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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 20 runs

England
275/4
South Africa
255
Date
Friday 22 August 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Leeds
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 275/4 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis 35 69 0 0 50.7
Matt Prior c AB de Villiers b JH Kallis 42 52 5 1 80.8
Owais Shah c VD Philander b J Botha 12 26 0 0 46.2
Kevin Pietersen not out 90* 82 7 1 109.8
Andrew Flintoff b DW Steyn 78 70 9 0 111.4
Luke Wright not out 2* 2 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 1) 16
Total 50 overs 275/4

Did not bat: RS Bopara, SR Patel, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets: 1-77 (IR Bell, 19.3 ov), 2-86 (MJ Prior, 21.3 ov), 3-113 (OA Shah, 28.1 ov), 4-271 (A Flintoff, 49.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 10 0 67 1 6.70 2 0
M Ntini 9 0 38 0 4.22 2 0
A Nel 10 1 53 0 5.30 0 0
JH Kallis 5 0 25 2 5.00 0 0
J Botha 7 0 33 1 4.71 0 0
VD Philander 9 0 50 0 5.56 2 1

South Africa · Innings 255 all out (49.4 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HH Gibbs b SR Patel 37 44 5 1 84.1
GC Smith c MJ Prior b SJ Harmison 21 21 2 0 100.0
JH Kallis run out (IR Bell/KP Pietersen) 52 69 7 0 75.4
AB de Villiers c IR Bell b KP Pietersen 24 35 3 0 68.6
JP Duminy c MJ Prior b SJ Harmison 18 33 0 0 54.5
MV Boucher st MJ Prior b KP Pietersen 16 15 2 0 106.7
J Botha c sub (TT Bresnan) b SCJ Broad 26 32 2 0 81.3
VD Philander run out (SCJ Broad) 23 27 2 0 85.2
A Nel b A Flintoff 10 17 0 0 58.8
DW Steyn not out 3* 2 0 0 150.0
M Ntini b A Flintoff 2 3 0 0 66.7
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 11, nb 0) 23
Total 49.4 overs 255

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (GC Smith, 7.4 ov), 2-93 (HH Gibbs, 15.4 ov), 3-142 (AB de Villiers, 26.6 ov), 4-149 (JH Kallis, 28.6 ov), 5-168 (MV Boucher, 32.3 ov), 6-202 (JP Duminy, 39.4 ov), 7-219 (J Botha, 44.1 ov), 8-245 (VD Philander, 48.3 ov), 9-249 (A Nel, 49.1 ov), 10-255 (M Ntini, 49.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 10 0 61 1 6.10 3 0
James Anderson 3 0 18 0 6.00 4 0
Steve Harmison 10 1 43 2 4.30 3 0
Andrew Flintoff 9.4 1 46 2 4.76 0 0
Samit Patel 10 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
Ravi Bopara 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 5 0 22 2 4.40 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: IJ Gould, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: RS Mahanama. 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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England v South Africa stats

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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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