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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 70 runs

England
445 & 118
South Africa
362 & 131
Date
Thursday 14 August 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
Nottingham
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 445 all out (146.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c MV Boucher b AJ Hall 24 41 5 0 58.5
Michael Vaughan c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock 1 13 0 0 7.7
MA Butcher c MV Boucher b M Ntini 106 182 21 0 58.2
Nasser Hussain lbw b SM Pollock 116 251 18 0 46.2
ET Smith c MV Boucher b JH Kallis 64 115 11 0 55.7
Alec Stewart c GC Smith b PR Adams 72 132 11 0 54.5
Andrew Flintoff c SM Pollock b AJ Hall 0 20 0 0 0.0
Ashley Giles b AJ Hall 22 64 2 0 34.4
James Kirtley c GC Smith b M Ntini 1 29 0 0 3.4
Steve Harmison c SM Pollock b PR Adams 14 31 3 0 45.2
James Anderson not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 9, lb 8, w 4, nb 4) 25
Total 146.3 overs 445

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (MP Vaughan, 4.6 ov), 2-29 (ME Trescothick, 11.6 ov), 3-218 (MA Butcher, 62.5 ov), 4-322 (N Hussain, 97.3 ov), 5-334 (ET Smith, 102.5 ov), 6-347 (A Flintoff, 109.3 ov), 7-388 (AF Giles, 127.2 ov), 8-408 (RJ Kirtley, 135.5 ov), 9-440 (AJ Stewart, 144.3 ov), 10-445 (SJ Harmison, 146.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 36 18 65 2 1.81 1 4
M Ntini 33 3 137 2 4.15 0 0
AJ Hall 24 6 88 3 3.67 1 0
JH Kallis 27 7 92 1 3.41 1 0
PR Adams 26.3 7 46 2 1.74 1 0

South Africa · 1st innings 362 all out (119.5 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith hit wicket b A Flintoff 35 66 7 0 53.0
HH Gibbs b SJ Harmison 19 53 3 0 35.8
JA Rudolph c AJ Stewart b RJ Kirtley 15 45 3 0 33.3
JH Kallis b JM Anderson 27 91 4 0 29.7
HH Dippenaar lbw b RJ Kirtley 0 1 0 0 0.0
ND McKenzie c ME Trescothick b JM Anderson 90 168 11 0 53.6
MV Boucher lbw b A Flintoff 48 149 6 0 32.2
SM Pollock c RJ Kirtley b JM Anderson 62 84 9 0 73.8
AJ Hall b JM Anderson 15 30 3 0 50.0
PR Adams b JM Anderson 13 27 2 0 48.1
M Ntini not out 4* 12 1 0 33.3
Extras (b 4, lb 19, w 3, nb 8) 34
Total 119.5 overs 362

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (HH Gibbs, 17.2 ov), 2-66 (GC Smith, 22.2 ov), 3-88 (JA Rudolph, 33.5 ov), 4-88 (HH Dippenaar, 33.6 ov), 5-132 (JH Kallis, 46.6 ov), 6-261 (ND McKenzie, 92.5 ov), 7-284 (MV Boucher, 98.2 ov), 8-309 (AJ Hall, 105.2 ov), 9-337 (PR Adams, 113.5 ov), 10-362 (SM Pollock, 119.5 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 27.5 4 102 5 3.66 2 0
James Kirtley 31 8 80 2 2.58 1 3
Andrew Flintoff 33 8 91 2 2.76 0 3
Steve Harmison 17 3 42 1 2.47 0 1
Ashley Giles 10 3 24 0 2.40 0 0
Michael Vaughan 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 118 all out (46.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c PR Adams b SM Pollock 0 1 0 0 0.0
Michael Vaughan c MV Boucher b SM Pollock 5 23 1 0 21.7
MA Butcher b AJ Hall 8 44 1 0 18.2
Nasser Hussain lbw b SM Pollock 30 79 2 0 38.0
ET Smith lbw b AJ Hall 0 1 0 0 0.0
Alec Stewart c MV Boucher b JH Kallis 5 13 1 0 38.5
Andrew Flintoff c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock 30 46 4 1 65.2
Ashley Giles c MV Boucher b SM Pollock 21 36 4 0 58.3
James Kirtley c MV Boucher b M Ntini 3 25 0 0 12.0
Steve Harmison not out 2* 9 0 0 22.2
James Anderson lbw b SM Pollock 2 6 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 0, nb 3) 12
Total 46.4 overs 118

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.1 ov), 2-17 (MP Vaughan, 6.5 ov), 3-39 (MA Butcher, 16.1 ov), 4-39 (ET Smith, 16.2 ov), 5-44 (AJ Stewart, 19.5 ov), 6-76 (N Hussain, 32.5 ov), 7-91 (A Flintoff, 36.2 ov), 8-114 (RJ Kirtley, 43.6 ov), 9-114 (AF Giles, 44.1 ov), 10-118 (JM Anderson, 46.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 17.4 4 39 6 2.21 0 3
M Ntini 13 5 28 1 2.15 0 0
JH Kallis 10 2 36 1 3.60 0 0
AJ Hall 6 2 6 2 1.00 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 131 all out (56.2 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith lbw b RJ Kirtley 5 32 1 0 15.6
HH Gibbs c AF Giles b SJ Harmison 28 45 6 0 62.2
JA Rudolph lbw b RJ Kirtley 0 2 0 0 0.0
JH Kallis b JM Anderson 13 27 2 0 48.1
HH Dippenaar c ET Smith b JM Anderson 1 7 0 0 14.3
ND McKenzie b RJ Kirtley 11 73 0 0 15.1
MV Boucher c AJ Stewart b RJ Kirtley 52 91 7 0 57.1
SM Pollock b A Flintoff 0 4 0 0 0.0
AJ Hall c ME Trescothick b RJ Kirtley 0 1 0 0 0.0
PR Adams c & b RJ Kirtley 15 51 1 0 29.4
M Ntini not out 3* 6 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) 3
Total 56.2 overs 131

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (GC Smith, 8.5 ov), 2-28 (JA Rudolph, 10.1 ov), 3-40 (HH Gibbs, 15.3 ov), 4-41 (HH Dippenaar, 16.5 ov), 5-50 (JH Kallis, 20.6 ov), 6-71 (ND McKenzie, 38.4 ov), 7-80 (SM Pollock, 39.6 ov), 8-81 (AJ Hall, 40.4 ov), 9-126 (PR Adams, 54.4 ov), 10-131 (MV Boucher, 56.2 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Kirtley 16.2 7 34 6 2.08 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 17 4 54 1 3.18 0 1
Steve Harmison 11 2 24 1 2.18 0 0
James Anderson 12 4 17 2 1.42 0 0

Player of the match: RJ Kirtley · Umpires: DB Hair, DJ Harper · TV umpire: NA Mallender · 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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England wins66England perspective
Draws, ties & NR55Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins35South Africa victories

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