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Sat, 05 Mar - Wed, 09 Mar 1949 - 00:00 – 5th Test • Crusaders Ground, St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
England won by 3 wickets
South Africa
608/10 (20.00) & 187/3 (58)
England
257/0 (20.00) & 174/7 (23.7)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Most Wickets
Athol Rowan
8
Tufty Mann
7
Sir Alec Bedser
5
Cliff Gladwin
3
Roly Jenkins
3
Best Average
Sir Alec Bedser
20.800000
Tufty Mann
22.857142
Roly Jenkins
26.666666
Cliff Gladwin
28.000000
Athol Rowan
29.000000
Most Runs Conceed
Athol Rowan
232
Tufty Mann
160
Jack Young
156
Sir Alec Bedser
104
Denis Compton
96
Best Bowling Fig
Athol Rowan
5
Sir Alec Bedser
4
Tufty Mann
4
Roly Jenkins
3
Cliff Gladwin
3
Best Economy
Sir Alec Bedser
1.925925
Jack Young
2.197183
Cliff Gladwin
2.301369
Tufty Mann
2.635914
Cuan McCarthy
3.195876
Most Runs
Billy Wade
159
Bruce Mitchell
155
George Mann
138
Dudley Nourse
103
Denis Compton
91
Best Averages
Billy Wade
159.000000
George Mann
138.000000
Dudley Nourse
103.000000
Bruce Mitchell
77.500000
Denis Compton
45.500000
Highest Score
George Mann
136
Billy Wade
125
Bruce Mitchell
99
Dudley Nourse
73
Denis Compton
49
Most 50s
Bruce Mitchell
2
Dudley Nourse
2
Most Runs Conceed
Cliff Gladwin
84
Roly Jenkins
80
Best Bowling Fig
Jack Young
2
Cuan McCarthy
2
Most Not Outs
Jack Crapp
2
Allan Watkins
2
George Mann
2
Most Wickets
Jack Young
2
Cuan McCarthy
2
Most Not Outs
Dudley Nourse
2
Billy Wade
2
Athol Rowan
1
Best Economy
Athol Rowan
3.314285
Ossie Dawson
3.333333
Best Strike Rate
Roly Jenkins
38
Tufty Mann
52.0286
Athol Rowan
52.5
Best Average
Cuan McCarthy
31.000000
Jack Young
78.000000
Best Averages
Sir Leonard Hutton
39.000000
Cyril Washbrook
38.000000
Most 100s
George Mann
2
Billy Wade
2
Worst Bowling Fig
Athol Rowan
167
Jack Young
122
Tufty Mann
95
Cliff Gladwin
70
Sir Alec Bedser
61
Denis Compton
57
Best Strike Rate
Cuan McCarthy
58.2
Sir Alec Bedser
64.8
Cliff Gladwin
73
Jack Young
213
Best Strike Rate
Billy Griffith
2.500000
Most Runs
Sir Leonard Hutton
78
Cyril Washbrook
76
Most Ducks
Billy Griffith
2
Jack Young
1
Worst Bowling Fig
Roly Jenkins
53
Highest Score
Sir Leonard Hutton
46
Cyril Washbrook
40
Most sixes
Sir Leonard Hutton
1
Cyril Washbrook
1
Cliff Gladwin
1
Most Fours
George Mann
12
Most Balls Faced
Billy Griffith
2
Most sixes
George Mann
1