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Result
England won by 126 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Bell | lbw b J Botha | 73 | 77 | 11 | 1 | 94.8 |
| Matt Prior | c HH Gibbs b JA Morkel | 33 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 89.2 |
| Owais Shah | b JH Kallis | 23 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 62.2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b JH Kallis | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Andrew Flintoff | not out | 78* | 77 | 9 | 1 | 101.3 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MV Boucher b J Botha | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63.6 |
| Samit Patel | b M Ntini | 31 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 93.9 |
| Luke Wright | c HH Gibbs b DW Steyn | 17 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 130.8 |
| Stuart Broad | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 16, nb 3) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 296/7 | ||||
Did not bat: SJ Harmison, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-101 (MJ Prior, 15.2 ov), 2-144 (IR Bell, 24.2 ov), 3-146 (OA Shah, 25.1 ov), 4-155 (KP Pietersen, 27.2 ov), 5-182 (PD Collingwood, 34.2 ov), 6-256 (SR Patel, 45.3 ov), 7-295 (LJ Wright, 49.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 10 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 6.70 | 1 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 9 | 1 | 68 | 1 | 7.56 | 2 | 2 |
| M Morkel | 10 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 5.10 | 3 | 1 |
| JA Morkel | 5 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 |
| J Botha | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.89 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 7 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HM Amla | c MJ Prior b SJ Harmison | 46 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 78.0 |
| HH Gibbs | c OA Shah b JM Anderson | 12 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| JH Kallis | c SR Patel b A Flintoff | 9 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 36.0 |
| AB de Villiers | run out (SJ Harmison/MJ Prior) | 12 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 52.2 |
| JP Duminy | c MJ Prior b A Flintoff | 18 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
| MV Boucher | b SR Patel | 19 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 70.4 |
| JA Morkel | c & b SR Patel | 16 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 94.1 |
| J Botha | b SR Patel | 17 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 54.8 |
| M Morkel | c SCJ Broad b SR Patel | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| DW Steyn | not out | 5* | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 |
| M Ntini | c MJ Prior b SR Patel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 0) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 42.4 overs | 170 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (HH Gibbs, 6.3 ov), 2-67 (HM Amla, 15.4 ov), 3-77 (JH Kallis, 18.2 ov), 4-82 (AB de Villiers, 20.5 ov), 5-114 (MV Boucher, 28.6 ov), 6-134 (JA Morkel, 32.4 ov), 7-142 (JP Duminy, 33.5 ov), 8-160 (M Morkel, 38.4 ov), 9-170 (J Botha, 42.1 ov), 10-170 (M Ntini, 42.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 7 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 2.43 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 6 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 9 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 9.4 | 2 | 41 | 5 | 4.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Samit Patel · Umpires: NJ Llong, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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