f54094 t2049	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 2012 (1st Test)
Venue	The Kia Oval, Kennington on 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd July 2012 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs
Umpires	Asad Rauf (Pakistan), SJ Davis (Australia)
TV umpire	HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Scorers	JE Booth, KR Booth
Reserve Umpire	MA Gough
Close of play day 1	England (1) 267/3 (Cook 114*, Bell 10*; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 86/1 (Smith 37*, Amla 47*; 37 overs)
Close of play day 3	South Africa (1) 403/2 (Amla 183*, Kallis 82*; 135 overs)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 102/4 (Bell 14*, Bopara 15*; 38 overs)
Man of the Match	HM Amla
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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Strauss	lbw b Morkel	0	4	2	-	-
AN Cook	b Steyn	115	295	392	11	1
IJL Trott	c de Villiers b Morkel	71	162	243	9	-
KP Pietersen	c de Villiers b Kallis	42	72	97	4	-
IR Bell	b Kallis	13	56	96	2	-
RS Bopara	c de Villiers b Steyn	0	6	8	-	-
+MJ Prior	c de Villiers b Morkel	60	90	146	9	-
TT Bresnan	b Imran Tahir	8	32	48	1	-
SCJ Broad	b Philander	16	28	39	2	-
GP Swann	not out	15	20	29	3	-
JM Anderson	c de Villiers b Morkel	2	4	4	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 24 lb, 14 nb, 3 w)	43
Total	(all out, 558 minutes, 125.5 overs)	385
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Strauss, 0.4 ov), 2-170 (Trott, 57.2 ov), 3-251 (Pietersen, 79.4 ov), 4-271 (Cook, 92.4 ov), 5-272 (Bopara, 94.4 ov), 6-284 (Bell, 100.4 ov), 7-313 (Bresnan, 110.3 ov), 8-358 (Broad, 119.5 ov), 9-383 (Prior, 125.1 ov), 10-385 (Anderson, 125.5 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morkel	24.5	2	72	4	2	5
Philander	27	4	79	1	-	7
Steyn	30	7	99	2	-	-
Kallis	19	7	38	2	1	-
Imran Tahir	19	0	61	1	-	2
Duminy	6	1	10	0	-	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	b Bresnan	131	273	367	20	-
AN Petersen	lbw b Anderson	0	8	11	-	-
HM Amla	not out	311	529	790	35	-
JH Kallis	not out	182	326	434	23	1
+AB de Villiers	did not bat
JA Rudolph	did not bat
JP Duminy	did not bat
VD Philander	did not bat
DW Steyn	did not bat
M Morkel	did not bat
Imran Tahir	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(2 wickets, declared, 803 minutes, 189 overs)	637
Fall of wickets:
1-1 (Petersen, 2.4 ov), 2-260 (Smith, 87.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Anderson	41	7	116	1	-	1
Broad	34	6	118	0	1	-
Swann	52	10	151	0	-	-
Bresnan	37	2	140	1	-	1
Bopara	18	1	78	0	1	-
Pietersen	3	0	13	0	-	-
Trott	4	0	12	0	-	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*AJ Strauss	c Philander b Imran Tahir	27	80	126	2	-
AN Cook	c de Villiers b Philander	0	6	6	-	-
IJL Trott	c de Villiers b Steyn	10	27	41	1	-
KP Pietersen	b Morkel	16	17	36	3	-
IR Bell	c Kallis b Steyn	55	220	285	6	-
RS Bopara	b Steyn	22	55	75	3	-
+MJ Prior	c Kallis b Imran Tahir	40	86	141	5	-
TT Bresnan	not out	20	61	91	2	-
SCJ Broad	c de Villiers b Steyn	0	5	11	-	-
GP Swann	c Petersen b Steyn	7	9	11	1	-
JM Anderson	lbw b Imran Tahir	4	24	39	1	-
Extras	(11 b, 15 lb, 12 nb, 1 w)	39
Total	(all out, 429 minutes, 97 overs)	240
Fall of wickets:
1-2 (Cook, 1.2 ov), 2-32 (Trott, 10.2 ov), 3-57 (Pietersen, 17.3 ov), 4-67 (Strauss, 26.5 ov), 5-117 (Bopara, 44.4 ov), 6-203 (Prior, 76.6 ov), 7-210 (Bell, 82.2 ov), 8-210 (Broad, 84.1 ov), 9-218 (Swann, 86.5 ov), 10-240 (Anderson, 97 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Morkel	16	0	41	1	1	1
Philander	19	6	29	1	-	1
Steyn	21	6	56	5	-	-
Imran Tahir	32	7	63	3	-	6
Kallis	7	1	22	0	-	-
Duminy	2	1	3	0	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 70/1 (AN Cook 33*, IJL Trott 27*; 23 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 158/1 (AN Cook 69*, IJL Trott 68*; 53 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 326/7 (MJ Prior 32*, SCJ Broad 8*; 115 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 25/1 (GC Smith 14*, HM Amla 10*; 11 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 187/1 (GC Smith 103*, HM Amla 80*; 65 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: South Africa (1) 277/2 (HM Amla 131*, JH Kallis 10*; 92 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (1) 514/2 (HM Amla 251*, JH Kallis 125*; 164 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (1) 637/2 (HM Amla 311*, JH Kallis 182*; 189 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 177/5 (Bell 36*, Prior 29*; 66 overs)
--> England first innings: 50 in 15.5 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 30.1 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 50.5 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 65.5 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 79.2 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 108.3 overs
