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Result
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c N Boje b M van Jaarsveld | 60 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 65.2 |
| Vikram Solanki | c MV Boucher b M Ntini | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| Michael Vaughan | c MV Boucher b SM Pollock | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| A McGrath | st MV Boucher b N Boje | 52 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 53.1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c GC Smith b JH Kallis | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| JO Troughton | c HH Gibbs b M Ntini | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 |
| Chris Read | not out | 30* | 27 | 3 | 0 | 111.1 |
| RL Johnson | b M Ntini | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166.7 |
| Ashley Giles | not out | 20* | 18 | 1 | 1 | 111.1 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 10, w 10, nb 3) | 27 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 223/7 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson, D Gough
Fall of wickets: 1-4 (VS Solanki, 3.3 ov), 2-7 (MP Vaughan, 4.2 ov), 3-121 (ME Trescothick, 30.2 ov), 4-140 (A McGrath, 35.2 ov), 5-162 (A Flintoff, 41.2 ov), 6-162 (JO Troughton, 42.1 ov), 7-176 (RL Johnson, 44.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 2.10 | 0 | 2 |
| M Ntini | 8 | 0 | 38 | 3 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Hall | 7 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.14 | 0 | 0 |
| CK Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4.17 | 0 | 1 |
| N Boje | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | 2 | 0 |
| M van Jaarsveld | 5 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.60 | 2 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | b JM Anderson | 22 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 64.7 |
| HH Gibbs | run out (VS Solanki) | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| AJ Hall | b A Flintoff | 29 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 74.4 |
| JH Kallis | not out | 82* | 105 | 5 | 1 | 78.1 |
| JA Rudolph | not out | 71* | 101 | 6 | 0 | 70.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 11, w 9, nb 2) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 47.2 overs | 227/3 | ||||
Did not bat: M van Jaarsveld, SM Pollock, N Boje, MV Boucher, CK Langeveldt, M Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (HH Gibbs, 5.3 ov), 2-37 (GC Smith, 8.1 ov), 3-82 (AJ Hall, 17.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 6.5 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 5.41 | 6 | 0 |
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 9.3 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3.47 | 2 | 0 |
| RL Johnson | 7 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 2 |
Player of the match: JH Kallis · Umpires: BF Bowden, NA Mallender · TV umpire: P Willey · Match referee: CH Lloyd. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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