South African national cricket team in England in the 2017 season

The South African national cricket team's tour to England in the 2017 season took place from May 24th to August 7th, 2017. The international cricket tour was part of the 2017 international cricket season and included four tests , three ODIs and three Twenty20s . England won the Test series 3–1 and the ODI and Twenty20 series 2–1 each.

prehistory

England previously played an ODI series against Ireland , for South Africa it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in South Africa in the 2015/16 season . After the ODI series, the tour was interrupted for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy .

Stages

Cardiff Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham Southampton Taunton

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on July 1, 2016.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	3. T20
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	3rd test
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 3. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	4th test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	2nd test
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	2. ODI; 1. T20
County Ground	Taunton	8,500	2. T20

Squad lists

South Africa named its ODI roster on April 19, its Twenty20 roster on June 13 and the test roster on June 26, 2017. England named its ODI roster on April 25, its Twenty20 roster on June 12 and his test squad on July 1, 2017.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Joe Root ( K ) Moeen Ali James Anderson Jonny Bairstow ( wk ) Gary Ballance Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Liam Dawson Steven Finn Keaton Jennings Dawid Malan Toby Roland-Jones Ben Stokes Tom Westley Mark Wood	Faf du Plessis ( K ) Dean Elgar ( UK ) Hashim Amla Temba Bavuma Theunis de Bruyn Quinton de Kock ( wk ) JP Duminy Heino Kuhn Keshav Maharaj Aiden Markram Morné Morkel Chris Morris Duanne Olivier Andile Phehlukwayo Vernon Philander Kagiso Rabada	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow Jake Ball Sam Billings Jos Buttler ( wk ) Liam Dawson Steven Finn * Alex Hales Liam Plunkett Adil Rashid Toby Roland-Jones Joe Root Jason Roy Ben Stokes David Willey Chris Woakes Mark Wood	AB de Villiers ( K ) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Quinton de Kock ( wk ) Faf du Plessis Jean-Paul Duminy Keshav Maharaj David Miller Chris Morris Morné Morkel Wayne Parnell Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Kagiso Rabada Imran Tahir	Eoin Morgan ( K ) Jonny Bairstow Sam Billings Jos Buttler ( wk ) Mason Crane Tom Curran Liam Dawson Alex Hales Chris Jordan Liam Livingstone Dawid Malan Craig Overton Liam Plunkett Jason Roy David Willey Mark Wood	AB de Villiers ( K ) Farhaan Behardien Reeza Hendricks Imran Tahir David Miller Morné Morkel Chris Morris Mangaliso Mosehle ( wk ) Wayne Parnell Dane Paterson Andile Phehlukwayo Dwaine Pretorius Tabraiz Shamsi Jon-Jon Smuts

Tour matches

May 19th scorecard	Hove	South Africans 289-4 (32/32)	-	Sussex 223-9 (32/32)
		South Africans wins with 66 runs

May 21 scorecard	Northampton	South Africans 275-7 (50)	-	Northamptonshire 262 (47.1)
		South Africans wins by 13 runs

June 29th - July 2nd scorecard	Worcester	South Africans 382 (97.3)	-	England Lions 266-4d (80.1)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Leeds

May 24th scorecard	Leeds	England 339-6 (50)	-	South Africa 267 (45)
		England wins with 72 runs

Second ODI in Southampton

May 27th scorecard	Southampton	England 330-6 (50)	-	South Africa 328-5 (50)
		England wins with 2 runs

Third ODI in London

May 29 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 153 (31.3)	-	South Africa 156-3 (28.5)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Twenty20 Internationals

First Twenty20 in Southampton

June 21 scorecard	Southampton	South Africa 142-3 (20)	-	England 143-1 (14.3)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Second Twenty20 in Taunton

June 23 scorecard	Taunton	South Africa 174-8 (20)	-	England 171-6 (20)
		South Africa wins with 3 runs

Third Twenty20 in Cardiff

June 25th scorecard	Cardiff	England 181-8 (20)	-	South Africa 162-7 (20)
		England wins with 19 runs

Testing

First test in London

July 6-9 scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 458 (105.3) & 233 (87.1)	-	South Africa 361 (105) & 119 (36.4)
		England wins with 211 runs

