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South African cricket team in England in 2012
	England	South Africa
Dates	19 July 2012 – 12 September 2012
Captains	Andrew Strauss (Tests) Alastair Cook (ODIs) Stuart Broad (T20Is)	Graeme Smith (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs & T20Is)
Test series
Result	South Africa won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Matt Prior (275)	Hashim Amla (482)
Most wickets	Stuart Broad (11)	Dale Steyn (15)
Player of the series	Matt Prior (Eng) and Hashim Amla (SA)
One Day International series
Results	5-match series drawn 2–2
Most runs	Ian Bell (181)	Hashim Amla (335)
Most wickets	James Anderson (6)	Robin Peterson (7)
Player of the series	Hashim Amla (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results	3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Craig Kieswetter (76)	Hashim Amla (83)
Most wickets	Jade Dernbach (3) Steven Finn (3) Graeme Swann (3)	Johan Botha (4)
Player of the series	Craig Kieswetter (Eng)

The South African cricket team toured England in 2012 to play three Test matches, five One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 International matches. The number of Test matches between the two nations had to be reduced to avoid clashes with the Olympic Games.

Similarly to South Africa's previous tour of England in 2008, South Africa won the series, and the England captain subsequently resigned (in 2008, Michael Vaughan resigned from the captaincy, and subsequently was never picked to play again; in 2012, Andrew Strauss resigned both the captaincy and from all forms of cricket).

Preparations

The South Africa squad spent four days with explorer Mike Horn in Switzerland before the tour began. Horn and South Africa head coach Gary Kirsten had worked together during India's successful 2011 Cricket World Cup campaign. Horn's training focused on putting the team through physical exertion to improve their mental strength. Several members of the squad, including Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn, recalled the training period as being the toughest few days of their lives. He worked with the team again as a "special assistant" for further training before the third Test.

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
England	South Africa	England	South Africa	England	South Africa
Andrew Strauss (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Alastair Cook Steven Finn Graham Onions Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Graeme Swann James Taylor Jonathan Trott	Graeme Smith (c) AB de Villiers (vc & wk) Hashim Amla Mark Boucher (wk) Marchant de Lange JP Duminy Imran Tahir Jacques Kallis Morné Morkel Alviro Petersen Robin Peterson Vernon Philander Jacques Rudolph Dale Steyn Thami Tsolekile (wk) Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Alastair Cook (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Craig Kieswetter (wk) Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Graeme Swann James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes	AB de Villiers (c & wk) Hashim Amla Francois du Plessis JP Duminy Dean Elgar Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Ryan McLaren Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Graeme Smith Dale Steyn Imran Tahir Lonwabo Tsotsobe	Stuart Broad (c) Jonny Bairstow Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Craig Kieswetter (wk) Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Samit Patel Graeme Swann Luke Wright	AB de Villiers (c & wk) Hashim Amla Farhaan Behardien Johan Botha Faf du Plessis JP Duminy Jacques Kallis Richard Levi Albie Morkel Morné Morkel Justin Ontong Wayne Parnell Robin Peterson Dale Steyn Lonwabo Tsotsobe

Thami Tsolekile was brought into the South African squad after Mark Boucher's retirement from international cricket due to an eye injury sustained in the tour match against Somerset.

James Tredwell was brought into the England squad to replace Graeme Swann after the second ODI.

Tour matches

Two-day: Somerset v South Africans

Somerset	v	South Africans
312/8d (64 overs) Peter Trego 104 (63) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 3/46 (8 overs)		282/9d (76.3 overs) Hashim Amla 64 (135) Craig Overton 3/59 (11 overs)
50/1 (22 overs) Alex Barrow 31* (64) Vernon Philander 1/6 (5 overs)

• Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mark Boucher suffered an eye injury after he was hit by a bail in the 46th over of the Somerset innings. AB de Villiers replaced him as wicket-keeper.

First-class: Kent v South Africans

Kent	v	South Africans
210 (74.2 overs) Mike Powell 48* (137) Imran Tahir 4/31 (14.2 overs)		314 (93 overs) Hashim Amla 77 (132) Charlie Shreck 3/90 (24 overs)
105/0 (22 overs) Sam Northeast 54* (69)

• South Africans won the toss and elected to field.

Two-day: Worcestershire v South Africans

South Africans	v	Worcestershire
237/9d (65.5 overs) AB de Villiers 80 (118) Chris Russell 3/40 (14 overs)		245 (73.5 overs) Aneesh Kapil 67 (80) Robin Peterson 4/65 (15.5 overs)
67/4 (18 overs) Jacques Rudolph 28* (47) Chris Russell 3/32 (9 overs)

• South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.

Two-day: Derbyshire v South Africans

South Africans	v	Derbyshire
365/4d (70 overs) AB de Villiers 97 (96) Ross Whiteley 1/38 (7 overs)		174/9d (49 overs) Ross Whiteley 51* (63) Lonwabo Tsotsobe 4/45 (10 overs)
168/7d (40 overs) Vernon Philander 68* (80) Mark Footitt 4/38 (11 overs)

• Derbyshire won the toss and elected to field.

List A: Gloucestershire Gladiators v South Africans

Gloucestershire Gladiators 261 (49.5 overs)	v	South Africans 262/7 (49 overs)
Dan Housego 132 (136) Ryan McLaren 3/29 (7.5 overs)		Wayne Parnell 41 (31) Ravi Bopara 3/43 (10 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.

