England v South Africa 2017: 1st Test, Day 4 – Statistical Highlights

A total of 19 wickets fell on day 4 in the first match of the Test series between England and South Africa at the Lord’s as the home team took a 1-0 lead in the series with a huge 211-run win. The Proteas picked up 7 wickets in the morning session but a fifty from Jonny Bairstow helped England reach 233 and set a 331-run target ahead of the visitors. Moeen Ali, on a helpful surface, picked up 6 wickets to wrap up the African side for just 119 before the end of 4th day’s play.

Here we look at all the stats and records created during the day’s play.

2 – Moeen Ali is the 2nd player to score a fifty-plus score and take a 10-wicket match haul in the same Test match at Lord’s. Dion Nash was the other player who did this double in 1994 for New Zealand against England.

8 – Wickets England spinners bagged in the 2nd innings of this game; the most by them in a home Test in the last 20 years. They claimed 8 wickets.

14 – Number of wickets England spinners took in this game; the most by them in a Test match at home since 1975. They picked up 17 wickets against Pakistan in 1974 Lord’s Test.

18 – Number of wickets that fell to the spinners in this match; the most in a Test match in England in the last 10 years. 19 wickets fell to spinners in the ENG v SL Test in 2006 at Nottingham.

19 – Number of wickets that fell on day 4 in this game; the most in a single day in Tests in England since 2003. 19 wicket fell on the 3rd day of 2003 Lord’s Test between England and Zimbabwe.

37 – Number of years since an England player before Moeen Ali registered a fifty-plus score and took 10 and more wickets in a Test match. The last one was Ian Botham in 1980 against India in Mumbai.

119 – South Africa’s total of 119 is their lowest in England since they were bowled out for 112 at The Oval in 1995.

211 – Margin of runs by which South Africa lost in this game; their biggest margin of defeat in terms of runs in Test cricket on England soil. They lost by 174 runs in 1912 against England at Leeds.

1974 – Derek Underwood in 1974 was the last England spinner to bag a 10-wicket match haul in a Lord’s Test before Moeen Ali. In these 43 years, Yasir Shah (2016) is only spinner from any team to take 10 or more wickets in a Lord’s Test.

2009 – Last time before this Test match, three four-fers recorded by spin bowlers in a Test match on England soil was in 2009 at The Oval in Ashes.

2013 – Last time before Moeen Ali, an England spinner took a 10-wicket haul in Tests was Graeme Swann in 2013 against New Zealand at the Leeds.