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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c JM Anderson b AF Giles | 277 | 373 | 35 | 0 | 74.3 |
| HH Gibbs | c MA Butcher b MP Vaughan | 179 | 236 | 29 | 1 | 75.8 |
| G Kirsten | c AJ Stewart b AF Giles | 44 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 46.3 |
| HH Dippenaar | c MA Butcher b D Gough | 22 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 35.5 |
| JA Rudolph | c D Gough b SJ Harmison | 10 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 28.6 |
| MV Boucher | not out | 15* | 34 | 1 | 0 | 44.1 |
| SM Pollock | not out | 24* | 39 | 0 | 1 | 61.5 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 11, w 0, nb 4) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 145 overs | 594/5 | ||||
Did not bat: RJ Peterson, Dewald Pretorius, M Ntini, CM Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-338 (HH Gibbs, 74.5 ov), 2-438 (G Kirsten, 101.5 ov), 3-514 (HH Dippenaar, 122.4 ov), 4-552 (JA Rudolph, 132.2 ov), 5-556 (GC Smith, 133.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 16 | 2 | 92 | 0 | 5.75 | 0 | 1 |
| Darren Gough | 25 | 6 | 88 | 1 | 3.52 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 25 | 6 | 97 | 0 | 3.88 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Harmison | 27 | 2 | 104 | 1 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 42 | 2 | 153 | 2 | 3.64 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Butcher | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b M Ntini | 31 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 36.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | c MV Boucher b Dewald Pretorius | 156 | 286 | 24 | 1 | 54.5 |
| MA Butcher | lbw b M Ntini | 13 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 26.0 |
| Nasser Hussain | lbw b SM Pollock | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| A McGrath | c JA Rudolph b Dewald Pretorius | 34 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 49.3 |
| Alec Stewart | b Dewald Pretorius | 38 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 43.7 |
| Andrew Flintoff | lbw b Dewald Pretorius | 40 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 70.2 |
| Ashley Giles | b SM Pollock | 41 | 83 | 8 | 0 | 49.4 |
| Darren Gough | c JA Rudolph b M Ntini | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Steve Harmison | b M Ntini | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 19, lb 6, w 11, nb 17) | 53 | ||||
| Total | 122.4 overs | 408 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-66 (ME Trescothick, 26.6 ov), 2-132 (MA Butcher, 41.1 ov), 3-133 (N Hussain, 42.2 ov), 4-222 (A McGrath, 64.6 ov), 5-306 (MP Vaughan, 94.4 ov), 6-311 (AJ Stewart, 96.4 ov), 7-374 (A Flintoff, 112.5 ov), 8-398 (D Gough, 119.4 ov), 9-398 (SJ Harmison, 119.6 ov), 10-408 (AF Giles, 122.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 27.4 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 1.84 | 1 | 7 |
| M Ntini | 28 | 8 | 114 | 4 | 4.07 | 0 | 2 |
| CM Willoughby | 20 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 2.30 | 2 | 0 |
| Dewald Pretorius | 25 | 2 | 115 | 4 | 4.60 | 4 | 4 |
| RJ Peterson | 22 | 9 | 57 | 0 | 2.59 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | b AF Giles | 85 | 70 | 10 | 2 | 121.4 |
| HH Gibbs | b JM Anderson | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| G Kirsten | c A McGrath b SJ Harmison | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| HH Dippenaar | not out | 28* | 46 | 2 | 0 | 60.9 |
| JA Rudolph | st AJ Stewart b AF Giles | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 26 overs | 134/4 | ||||
Did not bat: MV Boucher, SM Pollock, RJ Peterson, Dewald Pretorius, M Ntini, CM Willoughby
Fall of wickets: 1-30 (HH Gibbs, 7.2 ov), 2-32 (G Kirsten, 8.5 ov), 3-114 (GC Smith, 23.1 ov), 4-134 (JA Rudolph, 25.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | 0 | 1 |
| James Anderson | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 5.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | not out | 52* | 94 | 9 | 0 | 55.3 |
| Michael Vaughan | c SM Pollock b RJ Peterson | 22 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 36.1 |
| Nasser Hussain | not out | 23* | 49 | 5 | 0 | 46.9 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 34 overs | 110/1 | ||||
Did not bat: MA Butcher, A McGrath, AJ Stewart, A Flintoff, AF Giles, D Gough, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-72 (MP Vaughan, 21.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Peterson | 13 | 3 | 33 | 1 | 2.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Dewald Pretorius | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: GC Smith · Umpires: DJ Harper, S Venkataraghavan · TV umpire: JW Lloyds · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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