Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Rory Burns	c Litheko b Tait	16	41	62	3	0	39.02
Dom Sibley	retired not out	58	140	200	8	0	41.42
Joe Denly	retired not out	60	98	137	10	1	61.22
Joe Root (c)	retired not out	72	86	102	8	1	83.72
Ollie Pope	lbw b Arnold	20	33	57	2	0	60.60
Jos Buttler †	c Rosier b Simmonds	15	21	20	3	0	71.42
Jonny Bairstow	c Snyman b Rosier	13	35	50	3	0	37.14
Zak Crawley	not out	28	55	71	2	0	50.90
Sam Curran	not out	18	35	47	3	0	51.42
Extras	(lb 5, nb 4)	9
Total	90 Ov (RR: 3.43, 375 Mins)	309/4d
Did not bat: James Anderson, Matt Parkinson, Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Mark Wood
Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Rory Burns, 12.5 ov), 2-188 (Ollie Pope, 60.3 ov), 3-217 (Jos Buttler, 65.6 ov), 4-267 (Jonny Bairstow, 77.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ryan Cartwright	17	7	31	0	1.82	89	5	0	0	0
Stefan Tait	15	3	48	1	3.20	70	7	0	0	3
12.5 to RJ Burns, . 37/1
Matthew Arnold	15	2	52	1	3.46	68	8	0	0	0
60.3 to OJ Pope, . 188/2
Kagiso Mohale	15	2	54	0	3.60	66	8	0	0	0
Kyle Simmonds	18	2	87	1	4.83	66	10	2	0	0
65.6 to JC Buttler, . 217/3
Diego Rosier	5	1	15	1	3.00	22	2	0	0	1
77.5 to JM Bairstow, . 267/4
Jacques Snyman	5	0	17	0	3.40	21	2	0	0	0

Cricket South Africa Invitation XI 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Isma-eel Gafieldien	b Curran	2	8	8	0	0	25.00
Modiri Litheko	c Denly b Curran	8	13	23	1	0	61.53
Kabelo Sekhukhune	c †Buttler b Anderson	65	106	122	10	0	61.32
Jacques Snyman	c Anderson b Woakes	79	78	126	10	3	101.28
Diego Rosier (c)	b Parkinson	70	88	117	9	1	79.54
Kyle Simmonds	c Stokes b Woakes	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Sizwe Masondo †	c †Buttler b Woakes	4	7	9	1	0	57.14
Matthew Arnold	b Root	10	39	54	1	0	25.64
Ryan Cartwright	not out	31	52	45	6	0	59.61
Kagiso Mohale	c Pope b Root	3	4	4	0	0	75.00
Stefan Tait	lbw b Parkinson	0	11	10	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 9, lb 6, nb 1, w 1)	17
Total	68 Ov (RR: 4.25, 264 Mins)	289
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Isma-eel Gafieldien, 1.6 ov), 2-18 (Modiri Litheko, 5.2 ov), 3-151 (Kabelo Sekhukhune, 31.6 ov), 4-171 (Jacques Snyman, 36.1 ov), 5-171 (Kyle Simmonds, 36.4 ov), 6-175 (Sizwe Masondo, 38.5 ov), 7-239 (Matthew Arnold, 52.2 ov), 8-271 (Diego Rosier, 63.3 ov), 9-278 (Kagiso Mohale, 64.3 ov), 10-289 (Stefan Tait, 67.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
James Anderson	11	2	37	1	3.36	52	7	0	0	0
31.6 to KW Sekhukhune, . 151/3
Sam Curran	11	1	45	2	4.09	44	6	0	1	0
1.6 to I Gafieldien, . 3/1 5.2 to M Litheko, . 18/2
Chris Woakes	11	3	48	3	4.36	43	8	0	0	0
36.1 to GJ Snyman, . 171/4 36.4 to KI Simmonds, . 171/5 38.5 to S Masondo, . 175/6
Matt Parkinson	20	0	112	2	5.60	74	13	4	0	1
63.3 to DS Rosier, . 271/8 67.6 to S Tait, . 289/10
Joe Root	13	3	21	2	1.61	65	2	0	0	0
52.2 to M Arnold, . 239/7 64.3 to K Mohale, . 278/9
Zak Crawley	2	0	11	0	5.50	8	2	0	0	0

Close of Play

Tue, 17 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 309/4d

Wed, 18 Dec - day 2 - CSA Inv XI 1st innings 289 (68 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

England 1st innings
England: 50 runs in 17.6 overs ( 111 balls , 86 mins , 4x9 6x0)
2nd wicket:51 runs off 116 balls in 76 mins ( DP Sibley 19 , JL Denly 29 , Ex 3 )
England: 100 runs in 35.6 overs ( 219 balls , 153 mins , 4x15 6x1 )
JL Denly: 50 runs off 81 balls in 105 mins 4x8 6x1 )
DP Sibley: 50 runs off 130 balls in 186 mins 4x7 6x0
2nd wicket: 101 runs off 194 balls in 153 mins ( DP Sibley 37 , JL Denly 60 , Ex 0 )
England: 150 runs in 51.2 overs ( 311 balls , 224 mins , 4x22 6x1 )
England: 200 runs in 62.5 overs ( 381 balls , 268 balls , 4x28 6x1 )
JE Root: 51 runs off 76 balls in 88 mins 4x6 6x0
England: 250 runs in 71.6 overs ( 436 balls , 303 mins , 4x35 6x2 )
England: 300 runs in 88.1 overs ( 533 balls , 369 mins , 4x41 6x2 )

Day 2

CSA Invitation xi innings
Csa invitation xi: 50 runs in 12.5 overs ( 77 balls , 55 mins , 4x8 6x0 )
3rd wicket:50 runs off 61 balls in 44 mins ( KW Sekhukhune 23 , GJ Snyman 17 , Ex 10 )
KW Sekhukhune: 50 runs off 62 balls in 79 mins 4x8 6x0
Csa invitation xi: 100 runs in 19.6 overs ( 121 balls , 87 mins , 4x14 6x0 )
3rd wicket: 100 runs off 103 balls in 72 mins ( KW Sekhukhune 47 , GJ Snyman 41 , Ex 12 )
GJ Snyman: 50 runs off 52 balls in 90 mins 4x10 6x2
Csa Invitation xi: 150 runs in 30.4 overs ( 186 balls , 124 mins , 4x18 6x3 )
Csa invitation xi: 200 runs in 43.4 overs ( 264 balls , 190 mins , 4x27 6x3 )
7th wicket:51 runs off 57 balls in 42 mins ( DS Rosier 41 , M Arnold 10 , Ex 0 )
DS Rosier: 50 runs off 57 balls in 81 mins 4x8 6x0
Csa invitation: 250 runs in 55.2 overs ( 334 balls, 229 mins , 4x32 6x4 )

Match Details

Willowmoore Park, Benoni
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	2019/20
Players per side	England 17 (11 batting, 11 fielding); Cricket South Africa Invitation XI 11 (11 batting, 11 fielding)
Match days	17,18 December 2019 - day (2-day match)
Umpires	Mazizi Gampu Siphelele Gasa
Match Referee	Zed Ndamane

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CSA Inv XI Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	11	2	37	1	3.36
SM Curran	11	1	45	2	4.09
CR Woakes	11	3	48	3	4.36
MW Parkinson	20	0	112	2	5.6 (1 nb)
JE Root	13	3	21	2	1.61
Z Crawley	2	0	11	0	5.5

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