South African cricket team in England in 2022

Not to be confused with South Africa women's cricket team in England in 2022.

South African cricket team in England in 2022
 
  England South Africa
Dates 19 July – 12 September 2022
Captains Ben Stokes (Tests)
Jos Buttler (ODIs & T20Is)		 Dean Elgar (Tests)
Keshav Maharaj (ODIs)
David Miller (T20Is)
Test series
Result England won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Ollie Pope (179) Sarel Erwee (127)
Most wickets Stuart Broad (14) Kagiso Rabada (14)
Player of the series Ben Stokes (Eng)
Kagiso Rabada (SA)
One Day International series
Results 3-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs Jonny Bairstow (91) Rassie van der Dussen (160)
Most wickets Adil Rashid (4) Anrich Nortje (6)
Player of the series Rassie van der Dussen (SA)
Twenty20 International series
Results South Africa won the 3-match series 2–1
Most runs Jonny Bairstow (147) Reeza Hendricks (180)
Most wickets Richard Gleeson (4) Tabraiz Shamsi (8)
Player of the series Reeza Hendricks (SA)

The South Africa cricket team toured England from July to September 2022 to play three Test matches, three One Day International (ODI) and three Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[1] The Test matches formed part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.[2] In addition to the matches against England, South Africa had also played two T20I matches against the Ireland cricket team in Bristol.[3]

In November 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that Yorkshire County Cricket Club had been suspended from hosting international matches,[4] following the racism experienced by Azeem Rafiq.[5] Headingley was originally named as the venue for the third ODI.[6] In January 2022, the ECB set Yorkshire the deadline of spring 2022 to meet certain conditions to regain their international status for the match,[7] with the suspension being lifted the following month.[8]

At the end of June 2022, South Africa named their squads for the tour.[9] Their limited overs captain Temba Bavuma was ruled out of the tour due to injury, with Keshav Maharaj and David Miller named as the captains of their ODI and T20I squads respectively.[10] On 18 July 2022, England's Ben Stokes announced that he would retire from ODI cricket following the first match of the series,[11] citing the physical and mental demands of playing all three formats.[12]

South Africa won the opening ODI match by 62 runs, after they had made their highest team total in the format in England.[13] The second ODI was reduced to 29 overs per side due to rain, with England winning the match by 118 runs.[14] South Africa were bowled out for 83 runs, their joint-lowest total against England in an ODI match.[15] The third ODI finished as a no result after only 27.4 overs of play was possible, with the series drawn 1–1.[16]

England won the opening T20I by 41 runs, with Moeen Ali scoring the fastest fifty for England in the format, and the team making their second-highest total in a T20I match.[17] South Africa won the second T20I by 58 runs to level the series,[18] with Rilee Rossouw scoring 96 not out.[19] South Africa won the third T20I by 90 runs to win the series 2–1.[20]

South Africa won the first Test by an innings and 12 runs, with the match ending in three days.[21] England won the second Test by an innings and 85 runs to level the series with one match to play.[22] The first day of the final Test was washed out due to rain after England won the toss,[23] and following the death of Queen Elizabeth II at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle that day, the second day's play was cancelled as a mark of respect.[24][25] The third day's play was started with tributes paid to the Queen,[26] including a minute's silence followed by the national anthems.[27] Both the teams and match officials were wearing black armbands.[28] England won the final Test by 9 wickets in the first hour of the final day, to win the series 2–1.[29]

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  16. ^ "Quinton de Kock sparkles before the rain as series ends in washout". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali outgun South Africa despite Tristan Stubbs' heroics". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  18. ^ "England v South Africa: Rilee Rossouw hits 96 as tourists level T20 series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Rilee Rossouw 96*, Tabraiz Shamsi seal emphatic series leveller for South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  20. ^ "England v South Africa: Shamsi takes 5-24 as hosts thumped by 90 runs to lose T20 series". BBC Sport. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  21. ^ "England blown away in three days as Anrich Nortje fires up South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Stokes inspires England as Anderson, Robinson round up South Africa for innings win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  23. ^ "First day washed out after England win toss, South Africa ring changes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  24. ^ "England v South Africa: Third Test to resume on Saturday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  25. ^ "Cricket to resume and pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Oval tribute packs a punch as on-field action follows suit". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Test gets underway following moving tributes to Queen Elizabeth II". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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  29. ^ "England v South Africa: Ben Stokes' side seal 2-1 series win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2022.