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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 2019–2021 ICC World Test Championship.[1][2] Cricket South Africa confirmed the fixtures for the tour in May 2019.[3][4]
| English cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20 | |||
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| South Africa | England | ||
| Dates | 17 December 2019 – 16 February 2020 | ||
| Captains |
Faf du Plessis (Tests) Quinton de Kock (ODIs & T20Is) |
Joe Root (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs & T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 4-match series 3–1 | ||
| Most runs | Quinton de Kock (380) | Dom Sibley (324) | |
| Most wickets | Anrich Nortje (18) | Stuart Broad (14) | |
| Player of the series | Ben Stokes (Eng) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | 3-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Quinton de Kock (187) | Joe Denly (153) | |
| Most wickets |
Beuran Hendricks (4) Tabraiz Shamsi (4) | Adil Rashid (3) | |
| Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (SA) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | England won the 3-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Quinton de Kock (131) | Eoin Morgan (136) | |
| Most wickets | Lungi Ngidi (8) | Tom Curran (5) | |
| Player of the series | Eoin Morgan (Eng) | ||
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.[5] The following month, Cricket South Africa confirmed that the venue would host the Test match as planned.[6] Ahead of the Test series, South Africa's Vernon Philander announced that the series would be his last before retiring from international cricket.[7] In the first Test, England's James Anderson became the ninth cricketer to play in 150 Test matches.[8] The third Test of the series was England's 500th to be played overseas.[9] England won the Test series 3–1, the first time that the England cricket team had won three Tests on a tour to South Africa since 1913–14.[10] South Africa became the first team to be deducted World Test Championship points,[11] after a slow over-rate in the fourth Test.[12]
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.[13][14] Du Plessis was also dropped from the ODI squad.[15] Quinton de Kock was also named as South Africa's captain for the T20I series.[16] The ODI series was drawn 1–1, after the second match was washed out.[17] England won the T20I series 2–1.[18] The 1,207 runs scored in the T20Is broke the record for the most runs scored in a three-match T20I series.[19] The day after the final T20I match, Faf du Plessis announced that he had stepped down as the captain of South Africa's Test and T20I sides.[20]
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| Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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 South Africa[21] |
 England[22] |
South Africa[23] |
England[24] |
South Africa[25] |
England[26] |
Ahead of the first Test match, several members of the England cricket team became ill with flu-like symptoms.[27] As a result, Dom Bess and Craig Overton were called up to England's squad as cover.[28] During the first Test, South Africa's Aiden Markram fractured his finger ruling him out of the rest of the series.[29] Keegan Petersen was named as Markram's replacement in South Africa's Test squad.[30] Prior to the second Test, Rory Burns suffered an ankle injury playing football and was ruled out of England's squad for the rest of the series.[31] In January 2020, Pat Brown was ruled out of England's ODI and T20I squads, following a stress fracture to his lower back.[32] England's James Anderson suffered a rib injury on the final day of the second Test, and was ruled out of the rest of the series.[33] Craig Overton remained in England's Test squad as cover for Anderson.[34] Before the third Test, England's Jack Leach flew home after suffering from sepsis.[35] South Africa's Kagiso Rabada was banned from the fourth Test, after breaching the ICC code of conduct for his celebration after dismissing Joe Root in the third Test.[36] England's Jofra Archer picked up an elbow injury during the Test series that eventually ruled him out of playing in the T20I matches.[37] Saqib Mahmood was named as Archer's replacement in England's T20I squad.[38] Ahead of the ODI series, Sisanda Magala was declared not to be fully fit, and was ruled out of South Africa's squad.[39]
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Two-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs England
Three-day match: South Africa A vs England
One-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
One-day match: Cricket South Africa Invitation XI vs England
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was limited to 30 overs with Cricket South Africa Invitation XI's target adjusted to 188.
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1st Test
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Dwaine Pretorius and Rassie van der Dussen (SA) both made their Test debuts.
- James Anderson (Eng) played in his 150th Test.[40]
- World Test Championship points: South Africa 30, England 0.
2nd Test
3–7 January 2020 Scorecard |
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- 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 most five-wicket hauls for England in Tests.[41]
- Dom Sibley (Eng) scored his maiden Test century.[42]
- This was England's first win in a Test match at this venue since 1957.[43]
- World Test Championship points: England 30, South Africa 0.
3rd Test
16–20 January 2020 Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Dane Paterson (SA) made his Test debut.
- This was England's 500th Test match to be played overseas.[44]
- Ben Stokes (Eng) scored his 4,000th run in Tests.[45]
- Ollie Pope (Eng) scored his maiden Test century.[46]
- Dom Bess (Eng) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.[47]
- World Test Championship points: England 30, South Africa 0.
4th Test
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Beuran Hendricks (SA) made his Test debut, taking a five-wicket haul.[48]
- Anrich Nortje (SA) took his maiden five-wicket haul in Tests.[49]
- Quinton de Kock (SA) became the fastest wicket-keeper, in terms of matches, to complete 200 dismissals in Tests (47).[50]
- World Test Championship points: England 30, South Africa –6.[n 2]
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1st ODI
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- 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.[51]
- Quinton de Kock (SA) scored his 5,000th run in ODIs.[52]
2nd ODI
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- 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.
3rd ODI
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Saqib Mahmood (Eng) made his ODI debut.
- Adil Rashid (Eng) played in his 100th ODI.[53]
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1st T20I
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Dale Steyn took his 62nd wicket to become the leading wicket-taker for South Africa in T20Is.[54]
2nd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Quinton de Kock scored the fastest fifty by a batsman for South Africa in T20Is (17 balls).[55]
3rd T20I
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Eoin Morgan equalled his own record for the fastest fifty by a batsman for England in T20Is (21 balls).[56]
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