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South Africa vs England Scorecard, 2nd Test, England vs South Africa 2022
Result · Aug 25 2022, Thu - 03:30 PM (IST)
SOUTH AFRICA151, 179
ENGLAND415/9 decl
England won by an innings and 85 runs
CRR:2.1
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | South Africa in England 2022 |
| Date: | Aug 25 2022, Thu - 03:30 PM (IST) |
| Country: | England |
| City: | Manchester |
| Venue: | Emirates Old Trafford |
| Toss: | South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. |
| England Playing XI: | Alex Lees, Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes (c), Ben Foakes (wk), Ollie Robinson, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson |
| South Africa Playing XI: | Dean Elgar (c), Sarel Erwee, Keegan Petersen, Aiden Markram, Rassie van der Dussen, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Keshav Maharaj, Simon Harmer, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi |
- South Africa defeated England by an innings and 12 runs in their most recent men’s Test (August 2022), snapping a three-match losing run against them in the format; the Proteas will be aiming for back-to-back wins against England for the first time since July 2012.
- England have lost only one of their nine men’s Tests against South Africa at Old Trafford (W4, D4), a three-wicket loss in July 1955; they defeated the Proteas by 177 runs in their most recent such meeting (August 2017).
- South Africa have won six of their last seven men’s Tests (L1), including their last four in succession; the last time the Proteas enjoyed a longer winning run in the format was a five-match span from September 2017 to January 2018.
- England will be looking to avoid back-to-back defeats in men’s Tests at home for the first time since August 2008, following their innings and 12-run defeat to South Africa last time out.
- England have a batting false shot percentage of 23% in men’s Tests in 2022, the highest rate of any team; South Africa (20%) are ranked third in this category.
- South Africa (77%) and England (77%) have the highest bowling dot ball percentages of any teams in men’s Tests in 2022.
- Dean Elgar (4,911) is 89 away from becoming the eighth player to score 5,000 runs for South Africa in men’s Tests; his Test batting strike rate in England (51.8) is his second best in any country (60.7 in Pakistan).
- Lungi Ngidi (48) is two away from reaching 50 wickets for South Africa in men’s Tests; he has an economy rate of 2.4 in Tests in 2022, his best in a calendar year.
- Jonny Bairstow (England) has scored 153 runs from cut shots in men’s Tests in 2022, the most of any player and 69 more than the next best (Litton Das – 84).
- Stuart Broad (England) has taken 11 wickets via short length deliveries in men’s Tests since the beginning of 2020; only New Zealand’s Neil Wagner (12) has logged more in that time.