South African national cricket team in England in the 2012 season

The tour of the South African national cricket team to England in the 2012 season took place from July 19 to September 12, 2012. The international cricket tour was part of the 2012 International Cricket Season and included three Tests , five ODIs and three Twenty20s . South Africa won the Test Series 2–0, while the ODI Series 2–2 and the Twenty20 Series 1–1 ended in a draw.

prehistory

England previously played a tour against Australia , South Africa played a three-nation tournament in Zimbabwe . The last tour of the two teams against each other took place in the 2009/10 season in South Africa .

Stages

London (Lord's) London (The Oval) Leeds Birmingham Nottingham Chester-le-Street Southampton Manchester Cardiff

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on September 28, 2011.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	3. T20
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	1. ODI
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	1. T20
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	5. ODI
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	2nd test
The oval	London	23,500	1st test; 3. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	3rd test; 4. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	2. T20
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	2. ODI

Squad lists

South Africa named their test squad on June 13th, the ODI squad on July 25th, England named their test squad on July 15th.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Andrew Strauss ( K ) 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 ( K ) AB de Villiers ( UK & 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 ) Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Alastair Cook ( K ) 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 Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes	AB de Villiers ( K & 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 ( K ) 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 ( K & 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

Tour matches

July 9-10 scorecard	Taunton	Somerset 312-8d (64) & 50-1 (22)	-	South Africans 282-9d (76.3)
		draw

South African player Mark Boucher was injured in the eye from a bail on day one. As a result, he resigned from international cricket.

July 13-15 Scorecard	Canterbury	Kent 210 (74.2) & 105-0 (22)	-	South Africans 314 (93)
		draw

July 27-28 Scorecard	Worcester	South Africans 237-9d (65.5) & 67-4 (18)	-	Worcestershire 245 (73.5)
		draw

August 10-11 Scorecard	Derby	South Africans 365-4d (70) & 168-7d (40)	-	Derbyshire 174-9d (49)
		draw

August 22nd scorecard	Bristol	Gloucestershire Gladiators 261 (49.5)	-	South Africans 262-7 (49)
		South Africans wins with 3 wickets

Testing

First test in London

July 19-23 Scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 385 (125.5) & 240 (97)	-	South Africa 637-2d (189)
		South Africa wins with one innings and 12 runs

Second test in Leeds

August 2-6 scorecard	Leeds	South Africa 419 (139.2) & 258-9d (67.4)	-	England 425 (126.4) & 130-4 (33)
		draw

Third test in London

August 16-20 Scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 309 (101.2) & 351 (124.2)	-	England 315 (107.3) & 294 (82.5)
		South Africa wins with 51 runs

With this victory, South Africa achieved first place in the ICC World Test Rankings.

One-day internationals

First ODI in Cardiff

June 1st scorecard	Cardiff	England 37-0 (5.3)	-	South Africa
		No result

Second ODI in Southampton

August 28th scorecard	Southampton	South Africa 287-5 (50)	-	England 207 (40.4)
		South Africa wins with 80 runs

Third ODI in London

August 31 scorecard	London (The Oval)	South Africa 211 (46.4)	-	England 212-6 (48)
		England wins with 4 wickets

Fourth ODI in London

September 2nd scorecard	London (Lord's)	South Africa 220-8 (50)	-	England 224-4 (46.4)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Fifth ODI in Nottingham

September 5 scorecard	Nottingham	England 182 (45.2)	-	South Africa 186-3 (34.3)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Chester-le-Street

September 8 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	England 118-7 (20)	-	South Africa 119-3 (19)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Manchester

September 10th scorecard	Manchester	South Africa 77-5 (9/9)	-	England 29-2 (4.1 / 9)
		No result

