After healthy warm-up against Somerset, South Africans would have thought of dominating this 3 day match against lesser known Kent and find a decisive result going into the first test but as it turned out, Kent, specially their openers, stood head and shoulders with the visitors and then considerable amount of rain washed out hopes of a result..
Electing to bowl first, Proteas wanted their new ball bowlers to destroy opposition by captain Sam Northeast and young Daniel Bell-Drummond added solid 81 before Dale Steyn made the break through shorly before the lunch break. Then onwards, Morne Morkel managed to make some impression on middle order while Imran Tahir cleaned up the tail. Mike Powell stayed unbeaten on a patient 48.
Graeme Smith and Alviro Petersen negotiated out the new ball but both got out before the stumps. Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis began second day confidently and retired after respective half centuries. Jacques Rudolph and JP Duminy played good innings to fetch 104 runs lead for visitors.
Once again, Northeast and Bell-Drummond had all the answers to South African seamers in second innings, adding a century stand before match was called off as a draw.
| Kent 1st innings (invited in to bat) |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Sam Northeast |
c Smith b Steyn |
35 |
70 |
5 |
0 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond |
c de Villiers b Morkel |
42 |
98 |
6 |
0 |
| Den Harmison |
lbw b Philander |
14 |
29 |
2 |
0 |
| Mike Powell |
not out |
48 |
137 |
7 |
0 |
| Alex Blake |
lbw b Morkel |
9 |
25 |
2 |
0 |
| Sam Bilings |
c Kallis b Duminy |
13 |
28 |
1 |
0 |
| Matt Coles |
c Kallis b Duminy |
21 |
19 |
4 |
0 |
| Simon Cook |
c de Villiers b Morkel |
13 |
22 |
2 |
0 |
| Adam Riley |
b Tahir |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Ivan Thomas |
b Tahir |
0 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Charlie Shreck |
c Smith b Tahir |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
13 (byes=2, lbyes=7, wide=1, noballs=3) |
| Total : |
210 runs in
74.2 overs for
10 wicket. RR = (
2.83 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-81 (Northeast, 26.1 ov), 2-92 (Bell-Drummond, 29.3 ov), 3-105 (Harmison, 36.2 ov), 4-124 (Blake, 47.1 ov), 5-146 (Billings, 55.1 ov), 6-173 (Coles, 60.3 ov), 7-191 (Cook, 65.6 ov), 8-192 (Riley, 66.3 ov), 9-208 (Thomas, 72.3 ov), 10-210 (Shreck, 74.2 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Dale Steyn |
14 |
5 |
42 |
1 |
|
| Vernon Philander |
15 |
1 |
52 |
1 |
|
| Morne Morkel |
18 |
5 |
39 |
3 |
3nb, 1wd |
| Imran Tahir |
14.2 |
3 |
31 |
4 |
|
| Jacques Kallis |
8 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
|
| JP Duminy |
5 |
0 |
19 |
1 |
|
| South Africa 1st innings |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Graeme Smith |
c Bilings b Shreck |
21 |
37 |
3 |
0 |
| Alviro Petersen |
lbw b Cook |
21 |
82 |
2 |
0 |
| Hashim Amla |
retired out |
77 |
132 |
12 |
0 |
| Jacques Kallis |
retired out |
54 |
80 |
9 |
0 |
| AB de Villiers |
c Bell-Drummond b Coles |
14 |
23 |
3 |
0 |
| Jacques Kallis |
c & b Riley |
50 |
115 |
5 |
0 |
| JP Duminy |
b Thomas |
34 |
69 |
3 |
1 |
| Vernon Philander |
c Riley b Shreck |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Dale Steyn |
lbw b Riley |
4 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
| Morne Morkel |
lbw b Shreck |
16 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
| Imran Tahir |
not out |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
| Extra : |
23 (byes=4, lbyes=10, wides=8, noball=1) |
| Total : |
314 runs in
93 overs for
8 wicket. RR = (
3.38 ).
|
| Fall of wickets : 1-29 (Smith, 10.5 ov), 2-74 (Petersen, 26.5 ov), 3-180 (Amla, 54.6 ov), 4-180 (Kallis, 54.6 ov), 5-208 (de Villiers, 64.5 ov), 6-265 (Duminy, 85.6 ov), 7-266 (Philander, 86.6 ov), 8-282 (Steyn, 89.2 ov), 9-303 (Rudolph, 91.4 ov), 10-314 (Morkel, 92.6 ov) |
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Charlie Shreck |
24 |
2 |
90 |
3 |
2 wides |
| Ivan Thomas |
19 |
4 |
59 |
1 |
1nb, 1wd |
| Matt Coles |
13 |
2 |
51 |
1 |
|
| Simon Cook |
12 |
5 |
19 |
1 |
|
| Adam Riley |
18 |
2 |
70 |
2 |
|
| Alex Blake |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 wide |
| Ben Harmison |
6 |
1 |
10 |
0 |
|
| Kent 2nd innings |
| Batsman |
|
R |
B |
4s |
6s |
| Sam Northeast |
not out |
54 |
69 |
7 |
0 |
| Daniel Bell-Drummond |
not out |
48 |
66 |
8 |
0 |
| Ben Harmison |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alex Blak |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sam Bilings |
|
|
|
|
|
| Matt Coles |
|
|
|
|
|
| Simon Cook |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mike Powell |
|
|
|
|
|
| Adam Riley |
|
|
|
|
|
| Ivan Thomas |
|
|
|
|
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| Charlie Shreck |
|
|
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|
|
| Extra : |
3 (noballs=3) |
| Total : |
105 runs in
22 overs for
0 wicket. RR = (
4.77 ).
|
| Bowler |
Overs |
Maiden |
Runs |
W |
Extra |
| Morne Morkel |
4 |
1 |
22 |
0 |
2 no balls |
| Vernon Philander |
4 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
1 no ball |
| Jacques Kallis |
3 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
|
| Dale Steyn |
4 |
1 |
16 |
0 |
|
| JP Duminy |
4 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
|
| Imran Tahir |
3 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
|
