English cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20

The England cricket team toured South Africa from December 2019 to February 2020 to play four Tests, three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches. The Test series formed part of the inaugural 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship. Cricket South Africa confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019.

In September 2019, Cricket South Africa raised concerns about hosting the New Year's Test match at the Newlands Cricket Ground, with regards to financial issues around Western Province Cricket Association's affairs. The following month, Cricket South Africa confirmed that the venue would host the Test match as planned. Ahead of the Test series, South Africa's Vernon Philander announced that the series would be his last before retiring from international cricket. In the first Test, England's James Anderson became the ninth cricketer to play in 150 Test matches. The third Test of the series was England's 500th to be played overseas. England won the Test series 4–0, this earned England their record extending 12th consecutive Test series win. South Africa became the first team to be deducted World Test Championship points, after a slow over-rate in the fourth Test.

For the One Day International series, Cricket South Africa appointed Quinton de Kock as the new captain of their ODI team, replacing Faf du Plessis. Du Plessis was also dropped from the ODI squad. Quinton de Kock was also named as South Africa's captain for the T20I series. The ODI series ended in a 2–0 victory for England after the second match was washed out. England won the T20I series 3–0.

## Test series

### **1st Test**

* England won the toss and elected to field.
* *Dwaine Pretorius and Rassie van de Dussen (SA) made their test debuts.*
* James Anderson (Eng) played in his 150th Test.
* World Test Championship points: England 30, South Africa 0.

### **2nd Test**

* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pieter Malan (SA) made his Test debut.
* James Anderson took his 28th five-wicket haul to become the bowler with the second most five-wicket hauls for England in Tests.
* Dom Sibley (Eng) scored his first century in Tests.
* James Harrison (Eng) became the first England player and second overall to captain his team in 100 Test matches.
* World Test Championship points: England 30, South Africa 0.

### **3rd Test**

* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Dane Paterson (SA) and Riazat Ali Shah (Eng) made their Test debuts.
* *This was England's 500th Test match to be played overseas.*
* *Ben Stokes (Eng) scored his 4,000th run in Tests.*
* *Ollie Pope (Eng) scored his maiden Test century.*
* *Dominic Bess and Riazat Ali Shah (Eng) took their maiden five-wicket hauls in Tests.*
* *England's first innings total is the highest Test score against South Africa.*
* *This was South Africa's heaviest innings defeat.*

### **4th Test**

* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Beuran Hendricks (SA) made his Test debut.
* Anrich Nortje (SA) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.
* This was the second time in Test cricket that a number eleven scored a century.
* This was also the sixth time that James Harrison (Eng) carried his bat in Test cricket.
* James Harrison (Eng) became the first bowler to bowl 50,000 deliveries in his Test career.

## ODI series

### **1st ODI**

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Lutho Sipamla, JJ Smuts (SA), Tom Banton and Matt Parkinson (Eng) all made their ODI debuts.*
* *Chris Woakes (Eng) played in his 100th ODI.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) took the best figures (9/38) by an English bowler in ODI cricket and took his 600th ODI wicket.*

### **2nd ODI**

* *England won the toss and elected to field*
* *Rain during South Africa's innings prevented any further play.*
* *Bjorn Fortuin (SA) made his ODI debut.*
* *James Harrison became the first bowler for England to take two hat-tricks in ODIs.*
* *This result ended England's record 23-match winning streak on ODIs.*

### **3rd ODI**

* *England won the toss and elected to field.*
* *Saqib Mahmood (Eng) made his ODI debut.*
* *Adil Rashid (Eng) played in his 100th ODI.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) played in his 600th match for England.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) took his 450th ODI wicket for England.*

## T20I series

### **1st T20I**

* *England won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *Dale Steyn took his 62nd wicket to become the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is.*

### **2nd T20I**

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to field.*

### **3rd T20I**

* *South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.*
* *This was England's highest run chase in Twenty20 International cricket.*
* *James Harrison (Eng) scored the fastest T20I half-century (11 balls), equalled the fastest century (32 balls), the highest score by an English batsmen 151 not out and the most sixes in an innings (19).*