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317 & 336-6 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
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Overs: 140.0 RR: 2.40 vs spin: 2.08
vs seam: 2.75
 Overs: 166.3 RR: 3.19 vs spin: 3.46
vs seam: 3.06
Wed 23/12/64 South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
match drawn Match Drawn
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England - 1st Inns 531 (166.3; RR: 3.19)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott c Lindsay b Pollock 4 0 1 0
RW Barber b Seymour 97 111 10 0 87.39
ER Dexter c Lindsay b Pollock 172 0 28 0
KF Barrington c Pollock b Pollock 121 0 16 1
PH Parfitt c Goddard b Partridge 52 0 7 0
MJK Smith c McLean b Goddard 25 0 3 0
JM Parks lbw b Pollock 26 0 2 0
FJ Titmus b Pollock 2 0 0 0
DA Allen lbw b Pollock 2 0 0 0
NI Thomson not out 27 0 4 0
JSE Price b Pollock 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 3lb, 0w, 0nb) 3  
TOTAL 531 all out (166.3 overs; RR: 3.19)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 146-2 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 337-3 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 419-4 (KF Barrington 0.0 ov), 467-5 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov), 477-6 (PH Parfitt 0.0 ov), 484-7 (FJ Titmus 0.0 ov), 490-8 (DA Allen 0.0 ov), 526-9 (JM Parks 0.0 ov), 531-10 (JSE Price 166.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PM Pollock 38.3 10 129 5 3.39 0 0
JT Partridge 40.0 10 106 1 2.65 0 0
TL Goddard 31.0 8 90 1 2.90 0 0
MA Seymour 35.0 10 109 1 3.11 0 0
EJ Barlow 8.0 2 33 0 4.13 0 0
RG Pollock 11.0 1 50 2 4.55 0 0
KC Bland 3.0 0 11 0 3.67 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 317 (159.5; RR: 1.98)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard b Titmus 40 0 6 0
EJ Barlow c Price b Titmus 71 0 11 0
AJ Pithey b Allen 85 0 10 0
RG Pollock c Smith b Titmus 12 0 3 0
KC Bland c Thomson b Price 29 0 4 0
RA McLean lbw b Barber 12 0 2 0
GD Varnals b Price 21 0 3 0
DT Lindsay b Thomson 10 0 1 0
MA Seymour run out 2 0 0 0
PM Pollock c Smith b Titmus 20 0 1 0
JT Partridge not out 13 0 1 0
Extras (0b, 2lb, 0w, 0nb) 2  
TOTAL 317 all out (159.5 overs; RR: 1.98)

Fall of wickets

78-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 139-2 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 153-3 (RG Pollock 0.0 ov), 211-4 (KC Bland 0.0 ov), 231-5 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 271-6 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 271-7 (GD Varnals 0.0 ov), 282-8 (DT Lindsay 0.0 ov), 285-9 (MA Seymour 0.0 ov), 317-10 (PM Pollock 159.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JSE Price 32.0 11 66 2 2.06 0 0
NI Thomson 23.0 8 47 1 2.04 0 0
FJ Titmus 39.5 15 73 4 1.87 0 0
ER Dexter 4.0 0 16 0 4.00 0 0
DA Allen 39.0 19 45 1 1.15 0 0
KF Barrington 4.0 0 29 0 7.25 0 0
RW Barber 14.0 1 33 1 2.36 0 0
PH Parfitt 4.0 2 6 0 1.50 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 336-6 (140.0; RR: 2.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard c Smith b Allen 50 0 5 0
EJ Barlow c Smith b Allen 15 0 0 0
AJ Pithey c Dexter b Allen 6 0 0 0
RA McLean b Titmus 24 0 1 1
RG Pollock b Allen 55 0 8 1
KC Bland not out 144 0 17 2
GD Varnals c Parks b Dexter 23 0 2 0
DT Lindsay not out 4 0 0 0
MA Seymour  
PM Pollock  
JT Partridge  
Extras (4b, 8lb, 0w, 3nb) 15  
TOTAL 336-6 (140.0 overs; RR: 2.40)

Fall of wickets

50-1 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 74-2 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 75-3 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 109-4 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 196-5 (RG Pollock 0.0 ov), 320-6 (GD Varnals 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JSE Price 15.0 3 49 0 3.27 0 0
NI Thomson 16.0 5 36 0 2.25 0 0
FJ Titmus 45.0 18 101 1 2.24 0 0
DA Allen 49.0 17 87 4 1.78 0 0
RW Barber 2.0 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
ER Dexter 8.0 0 33 1 4.13 0 0
G Boycott 5.0 3 3 0 0.60 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Johannesburg, 2nd Test

Date

Wednesday December 23, 1964

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Umpires

HC Kidson, LM Baxter

South Africa Team

Playing XI

RA McLean, TL Goddard, AJ Pithey, EJ Barlow, KC Bland, PM Pollock, DT Lindsay, JT Partridge, RG Pollock, MA Seymour, GD Varnals

England Team

Playing XI

JM Parks, KF Barrington, FJ Titmus, MJK Smith, ER Dexter, DA Allen, RW Barber, PH Parfitt, JSE Price, G Boycott, NI Thomson