England drew the Cape Town test against South Africa with the fourth innings score reading 296/9 providing the 19^th occasion of a team which has drawn the test after losing nine wickets in the fourth innings of a test match.

No	Team	Score	Result	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Ind	152/9	draw	Eng	Manchester	Jul 1946
2	Aus	273/9	draw	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1961
3	Eng	228/9	draw	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1963
4	Eng	206/9	draw	Win	Georgetown	Mar 1968
5	Aus	339/9	draw	Win	Adelaide	Jan 1969
6	Win	251/9	draw	Pak	Bridgetown	Feb 1977
7	Win	258/9	draw	Aus	Kingston	Apr 1978
8	Win	197/9	draw	Ind	Kolkata	Dec 1978
9	Aus	230/9	draw	NZl	Melbourne	Dec 1987
10	Pak	341/9	draw	Win	Port of Spain	Apr 1988
11	NZl	223/9	draw	Aus	Hobart	Nov 1997
12	Win	207/9	draw	Zim	Harare	Nov 2003
13	Eng	210/9	draw	Srl	Galle	Dec 2003
14	Aus	371/9	draw	Eng	Manchester	Aug 2005
15	Win	298/9	draw	Ind	St John’s	Jun 2006
16	Ind	282/9	draw	Eng	Lord’s	Jul 2007
17	Win	370/9	draw	Eng	St John’s	Feb 2009
18	Eng	228/9	draw	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009
19	Eng	296/9	draw	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2010

As far as England is concerned it has drawn five tests after losing nine wickets in the fourth innings of a test match

No	Team	Score	Result	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	Eng	228/9	draw	Win	Lord’s	Jun 1963
2	Eng	206/9	draw	Win	Georgetown	Mar 1968
3	Eng	210/9	draw	Srl	Galle	Dec 2003
4	Eng	228/9	draw	SAF	Centurion	Dec 2009
5	Eng	296/9	draw	SAF	Cape Town	Jan 2010