South African cricket team in England in 2017
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| England | South Africa | ||
| Dates | 19 May – 8 August 2017 | ||
| Captains |
Joe Root (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs & T20Is) |
Faf du Plessis (Tests) AB de Villiers (ODIs & T20Is) |
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| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Joe Root (461) | Hashim Amla (330) | |
| Most wickets | Moeen Ali (25) | Morné Morkel (19) | |
| Player of the series | Moeen Ali (Eng) and Morné Morkel (SA) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Eoin Morgan (160) | Hashim Amla (152) | |
| Most wickets |
Chris Woakes (4) Liam Plunkett (4) |
Kagiso Rabada (7) | |
| Player of the series | Eoin Morgan (Eng) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Jonny Bairstow (107) | AB de Villiers (146) | |
| Most wickets | Tom Curran (5) | Dane Paterson (5) | |
The South African cricket team toured England and Wales between May and August 2017, playing three One Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) and four Test matches. The ODI matches were in preparation for the 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, which took place in England and Wales during June. Extra security was provided to South Africa for the ODI series following the Manchester Arena bombing. England won the ODI series 2–1 and the T20 series 2–1.
Ahead of the ODI series, South Africa played one-day warm-up matches against Northamptonshire and Sussex. South Africa were scheduled to play a Twenty20 tour match against Leicestershire, but this was cancelled due to a clash with the Champions Trophy. Prior to the Test series, South Africa played a three-day game against the England Lions at Worcester.
For the Test series, Joe Root captained England for the first time. For South Africa, their Test captain Faf du Plessis missed the first Test following the birth of his first child. Dean Elgar replaced him as captain, leading South Africa for the first time. England went on to win the Test series 3–1, their first home series win against South Africa since 1998. Moeen Ali made 252 runs and took 25 wickets, making him the first player ever to make 250 runs and take 25 wickets in a four-match series.
Squads
| Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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| England | South Africa | England | South Africa | England | South Africa |
Steven Finn, Toby Roland-Jones and Liam Dawson were not in England's initial ODI squad, but were called up prior to the 3rd ODI. Mark Wood was selected for the 1st T20I, Jonny Bairstow for the first two T20Is and Craig Overton was selected for the last two T20Is. Dawid Malan and Tom Westley were added to England's squad ahead of the third Test. JP Duminy was released from South Africa's squad ahead of the third Test. Steven Finn was added to the England squad for the final Test as a replacement for Mark Wood.
Tour matches
One-day: Sussex vs South Africans
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South Africans
289/4 (32 overs) |
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Sussex
223/9 (32 overs) |
- Sussex won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 32 overs per side due to rain.
- Delray Rawlins (Sussex) made his List A debut.
One-day: Northamptonshire vs South Africans
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21 May 2017
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South Africans
275/7 (50 overs) |
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Northamptonshire
262 (47.1 overs) |
- South Africans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Tom Sole (Northamptonshire) made his List A debut.
Three-day: England Lions vs South Africa
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29 June – 1 July 2017
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- England Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Only 20 overs were possible on day 1 due to rain.
ODI series
1st ODI
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England
339/6 (50 overs) |
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South Africa
267 (45 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- England made the highest total by any team in an ODI at this venue.
2nd ODI
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27 May 2017
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England
330/6 (50 overs) |
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South Africa
328/5 (50 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Keshav Maharaj (SA) made his ODI debut.
3rd ODI
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29 May 2017
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England
153 (31.1 overs) |
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South Africa
156/3 (28.5 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Toby Roland-Jones (Eng) made his ODI debut.
- Hashim Amla (SA) became the fastest batsman, in terms of innings, to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs (150).
T20I series
1st T20I
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21 June 2017
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South Africa
142/3 (20 overs) |
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England
143/1 (14.3 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mason Crane (Eng), Dwaine Pretorius and Tabraiz Shamsi (SA) all made their T20I debuts.
- AB de Villiers became the second batsman for South Africa to pass 1,500 runs in T20Is.
2nd T20I
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23 June 2017
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South Africa
174/8 (20 overs) |
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England
171/6 (20 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Tom Curran and Liam Livingstone (Eng) made their T20I debuts.
- Jason Roy (Eng) became the first batsman to be given out obstructing the field in a T20I.
3rd T20I
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25 June 2017
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England
181/8 (20 overs) |
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South Africa
162/7 (20 overs) |
- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Dawid Malan (Eng) made his T20I debut.
- Dawid Malan made the highest total for an England batsman on debut in a T20I.
Test series
1st Test
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6–10 July 2017
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Heino Kuhn (SA) made his Test debut.
- Joe Root played his first Test as captain of England and Dean Elgar played his first Test as captain of South Africa.
- Joe Root made the highest score by an England batsman in their first Test as captain.
- Moeen Ali (Eng) became the fifth-fastest player, in terms of matches played, to score 2,000 runs and take 100 wickets in Tests (38).
- Moeen Ali took his first ten-wicket haul in Tests, and is the first player for England to score a half-century while taking ten wickets in a match since Ian Botham took 13 wickets and scored 114 runs against India in the Golden Jubilee Test in 1980.
- This was South Africa's biggest loss in terms of runs in a Test in England.
2nd Test
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14–18 July 2017
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- James Anderson (Eng) became the first fast bowler to take 300 wickets in Tests played at home.
- Hashim Amla (SA) became the fourth batsman for South Africa to score 8,000 runs in Tests.
3rd Test
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27–31 July 2017
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Only 59 overs of play were possible on day 1 due to rain.
- Rain before the tea interval on day 3 prevented any further play.
- Dawid Malan, Toby Roland-Jones and Tom Westley (Eng) all made their Test debuts.
- This was the 100th Test played at this venue.
- Toby Roland-Jones (Eng) took his first five-wicket haul in Tests.
- Four South Africa batsmen were dismissed for golden ducks in their second innings, the first such instance in Tests.
- Moeen Ali (Eng) took a hat-trick with the final three wickets of South Africa's second innings, the first hat-trick at this venue in Tests.
4th Test
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4–8 August 2017
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- One hour of play was lost at the end of day 3 due to rain.