Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

JM Bairstow
JM Bairstow
99(145) 14x4 - 1x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 24 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
4 9 14 23 19 15 2 13
HM Amla
HM Amla
83(159) 13x4 - 1x6
Control %79%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 19 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
6 10 5 4 24 12 4 14

Best performances - Bowlers

MM Ali
MM Ali
O19.5
M1
R69
W5
Eco3.47
RHB
OFFLEG
2W1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
JM Anderson
JM Anderson
O17
M5
R38
W4
Eco2.23
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Partnerships

  • ENG - 1st
  • SA - 1st
  • ENG - 2nd
  • SA - 2nd

England - 1st - Innings

35
AN Cook18 (36)
KK Jennings17 (37)
57
AN Cook28 (67)
T Westley29 (79)
0
T Westley0 (9)
JE Root0 (9)
52
DJ Malan18 (44)
JE Root32 (55)
43
JE Root20 (37)
BA Stokes23 (30)
65
JM Bairstow25 (66)
BA Stokes35 (66)
19
JM Bairstow12 (23)
TS Roland-Jones4 (10)
32
MM Ali14 (12)
JM Bairstow14 (12)
9
SCJ Broad7 (3)
JM Bairstow2 (4)
50
JM Anderson4 (15)
JM Bairstow46 (40)

South Africa - 1st - Innings

2
HG Kuhn0 (0)
D Elgar0 (3)
45
HM Amla30 (35)
HG Kuhn14 (31)
37
HG Kuhn10 (45)
T Bavuma27 (51)
47
F du Plessis27 (38)
T Bavuma19 (42)
1
F du Plessis0 (1)
Q de Kock1 (1)
14
Q de Kock3 (24)
TB de Bruyn11 (21)
21
KA Maharaj13 (26)
Q de Kock8 (19)
22
Q de Kock12 (22)
K Rabada10 (15)
31
M Morkel18 (25)
K Rabada13 (13)
6
M Morkel2 (10)
D Olivier4 (12)

England - 2nd - Innings

16
AN Cook10 (19)
KK Jennings2 (18)
14
T Westley9 (18)
KK Jennings5 (11)
25
JE Root14 (46)
KK Jennings11 (34)
17
DJ Malan6 (15)
JE Root7 (16)
57
JE Root28 (44)
BA Stokes18 (37)
5
JM Bairstow0 (17)
BA Stokes5 (17)
19
MM Ali9 (14)
JM Bairstow10 (13)
58
MM Ali45 (40)
TS Roland-Jones11 (30)
26
MM Ali17 (8)
SCJ Broad5 (10)
6
JM Anderson2 (5)
MM Ali4 (4)

South Africa - 2nd - Innings

10
HG Kuhn5 (9)
D Elgar5 (13)
8
HM Amla2 (19)
HG Kuhn6 (20)
22
HM Amla9 (21)
T Bavuma12 (32)
123
HM Amla72 (119)
F du Plessis45 (69)
10
F du Plessis9 (7)
Q de Kock1 (7)
0
F du Plessis0 (0)
TB de Bruyn0 (2)
10
F du Plessis7 (9)
KA Maharaj3 (16)
12
KA Maharaj11 (14)
K Rabada1 (15)
7
M Morkel0 (1)
KA Maharaj7 (3)
0
KA Maharaj0 (0)
D Olivier0 (1)

Amla- Key for South Africa

4

Century partnerships in this series for South Africa. Hashim Amla has been involved in three of those.

All Rounder Moeen

8

Number of cricketers from England to score 200 runs and take 20 wickets in a series. Flintoff was the last to achieve this in the 2005 Ashes

Tough Ask for SA

0

Number of successful chases over 300 at Old Trafford. Highest successful chase was when England beat New Zealand in 2008 by scoring 294/4 .

Morkel v Cook

12

Number of times Morne Morkel has dismissed Alastair Cook in Tests. Morkel has dismissed him 4 times this series conceding 93 runs from 201 balls.

Moeen 's Best

20

Wickets taken by Moeen Ali this series - Most he has taken in a Test series. Previously he had taken 19 against India in 2014

Roland Jones vs Amla

3

Number of times Amla has been dismissed by Toby Roland Jones from the 21 balls he has faced. Amla averages 2.33 against Jones.

Opening Woes continue

12

Avg runs added by the openers from South Africa in their last 13 innings.During this period the highest stand has been 21.

Unlucky Bairstow

15

Number of players from England to be dismissed for 99 in a Test.This is the second instance where Bairstow was dismissed in the nineties against SA

Mr Consistent

10

Number of consecutive matches in which Joe Root has scored a Test fifty. He equals the record for England previously held by John Edrich who scored 10 between 1969-71.

5000 and counting

105

Number of innings taken by Joe Root to score 5000 Test runs - Fifth fastest from England to this feat. Hobbs, Hammond, Barrington and Hutton got there earlier.

Not a Happy Hunting ground

1955

Last instance of South Africa winning a Test at Old Trafford,Manchester. In 9 Tests they have won 1,lost 4 and drawn 4.