Test series

1st Test

England	v	South Africa
385 (125.5 overs) Alastair Cook 115 (295) Morné Morkel 4/72 (24.5 overs)		637/2d (189 overs) Hashim Amla 311* (529) James Anderson 1/116 (41 overs)
240 (97 overs) Ian Bell 55 (220) Dale Steyn 5/56 (21 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Start of play on Day 1 delayed by a shower of rain before the toss.
• Rain on Day 2 reduced play to 73 overs.
• Hashim Amla became the first cricketer to score a triple-century for South Africa in Test cricket.
• The partnership of 377 between Amla and Jacques Kallis (182*) is South Africa's highest in Tests against England.

2nd Test

South Africa	v	England
419 (139.2 overs) Alviro Petersen 182 (365) Stuart Broad 3/96 (35 overs)		425 (126.4 overs) Kevin Pietersen 149 (214) Imran Tahir 3/92 (23.4 overs)
258/9d (67.4 overs) Jacques Rudolph 69 (122) Stuart Broad 5/69 (16.4 overs)		130/4 (33 overs) Alastair Cook 46 (62) JP Duminy 1/10 (2 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain on Day 1 forced an early tea interval and delayed the start of the evening session.
• Play on Day 2 was reduced due to rain and bad light.
• Rain on Day 3 forced an early lunch interval.
• Rain on Day 4 forced an early lunch interval and delayed the start of the afternoon session.
• James Taylor (Eng) made his Test debut.

3rd Test

South Africa	v	England
309 (101.2 overs) Vernon Philander 61 (93) Steven Finn 4/75 (18 overs)		315 (107.3 overs) Jonny Bairstow 95 (196) Morné Morkel 4/80 (28.3 overs)
351 (124.2 overs) Hashim Amla 121 (205) Steven Finn 4/74 (27 overs)		294 (82.5 overs) Matt Prior 73 (130) Vernon Philander 5/30 (14.5 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain delayed the start of the afternoon session on Day 1.
• Rain forced an early lunch interval and delayed the start of the afternoon session on Day 4.
• South Africa rose to number 1 in the ICC World Test Rankings due to their 2–0 series win.
• Andrew Strauss (Eng) played his 100th, and final, Test match. He announced his retirement from cricket nine days after this Test.

ODI series

1st ODI

England  37/0 (5.3 overs)	v	South Africa
Ian Bell 26* (18)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain delayed the start of the match until 15:00, reducing the match to 23 overs per side.
• Match abandoned after 5.3 overs due to rain.
• Dean Elgar (SA) made his ODI debut.

2nd ODI

South Africa  287/5 (50 overs)	v	England 207 (40.4 overs)
Hashim Amla 150 (124) Graeme Swann 2/50 (10 overs)		Ian Bell 45 (41) Morne Morkel 2/29 (5.4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• South Africa rise to number 1 in the ICC ODI Rankings.

3rd ODI

South Africa  211 (46.4 overs)	v	England 212/6 (48 overs)
Hashim Amla 43 (51) James Anderson 4/44 (9.4 overs)		Eoin Morgan 73 (67) Robin Peterson 2/39 (10 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
• England rise to number 1 in the ICC ODI Rankings.

4th ODI

South Africa  220/8 (50 overs)	v	England 224/4 (46.4 overs)
Hashim Amla 45 (73) James Tredwell 3/35 (8 overs)		Ian Bell 88 (137) Dale Steyn 2/47 (9.4 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

5th ODI

England  182 (45.2 overs)	v	South Africa 186/3 (34.3 overs)
Alastair Cook 51 (72) Robin Peterson 3/37 (10 overs)		Hashim Amla 97* (107) James Anderson 2/41 (9 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

T20I series

1st T20I

England  118/7 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 119/3 (19 overs)
Craig Kieswetter 25 (24) Johan Botha 2/19 (4 overs)		Jacques Kallis 48* (44) Jade Dernbach 2/31 (4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Francois du Plessis (SA) made his T20I debut.

2nd T20I

South Africa  77/5 (9 overs)	v	England 29/2 (4.1 overs)
Hashim Amla 47* (30) Steven Finn 2/17 (2 overs)		Luke Wright 14 (11) Albie Morkel 1/0 (0.1 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain delayed the start of play and reduced play to 9 overs per side.
• Rain reduced the England innings to 4.1 overs.

3rd T20I

England  118/5 (11 overs)	v	South Africa 90/5 (11 overs)
Craig Kieswetter 50 (32) Johan Botha 2/19 (3 overs)		Hashim Amla 36 (27) Tim Bresnan 2/14 (2 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain delayed the start of play and reduced play to 11 overs per side.
• Danny Briggs (Eng) made his T20I debut.

Statistics

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Test series

England

• Alastair Cook scored his 20th century when he scored 115 in the first innings of the 1st Test.
• Graeme Swann reached 1,000 career runs when he scored seven in the second innings of the 1st Test.
• Kevin Pietersen reached 7,000 career runs when he scored 149 in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
• Kevin Pietersen scored his 21st century when he scored 149 in the first innings of the 2nd Test.
• Andrew Strauss reached 7,000 career runs when he scored 22 in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
• Stuart Broad took his sixth five-wicket haul in the second innings of the 2nd Test.
• Matt Prior reached 3,000 career runs when he scored 73 in the second innings of the 3rd Test.

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• International cricket competitions in 2012
• 2012 in English cricket