England 356 (Swann 81, Harris 5-123) and 228 for 9 (Pietersen 81, Trott 69) drew with South Africa 418 (Kallis 120, Swann 5-110) and 301 for 6 dec (Amla 100)
Paul Collingwood and Graham Onions withstood South Africa's attack for 19 balls in a last-wicket stand on Sunday to save England following a middle-order collapse and ensure the first Test was drawn.England lost five wickets for 13 runs in the last session of the match at SuperSport Park to leave the team on 219-9 chasing 364 to win. That left Collingwood and Onions to bat through 3.1 overs from fast bowlers Friedel de Wet, Morne Morkel and Makhaya Ntini.
No. 11 Onions faced the entire last over from Ntini, punching the air after the sixth ball to celebrate England heading to the second Test from Saturday in Durban still level in the four-match series.England looked to be cruising to the draw at 205-4 with 15 overs left in the match, until the loss of Jonathan Trott, Ian Bell, Matt Prior, Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann within 11 overs.De Wet bowled with accuracy and hostility with the second new ball to take 3-11 before finishing with 4-55 on his Test debut after coming in to replace injured pace spearhead Dale Steyn.
England finished on 228-9, still 135 short of South Africa after the hosts had declared their second innings closed on 301-7. "After England had got through the new ball early today, there wasn't much in it for the bowlers and it took a great spell with the second new ball by Friedel de Wet to get us back in the game," South Africa captain Graeme Smith said. "It's nice to see guys coming through from the domestic scene. He handled himself very well."
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