, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- JH Kallis
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (JH Kallis 28, AB de Villiers 23, Ex 0)
Over 52.5: Referral by England, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- AB de Villiers
New Ball Taken: South Africa 234/4 after 81.1 overs (JH Kallis 94, JP Duminy 31)
Over 118.4: Referral by South Africa, Umipre- SJ Davis, Batsman- M Morkel
Over 153.2: Referral by South Africa, Umipe- Aleem Dar, Batsman- F de Wet
Over 11.3: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- IJL Troot
Over 78.5: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- SCJ Broad
New Ball Taken: England 246/8 after 80.2 overs (GP Swann 9, JM Anderson 4)
Over 89.4: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- JM Anderson
Over 24.3: Referral by England, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- HM Amla
Over 45.6: Referral by Engaland, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- AB de Villiers
Over 63.5: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- JP Duminy
New Ball Taken: South Africa 265/6 after 81.1 overs (HM Amla 100, MV Boucher 51)
Over 63.2: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- SJ Davis, Batsman- PD Collingwood
New Ball Taken: England 201/4 after 80.1 overs (IJL Trott 69, PD Collingwood 10)
Over 80.3: Referral by South Africa, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- PD Collingwood
Over 88.4: Referral by England, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- SCJ Broad
Over 92.5: Referral by England, Umpire- Aleem Dar, Batsman- GP Swann
AG Prince (20) and HM Amla (19) added 50 in 115 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (28) and AB de Villiers (23) added 50 in 68 balls for the South Africa 4th wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (27) and JP Duminy (23) added 50 in 116 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (59) and JP Duminy (38) added 100 in 208 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the first innings
AJ Strauss (24) and IJL Trott (18) added 50 in 84 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
GP Swann (34) and JM Anderson (19) added 50 in 62 balls for the England 9th wicket in the first innings
GP Swann (67) and JM Anderson (29) added 100 in 128 balls for the England 9th wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (24) and AB de Villiers (25) added 50 in 91 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
HM Amla (43) and AB de Villiers (56) added 100 in 164 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
HM Amla (13) and MV Boucher (40) added 50 in 86 balls for the South Africa 7th wicket in the second innings
IJL Trott (15) and KP Pietersen (29) added 50 in 95 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
IJL Trott (33) and KP Pietersen (57) added 100 in 181 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings