South African cricket team in England in 2012

South African cricket team in England in 2012
		England		South Africa
Dates		19 July 2012 – 12 September 2012
Captains		Andrew Strauss (Tests) Alastair Cook (ODIs) Stuart Broad (T20Is)		Graeme Smith (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs & T20Is)
Test series
Result		South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs		Matt Prior (275)		Hashim Amla (482)
Most wickets		Stuart Broad (11)		Dale Steyn (15)
Player of the series		Matt Prior (Eng) and Hashim Amla (SA)
One Day International series
Result		5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs		Ian Bell (181)		Hashim Amla (335)
Most wickets		James Anderson (6)		Robin Peterson (7)
Player of the series		Hashim Amla (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Result		3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs		Craig Kieswetter (76)		Hashim Amla (83)
Most wickets		Jade Dernbach (3) Steven Finn (3) Graeme Swann (3)		Johan Botha (4)
Player of the series		Craig Kieswetter (Eng)

The South African cricket team toured England in 2012. They played three Test matches, five One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 International matches. The number of Test matches between the two nations had to be reduced to avoid clashes with the Olympic Games.

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Andrew Strauss (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Steven Finn Graham Onions Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Graeme Swann James Taylor Jonathan Trott	Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers (vc & wk) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher (wk) Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile (wk) 1 Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Alastair Cook (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter (wk) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Graeme Swann James Tredwell 2 Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes	AB de Villiers (c & wk) Hashim Amla Francois du Plessis JP Duminy Dean Elgar Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Ryan McLaren Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Stuart Broad (c) Jonny Bairstow Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Craig Kieswetter (wk) Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Graeme Swann Luke Wright	AB de Villiers (c & wk) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Johan Botha Faf du Plessis JP Duminy Jacques Kallis Richard Levi Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe

¹ Thami Tsolekile was brought into the South African squad after Mark Boucher's retirement from international cricket due to an eye injury sustained in the tour match against Somerset.

² James Tredwell was brought into the England squad to replace Graeme Swann after the second ODI.

Tour matches

Two-day: Somerset v South Africans

9–10 July 2012 Scorecard	Somerset 312/8d (64 overs)	v	South Africans 282/9d (76.3 overs)	Match drawn County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Nigel Cowley (Eng) and Alex Wharf (Eng)
	Peter Trego 104 (63) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 3/46 (8 overs)		Hashim Amla 64 (135) Craig Overton 3/59 (11 overs)
	50/1 (22 overs)
	Alex Barrow 31* (64) Vernon Philander 1/6 (5 overs)
Somerset won the toss and elected to bat. Mark Boucher suffered an eye injury after he was hit by a bail in the 46th over of the Somerset innings. AB de Villiers replaced him as wicket-keeper.

First-class: Kent v South Africans

13–15 July 2012 Scorecard	Kent 210 (74.2 overs)	v	South Africans 314 (93 overs)	Match drawn St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and Trevor Jesty (Eng)
	Mike Powell 48* (137) Imran Tahir 4/31 (14.2 overs)		Hashim Amla 77 (132) Charlie Shreck 3/90 (24 overs)
	105/0 (22 overs)
	Sam Northeast 54* (69)
South Africans won the toss and elected to field.

Two-day: Worcestershire v South Africans

27–28 July 2012 Scorecard	South Africans 237/9d (65.5 overs)	v	Worcestershire 245 (73.5 overs)	Match drawn New Road, Worcester Umpires: Stephen Gale (Eng) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng)
	AB de Villiers 80 (118) Chris Russell 3/40 (14 overs)		Aneesh Kapil 67 (80) Robin Peterson 4/65 (15.5 overs)
	67/4 (18 overs)
	Jacques Rudolph 28* (47) Chris Russell 3/32 (9 overs)
South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.

Two-day: Derbyshire v South Africans

10–11 August 2012 Scorecard	South Africans 365/4d (70 overs)	v	Derbyshire 174/9d (49 overs)	Match drawn County Ground, Derby Umpires: Ismail Dawood (Eng) and Neil Mallender (Eng)
	AB de Villiers 97 (96) Ross Whiteley 1/38 (7 overs)		Ross Whiteley 51* (63) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/45 (10 overs)
	168/7d (40 overs)
	Vernon Philander 68* (80) Mark Footitt 4/38 (11 overs)
Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.

List A: Gloucestershire Gladiators v South Africans

22 August 2012 Scorecard	Gloucestershire Gladiators 261 (49.5 overs)	v	South Africans 262/7 (49 overs)	South Africans won by 3 wickets County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng)
	Dan Housego 132 (136) Ryan McLaren 3/29 (7.5 overs)		Wayne Parnell 41 (31) Ravi Bopara 3/43 (10 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Test series

1st Test

19–23 July 2012 Scorecard	England 385 (125.5 overs)	v	South Africa 637/2d (189 overs)	South Africa won by an innings and 12 runs The Oval, London Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Steve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)
	Alastair Cook 115 (295) Morné Morkel 4/72 (24.5 overs)		Hashim Amla 311* (529) James Anderson 1/116 (41 overs)
	240 (97 overs)
	Ian Bell 55 (220) Dale Steyn 5/56 (21 overs)
England won the toss and elected to bat. Start of play on Day 1 delayed by a shower of rain before the toss. Rain on Day 2 reduced play to 73 overs. Hashim Amla became the first cricketer to score a triple-century for South Africa in Test cricket.[citation needed] Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis' partnership of 377 runs is South Africa's highest partnership in Tests against England.[citation needed]

2nd Test

2–6 August 2012 Scorecard	South Africa 419 (139.2 overs)	v	England 425 (126.4 overs)	Match drawn Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
	Alviro Petersen 182 (365) Stuart Broad 3/96 (35 overs)		Kevin Pietersen 149 (214) Imran Tahir 3/92 (23.4 overs)
	258/9d (67.4 overs)		130/4 (33 overs)
	Jacques Rudolph 69 (122) Stuart Broad 5/69 (16.4 overs)		Alastair Cook 46 (62) JP Duminy 1/10 (2 overs)
England won the toss and elected to field. Rain on Day 1 forced an early tea interval and delayed the start of the evening session. Play on Day 2 was reduced due to rain and bad light. Rain on Day 3 forced an early lunch interval. Rain on Day 4 forced an early lunch interval and delayed the start of the afternoon session. James Taylor (Eng) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

16–20 August 2012 Scorecard	South Africa 309 (101.2 overs)	v	England 315 (107.3 overs)	South Africa won by 51 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Vernon Philander (SA)
	Vernon Philander 61 (93) Steven Finn 4/75 (18 overs)		Jonny Bairstow 95 (196) Morné Morkel 4/80 (28.3 overs)
	351 (124.2 overs)		294 (82.5 overs)
	Hashim Amla 121 (205) Steven Finn 4/74 (27 overs)		Matt Prior 73 (130) Vernon Philander 5/30 (14.5 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Rain delayed the start of the afternoon session on Day 1. Rain forced an early lunch interval and delayed the start of the afternoon session on Day 4. South Africa rose to number 1 in the ICC World Test Rankings due to their 2–0 series win.

ODI series

1st ODI

24 August 2012 10:15 Scorecard	England 37/0 (5.3 overs)	v	South Africa	No result SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng)
	Ian Bell 26* (18)
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Rain delayed the start of the match until 15:00, reducing the match to 23 overs per side. Match abandoned after 5.3 overs due to rain. Dean Elgar (SA) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

28 August 2012 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard	South Africa 287/5 (50 overs)	v	England 207 (40.4 overs)	South Africa won by 80 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)
	Hashim Amla 150 (124) Graeme Swann 2/50 (10 overs)		Ian Bell 45 (41) Morne Morkel 2/29 (5.4 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. South Africa rise to number 1 in the ICC ODI Rankings.

3rd ODI

31 August 2012 13:00 (D/N) Scorecard	South Africa 211 (46.4 overs)	v	England 212/6 (48 overs)	England won by 4 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Eoin Morgan (Eng)
	Hashim Amla 43 (51) James Anderson 4/44 (9.4 overs)		Eoin Morgan 73 (67) Robin Peterson 2/39 (10 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat England rise to number 1 in the ICC ODI Rankings.

4th ODI

2 September 2012 10:15 Scorecard	South Africa 220/8 (50 overs)	v	England 224/4 (46.4 overs)	England won by 6 wickets Lord's, London Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Ian Bell (Eng)
	Hashim Amla 45 (73) James Tredwell 3/35 (8 overs)		Ian Bell 88 (137) Dale Steyn 2/47 (9.4 overs)
England won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

5 September 2012 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard	England 182 (45.2 overs)	v	South Africa 186/3 (34.3 overs)	South Africa won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Hashim Amla (SA)
	Alastair Cook 51 (72) Robin Peterson 3/37 (10 overs)		Hashim Amla 97* (107) James Anderson 2/41 (9 overs)
England won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

8 September 2012 14:30 Scorecard	England 118/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 119/3 (19 overs)	South Africa won by 7 wickets Riverside Ground, Durham Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Dale Steyn (SA)
	Craig Kieswetter 25 (24) Johan Botha 2/19 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 48* (44) Jade Dernbach 2/31 (4 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Francois du Plessis (SA) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

10 September 2012 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard	South Africa 77/5 (9 overs)	v	England 29/2 (4.1 overs)	No result Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
	Hashim Amla 47* (30) Steven Finn 2/17 (2 overs)		Luke Wright 14 (11) Albie Morkel 1/0 (0.1 overs)
England won the toss and elected to field. Rain delayed the start of play and reduced play to 9 overs per side. Rain reduced the England innings to 4.1 overs.

3rd T20I

12 September 2012 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard	England 118/5 (11 overs)	v	South Africa 90/5 (11 overs)	England won by 28 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)
	Craig Kieswetter 50 (32) Johan Botha 2/19 (3 overs)		Hashim Amla 36 (27) Tim Bresnan 2/14 (2 overs)
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Rain delayed the start of play and reduced play to 11 overs per side. Danny Briggs (Eng) made his T20I debut.

Statistics

Test series

England

• Alastair Cook scored his 20th century when he scored 115 in the first innings of the 1st Test.
• Graeme Swann reached 1,000 career runs when he scored seven in the second innings of the 1st Test.
• Kevin Pietersen reached 7,000 career runs when he scored 149 in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
• Kevin Pietersen scored his 21st century when he scored 149 in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
• Andrew Strauss reached 7,000 career runs when he scored 22 in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
• Stuart Broad scored his sixth Test five-wicket haul in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
• Matt Prior reached 3,000 career runs when he scored 73 in the second innings of the 3rd Test.