--> England first innings: 350 in 118.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 21.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 43.3 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 55.5 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 68.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 84.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 97.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 350 in 114.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 400 in 132.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 450 in 152.2 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 500 in 161.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 550 in 173.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 600 in 183.2 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 15.3 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 37.5 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 57.2 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 73.6 overs
--> RS Bopara made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AN Cook (1) 50 in 98 balls, 138 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AN Cook (1) 100 in 222 balls, 307 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> AN Cook (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> IJL Trott (1) 50 in 127 balls, 191 minutes with 6 fours
--> IJL Trott (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 41
--> MJ Prior (1) 50 in 75 balls, 119 minutes with 9 fours
--> GC Smith (1) 50 in 160 balls, 209 minutes with 6 fours
--> GC Smith (1) 100 in 201 balls, 269 minutes with 16 fours
--> HM Amla (1) 50 in 110 balls, 151 minutes with 6 fours
--> HM Amla (1) 100 in 199 balls, 293 minutes with 13 fours
--> HM Amla (1) 150 in 294 balls, 425 minutes with 19 fours
--> HM Amla (1) 200 in 392 balls, 588 minutes with 23 fours
--> HM Amla (1) 250 in 445 balls, 667 minutes with 29 fours
--> HM Amla (1) passed his previous highest score of 253 in Test matches
--> HM Amla (1) passed his previous highest score of 253 in First-Class matches
--> HM Amla (1) 300 in 515 balls, 769 minutes with 35 fours
--> HM Amla (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 36
--> HM Amla (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 292
--> JH Kallis (1) 50 in 94 balls, 117 minutes with 7 fours
--> JH Kallis (1) 100 in 227 balls, 275 minutes with 13 fours
--> JH Kallis (1) 150 in 299 balls, 389 minutes with 20 fours
--> JH Kallis (1) passed 12500 runs in Test matches when he reached 121
--> IR Bell (2) 50 in 189 balls, 250 minutes with 5 fours
--> GP Swann (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 7
--> Imran Tahir made his debut in England in Test matches
--> AN Petersen made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JP Duminy made his debut in England in Test matches
--> VD Philander made his debut in England in Test matches

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Over 0.4: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - AJ Strauss
New Ball Taken: England 252/3 after 81.1 overs (AN Cook 109, IR Bell 0)
Over 111.5: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - SCJ Broad
Over 114.2: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - SJ Davis, Batsman - SCJ Broad
Over 73.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - GC Smith
New Ball Taken: South Africa 223/1 after 80.1 overs (GC Smith 111, HM Amla 107)
New Ball Taken: South Africa 514/2 after 164.1 overs (HM Amla 251, JH Kallis 125)
New Ball Taken: England 208/6 after 81.1 overs (IR Bell 54, TT Bresnan 1)
Over 84.1: Review by South Africa (Bowling), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - SCJ Broad
Over 96.6: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Asad Rauf, Batsman - JM Anderson
AN Cook (25) and IJL Trott (20) added 50 in 94 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
AN Cook (50) and IJL Trott (36) added 100 in 183 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
AN Cook (68) and IJL Trott (63) added 150 in 309 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the first innings
AN Cook (23) and KP Pietersen (21) added 50 in 81 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (26) and HM Amla (23) added 50 in 111 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (45) and HM Amla (54) added 100 in 246 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (78) and HM Amla (68) added 150 in 323 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (103) and HM Amla (93) added 200 in 400 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
GC Smith (126) and HM Amla (120) added 250 in 493 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (21) and JH Kallis (27) added 50 in 100 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (44) and JH Kallis (54) added 100 in 204 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (67) and JH Kallis (82) added 150 in 308 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (96) and JH Kallis (103) added 200 in 400 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (126) and JH Kallis (123) added 250 in 455 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (153) and JH Kallis (147) added 300 in 527 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
HM Amla (179) and JH Kallis (168) added 350 in 586 balls for the South Africa 3rd wicket in the first innings
IR Bell (10) and RS Bopara (22) added 50 in 106 balls for the England 5th wicket in the second innings
IR Bell (14) and MJ Prior (27) added 50 in 114 balls for the England 6th wicket in the second innings