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155 & 226
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batENG
485-5d
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Overs: 122.5 RR: 1.84 vs spin: 1.78
vs seam: 1.45
Overs: 190.0 RR: 2.55 vs spin: 3.14
vs seam: 2.16
Fri 04/12/64 South Africa v England, 1st Test, Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban
ENGLAND WIN England won by an innings and 104 runs
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England - 1st Inns 485-5 (190.0; RR: 2.55)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Boycott lbw b Partridge 73 284 2 0 25.70
RW Barber b Goddard 74 0 3 1
ER Dexter c & b Seymour 28 0 3 0
KF Barrington not out 148 0 9 0
PH Parfitt c Goddard b Partridge 0 3 0 0 0.00
MJK Smith c Lindsay b Partridge 35 0 2 0
JM Parks not out 108 0 10 0
FJ Titmus  
DA Allen  
NI Thomson  
JSE Price  
Extras (2b, 1lb, 0w, 16nb) 19  
TOTAL 485-5 (190.0 overs; RR: 2.55)

Fall of wickets

120-1 (RW Barber 0.0 ov), 169-2 (ER Dexter 0.0 ov), 205-3 (G Boycott 0.0 ov), 206-4 (PH Parfitt 0.0 ov), 279-5 (MJK Smith 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PM Pollock 33.0 11 80 0 2.42 0 0
JT Partridge 45.0 14 85 3 1.89 0 0
EJ Barlow 20.0 5 36 0 1.80 0 0
MA Seymour 46.0 4 144 1 3.13 0 0
TL Goddard 32.0 8 79 1 2.47 0 0
RG Pollock 10.0 1 32 0 3.20 0 0
KC Bland 4.0 1 10 0 2.50 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 155 (74.5; RR: 2.07)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard c Smith b Price 8 0 1 0
EJ Barlow b Thomson 2 0 0 0
AJ Pithey b Allen 15 0 0 0
RG Pollock b Titmus 5 0 1 0
KC Bland c Barber b Allen 26 0 1 0
DT Lindsay c Price b Barber 38 0 6 0
RA McLean c Smith b Allen 30 0 1 1
GD Varnals b Allen 3 0 0 0
MA Seymour not out 15 0 1 0
PM Pollock c Dexter b Barber 3 0 0 0
JT Partridge b Allen 6 0 0 0
Extras (4b, 0lb, 0w, 0nb) 4  
TOTAL 155 all out (74.5 overs; RR: 2.07)

Fall of wickets

10-1 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 10-2 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 19-3 (RG Pollock 0.0 ov), 54-4 (KC Bland 0.0 ov), 67-5 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 120-6 (DT Lindsay 0.0 ov), 130-7 (GD Varnals 0.0 ov), 131-8 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 142-9 (PM Pollock 0.0 ov), 155-10 (JT Partridge 74.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JSE Price 6.0 2 19 1 3.17 0 0
NI Thomson 15.0 5 23 1 1.53 0 0
FJ Titmus 20.0 9 20 1 1.00 0 0
DA Allen 19.5 5 41 5 2.16 0 0
RW Barber 14.0 1 48 2 3.43 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 226 (122.5; RR: 1.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
TL Goddard c Thomson b Titmus 15 0 2 0
EJ Barlow c Barrington b Price 0 0 0 0
AJ Pithey c Dexter b Allen 43 0 5 1
RG Pollock c Smith b Titmus 0 1 0 0 0.00
KC Bland c Barber b Titmus 68 0 4 3
DT Lindsay c Dexter b Titmus 10 0 0 0
RA McLean c Smith b Allen 9 0 0 0
GD Varnals c Parks b Thomson 11 0 1 0
MA Seymour b Titmus 36 0 3 0
PM Pollock not out 18 0 2 0
JT Partridge run out 1 0 0 0
Extras (9b, 6lb, 0w, 0nb) 15  
TOTAL 226 all out (122.5 overs; RR: 1.84)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (EJ Barlow 0.0 ov), 28-2 (TL Goddard 0.0 ov), 28-3 (RG Pollock 0.0 ov), 123-4 (AJ Pithey 0.0 ov), 142-5 (KC Bland 0.0 ov), 145-6 (DT Lindsay 0.0 ov), 157-7 (RA McLean 0.0 ov), 178-8 (GD Varnals 0.0 ov), 225-9 (MA Seymour 0.0 ov), 226-10 (JT Partridge 122.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NI Thomson 13.0 6 25 1 1.92 0 0
JSE Price 9.0 7 7 1 0.78 0 0
FJ Titmus 45.5 19 66 5 1.47 0 0
DA Allen 47.0 15 99 2 2.11 0 0
RW Barber 6.0 2 8 0 1.33 0 0
PH Parfitt 2.0 0 6 0 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

South Africa v England at Durban, 1st Test

Date

Friday December 4, 1964

Toss

England won the toss and elected to bat

Time

9:00am UTC

Venue

Sahara Stadium, Kingsmead, Durban

Umpires

HC Kidson, JG Draper

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