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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 10 wickets

England
85/0
South Africa
83
Date
Tuesday 26 August 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Nottingham
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · Innings 83 all out (23 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 9 14 1 0 64.3
HH Gibbs c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 10 15 2 0 66.7
JH Kallis c OA Shah b SCJ Broad 6 15 1 0 40.0
AB de Villiers lbw b A Flintoff 5 25 0 0 20.0
JP Duminy c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 8 3 2 0 266.7
MV Boucher c MJ Prior b A Flintoff 10 23 1 0 43.5
J Botha c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 1 16 0 0 6.3
JA Morkel c MJ Prior b SJ Harmison 6 13 1 0 46.2
A Nel c LJ Wright b SJ Harmison 13 7 3 0 185.7
DW Steyn b A Flintoff 6 6 1 0 100.0
M Ntini not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 8, nb 0) 9
Total 23 overs 83

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (HH Gibbs, 3.4 ov), 2-25 (GC Smith, 5.6 ov), 3-26 (JH Kallis, 7.6 ov), 4-36 (JP Duminy, 9.2 ov), 5-45 (AB de Villiers, 14.5 ov), 6-50 (MV Boucher, 16.4 ov), 7-53 (J Botha, 19.2 ov), 8-68 (A Nel, 21.1 ov), 9-72 (JA Morkel, 21.5 ov), 10-83 (DW Steyn, 22.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 5 0 26 0 5.20 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 3 23 5 2.30 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 7 0 29 3 4.14 4 0
Steve Harmison 1 0 4 2 4.00 0 0

England · Innings 85/0 (14.1 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell not out 28* 51 4 0 54.9
Matt Prior not out 45* 36 6 1 125.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 4, nb 2) 12
Total 14.1 overs 85/0

Did not bat: OA Shah, KP Pietersen, A Flintoff, PD Collingwood, SR Patel, LJ Wright, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, SJ Harmison

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 6 1 37 0 6.17 4 2
M Ntini 5 1 24 0 4.80 0 0
A Nel 2.1 0 14 0 6.46 0 0
JH Kallis 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

Player of the match: Stuart Broad · Umpires: MR Benson, 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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2005 – 2008

ODIs since 1992

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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