England vs South Africa: South Africa Test Records and Stats at Lord's, London

England will host South Africa for a three-match Test series.

Keshav Maharaj became the second South Africa bowler after Geoff Griffin to take a hat-trick in Tests. (Image credit: Cricket South Africa Twitter)
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England will host South Africa for a three-match Test series. The first Test will be played at the mecca of cricket, Lord’s before the bandwagon moves to Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester for the second match which will run from August 25 while the third game will commence from September 8 at the Kennington Oval, London.

The Test series will commence after South Africa played a four-day practice match against England Lions. The visiting Proteas side lost by an innings and 56 runs but will look to comeback stronger against the English side. It will also be a test for Mark Boucher and Brendon McCullum. 

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England vs South Africa: South Africa Test Records and Stats at Lord’s, London

South Africa will feature in their first Test match at the Lord’s in London since 2017. The likes of former South Africa captain Graeme Smith and opener Hashim Amla are amongst the most runs scorers at the venue. Let us have a look at some of the key stats from the South Africa cricket team at the venue.

Highest totals

ScoreOversRRInnsOppositionMatch Date
682/6d177.03.852v England31 Jul 2003
393/3d167.02.353v England10 Jul 2008
361105.03.432v England6 Jul 2017
360108.13.321v England18 Jun 1998
357118.531v England21 Jul 1994
351124.22.823v England16 Aug 2012
327142.22.292v England21 Jun 1947
322131.02.452v England29 Jun 1929
309101.23.041v England16 Aug 2012
304102.02.982v England23 Jun 1955

Most Runs

PlayerSpanMatInnsNORunsHSAve100500
GC Smith2003-201235041125982.20200
B Mitchell1929-1947361371164*74.20110
HM Amla2008-201736128412156.80200
G Kirsten1994-200335123710859.25110
JN Rhodes1994-199823018111760.33100
ND McKenzie2008-200812017813889.00100
RA McLean1955-196024017814244.50100
RH Catterall1924-192924016812042.00101
VD Philander2012-20172411676155.66020
CB Llewellyn1912-19122401517537.75020

Most Wickets

PlayerSpanMatInnsOversMdnsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR510
M Morkel2008-201735126.020438154/807/17929.203.4750.400
AA Donald1994-19982471.021217125/327/10318.083.0535.520
SJ Pegler1912-19243495.520279117/657/6525.362.9152.210
VD Philander2012-20172463.517154105/307/7815.402.4138.310
M Ntini2003-20082377.010350105/7510/22035.004.5446.221
XC Balaskas1935-19351259.01610395/499/10311.441.7439.310
SM Pollock1998-20032488.43320483/424/7125.502.3066.500
K Rabada2017-20222*360.01020983/506/17326.123.4845.000
TL Goddard1955-196023107.23725184/597/15531.372.3380.500
R Dumbrill1965-19651242.0196174/307/618.711.4536.000




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