Second test in Nottingham

July 14-17 Scorecard	Nottingham	South Africa 335 (96.2) & 343-9d (104)	-	England 205 (51.5) & 133 (44.2)
		South Africa wins with 340 runs

Third test in London

July 27th - 31st scorecard	London (oval)	England 353 (103.2) & 313-8d (79.5)	-	South Africa 175 (58.4) & 252 (77.1)
		England wins with 239 runs

Fourth test in Manchester

August 4-7 Scorecard	Manchester	England 362 (108.2) & 243 (69.1)	-	South Africa 226 (72.1) & 202 (62.5)
		England wins with 177 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Joe Root	England	4th	8th	461	57.62	190	1	3
Jonny Bairstow	England	4th	8th	330	41.25	99	0	3
Hashim Amla	South Africa	4th	8th	329	41.12	87	0	3
Ben Stokes	England	4th	8th	299	37.37	112	1	2
Dean Elgar	South Africa	4th	8th	291	36.37	136	1	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Moeen Ali	England	4th	121	25th	15.64	6/53	2	1
James Anderson	England	4th	125.2	20th	14.10	5/72	1	0
Morné Morkel	South Africa	4th	159	19th	26.36	4/41	0	0
Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	4th	162.4	17th	30.35	4/85	0	0
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	135	16	28.43	4/91	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Eoin Morgan	England	3	3	160	53.33	107	1	0
Hashim Amla	South Africa	3	3	152	50.66	73	0	2
Quinton de Kock	South Africa	3	3	137	45.66	98	0	1
Ben Stokes	England	2	2	126	63.00	101	1	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	3	124	62.00	52	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	3	28	7th	21.71	4/39	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	1	8th	4th	9.50	4/38	0	0
Wayne Parnell	South Africa	2	15th	4th	22.50	3/43	0	0
Keshav Maharaj	South Africa	2	16.1	4th	24.25	3/25	0	0
Liam Plunkett	England	2	19th	4th	26.50	3/64	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
AB de Villiers	South Africa	3	3	146	73.00	65 *	0	1
Jonny Bairstow	England	2	2	107	107.00	60 *	0	1
Jason Roy	England	3	3	103	34.33	67	0	1
Farhaan Behardien	South Africa	3	3	99	49.50	64 *	0	1
Alex Hales	England	2	2	83	83.00	47 *	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Tom Curran	England	2	8th	5	11.00	3/33	0	0
Dane Paterson	South Africa	2	8th	5	12.80	4/32	0	0
Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	3	9.3	4th	22.25	2/44	0	0
Chris Jordan	England	3	12	4th	25.00	3/31	0	0
Liam Plunkett	England	2	8th	3	19.33	2/36	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Moeen Ali Morné Morkel
ODI	Eoin Morgan

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Moeen Ali
2. ODI	Ben Stokes
3. ODI	Kagiso Rabada
1. T20	Jonny Bairstow
2. T20	Chris Morris
3. T20	Dawid Malan
1st test	Moeen Ali
2nd test	Vernon Philander
3rd test	Ben Stokes
4th test	Moeen Ali

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ South Africa and West Indies confirmed for England's longest season ( English ) Cricinfo. July 1, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
2. ↑ Morne Morkel, Maharaj in South Africa squad ( English ) Cricinfo. April 19, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
3. ↑ Firdose Moonda: De Villiers to lead South Africa in England T20s ( English ) Cricinfo. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
4. ↑ Firdose Moonda: Kuhn, Phehlukwayo in South Africa's Test Squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 26, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
5. ↑ Wood recalled for Champions Trophy as Finn misses out ( English ) Cricinfo. April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
6. ^ Livingstone, Crane in England T20 squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 12, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
7. ↑ Ballance, Dawson named in Root's first test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 1, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2017 / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
9. ↑ Records / Basil D'Olivaira Trophy, 2017 / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
10. ↑ Records / South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017 / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
11. ↑ RECORDS / South Africa in England ODI Series, 2017 / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
12. ↑ Records / South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017 / Most Runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
13. ↑ Records / South Africa in England T20I Series, 2017 / Most Wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 1, 2017.