Third Twenty20 in Birmingham

September 12th scorecard	Birmingham	England 118-5 (11/11)	-	South Africa 90-5 (11/11)
		England wins with 28 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	5	482	120.50	311 *	2	0
Matt Prior	England	3	6th	275	45.83	73	0	3
Graeme Smith	South Africa	3	5	272	54.40	131	1	2
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	5	262	65.50	182 *	1	0
Alviro Petersen	South Africa	3	5	244	61.00	182	1	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	131	15th	29.20	5/56	1	0
Vernon Philander	South Africa	3	120.5	12	23.66	5/30	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	3	128.2	11	34.54	4/72	0	0
Stuart Broad	England	3	130.4	11	39.72	5/69	1	0
Steven Finn	England	2	91	10	32.20	4/74	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	5	4th	335	111.66	150	1	1
Ian Bell	England	5	5	181	45.25	88	0	1
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	4th	170	56.66	75 *	0	1
Jonathan Trott	England	4th	3	142	47.33	71	0	1
Eoin Morgan	England	5	4th	136	45.33	73	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Robin Peterson	South Africa	5	36	7th	21.71	3/37	0	0
James Anderson	England	5	34.4	6th	28.33	4/44	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	3	25.4	5	20.60	2/24	0	0
James Tredwell	England	3	24	5	22.80	3/35	0	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	4th	26.4	5	26.00	2/29	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	3	25.3	5	30.20	3/44	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Hashim Amla	South Africa	2	2	83	83.00	47 *	0	0
Craig Kieswetter	England	3	3	76	25.33	50	0	1
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	3	3	69		48 *	0	0
JP Duminy	South Africa	2	2	52	52.00	47 *	0	0
Jos Buttler	England	3	2	38	38.00	32 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Johan Botha	South Africa	3	8th	4th	12.00	2/19	0	0
Steven Finn	England	2	6th	3	13.00	2/17	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	3	9	3	17.00	2/24	0	0
Jade Dernbach	England	3	8th	3	19.00	2/31	0	0
Tim Bresnan	England	1	2	2	7.00	2/14	0	0
Albie Morkel	South Africa	3	4.1	2	8.50	1/0	0	0
Dale Steyn	South Africa	2	5	2	11.50	1/10	0	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	2	4th	2	18.00	2/28	0	0
Robin Peterson	South Africa	3	6th	2	21.50	2/27	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Hashim Amla Matt Prior
ODI	Hashim Amla
T20	Craig Kieswetter

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Hashim Amla
2nd test	Kevin Pietersen
3rd test	Vernon Philander
2. ODI	Hashim Amla
3. ODI	Eoin Morgan
4. ODI	Ian Bell
5. ODI	Hashim Amla
1. T20	Dale Steyn
3. T20	Jos Buttler

controversy

The English player Kevin Pietersen was at the center of numerous controversies during the months leading up to the tour, which meant that he was initially not considered for the tour. With a declaration that he will devote himself entirely to English cricket, he was shortlisted for the third test. However, when it became known the next day that he had exchanged defamatory text messages with South African players about his English teammates, he was expelled from the team.

Web links

• The series on espncricinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew McGlashan: England-South Africa faces Olympic clash ( English ) Cricinfo. September 28, 2011. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
2. ↑ Firdose Moonda: South Africa unchanged for England Tests ( English ) Cricinfo. June 13, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
3. ↑ Kallis rested for England ODIs ( English ) Cricinfo. July 25, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
4. ↑ Andrew McGlashan: Bopara and Onions in England squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 15, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
5. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Somerset v South Africans, Taunton, 1st day July 9, 2012 Boucher undergoing surgery after eye injury ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
6. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Eye injury ends Boucher's career ( English ) Cricinfo. July 10, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
7. ^ David Hopps: South Africa hold nerve to take No. 1 ( English ) Cricinfo. August 20, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
8. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2012 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
9. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2012 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [South Africa in England , 2012 / Most runs] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / NatWest Series [South Africa in England , 2012 / Most wickets] ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / South Africa in England T20I Series, 2012 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / South Africa in England T20I Series, 2012 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
14. ↑ George Dobell: Pietersen 'fully committed' to England ( English ) Cricinfo. August 11, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
15. ↑ David Hopps: Pietersen dropped over text messages ( English ) Cricinfo. August 12, 2012. Retrieved May 23, 2016.