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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test
Result
South Africa won by 191 runs
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 AJ Stewart b RJ Kirtley | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| HH Gibbs | c AJ Stewart b MP Bicknell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| G Kirsten | c MP Bicknell b Kabir Ali | 130 | 323 | 17 | 0 | 40.2 |
| JH Kallis | c MP Vaughan b MP Bicknell | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| ND McKenzie | c AJ Stewart b Kabir Ali | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| JA Rudolph | lbw b Kabir Ali | 55 | 101 | 10 | 0 | 54.5 |
| MV Boucher | c MP Vaughan b A Flintoff | 16 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 48.5 |
| AJ Hall | c ET Smith b A Flintoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| M Zondeki | c MA Butcher b JM Anderson | 59 | 128 | 10 | 0 | 46.1 |
| M Ntini | not out | 32* | 47 | 4 | 0 | 68.1 |
| Dewald Pretorius | c AJ Stewart b RJ Kirtley | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 64.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 20, w 2, nb 7) | 29 | ||||
| Total | 114.4 overs | 342 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (GC Smith, 0.4 ov), 2-2 (HH Gibbs, 1.2 ov), 3-16 (JH Kallis, 11.5 ov), 4-21 (ND McKenzie, 14.5 ov), 5-116 (JA Rudolph, 45.5 ov), 6-142 (MV Boucher, 57.3 ov), 7-142 (AJ Hall, 57.4 ov), 8-292 (M Zondeki, 102.3 ov), 9-316 (G Kirsten, 109.1 ov), 10-342 (Dewald Pretorius, 114.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Kirtley | 29.4 | 10 | 74 | 2 | 2.49 | 2 | 0 |
| MP Bicknell | 27 | 11 | 50 | 2 | 1.85 | 0 | 1 |
| Kabir Ali | 22 | 3 | 80 | 3 | 3.64 | 0 | 3 |
| James Anderson | 18 | 7 | 63 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 18 | 5 | 55 | 2 | 3.06 | 0 | 3 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c & b JH Kallis | 59 | 126 | 9 | 0 | 46.8 |
| Michael Vaughan | b M Ntini | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 57.7 |
| MA Butcher | c MV Boucher b JH Kallis | 77 | 115 | 11 | 0 | 67.0 |
| Nasser Hussain | c & b JA Rudolph | 42 | 111 | 7 | 0 | 37.8 |
| ET Smith | c MV Boucher b JH Kallis | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alec Stewart | c AJ Hall b Dewald Pretorius | 15 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 25.9 |
| Andrew Flintoff | b M Ntini | 55 | 64 | 4 | 3 | 85.9 |
| MP Bicknell | b M Ntini | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| Kabir Ali | c MV Boucher b AJ Hall | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| James Kirtley | c MV Boucher b AJ Hall | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 17, w 6, nb 13) | 38 | ||||
| Total | 87.2 overs | 307 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (MP Vaughan, 7.1 ov), 2-169 (ME Trescothick, 39.1 ov), 3-193 (MA Butcher, 45.3 ov), 4-197 (ET Smith, 47.1 ov), 5-239 (AJ Stewart, 68.2 ov), 6-261 (N Hussain, 77.2 ov), 7-289 (MP Bicknell, 83.1 ov), 8-293 (Kabir Ali, 84.4 ov), 9-307 (RJ Kirtley, 86.6 ov), 10-307 (A Flintoff, 87.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewald Pretorius | 19 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 5.26 | 2 | 6 |
| M Ntini | 20.2 | 4 | 62 | 3 | 3.05 | 0 | 3 |
| AJ Hall | 24 | 3 | 77 | 2 | 3.21 | 1 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 1.5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.45 | 0 | 1 |
| JH Kallis | 20.1 | 7 | 38 | 3 | 1.88 | 3 | 1 |
| JA Rudolph | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | lbw b MP Bicknell | 14 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 58.3 |
| HH Gibbs | lbw b RJ Kirtley | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| G Kirsten | lbw b Kabir Ali | 60 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 40.8 |
| JH Kallis | c AJ Stewart b RJ Kirtley | 41 | 109 | 4 | 1 | 37.6 |
| ND McKenzie | c MP Bicknell b A Flintoff | 38 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 43.2 |
| JA Rudolph | c ET Smith b JM Anderson | 10 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 38.5 |
| MV Boucher | c AJ Stewart b A Flintoff | 39 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 72.2 |
| AJ Hall | not out | 99* | 87 | 15 | 2 | 113.8 |
| M Zondeki | b MP Bicknell | 7 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 21.9 |
| M Ntini | lbw b Kabir Ali | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.1 |
| Dewald Pretorius | b RJ Kirtley | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 24, w 0, nb 8) | 39 | ||||
| Total | 100.5 overs | 365 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-9 (HH Gibbs, 2.2 ov), 2-31 (GC Smith, 9.1 ov), 3-128 (JH Kallis, 44.3 ov), 4-139 (G Kirsten, 51.3 ov), 5-160 (JA Rudolph, 58.6 ov), 6-219 (ND McKenzie, 73.2 ov), 7-232 (MV Boucher, 75.1 ov), 8-281 (M Zondeki, 85.6 ov), 9-311 (M Ntini, 92.2 ov), 10-365 (Dewald Pretorius, 100.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Kirtley | 21.5 | 7 | 71 | 3 | 3.25 | 0 | 1 |
| MP Bicknell | 22 | 3 | 75 | 2 | 3.41 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 22 | 5 | 63 | 2 | 2.86 | 0 | 4 |
| James Anderson | 16 | 4 | 56 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Kabir Ali | 14 | 2 | 56 | 2 | 4.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Vaughan | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2.60 | 0 | 1 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c HH Gibbs b M Ntini | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | c HH Gibbs b JH Kallis | 21 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 41.2 |
| MA Butcher | c AJ Hall b JH Kallis | 61 | 133 | 6 | 0 | 45.9 |
| Nasser Hussain | lbw b JH Kallis | 6 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 26.1 |
| ET Smith | c GC Smith b AJ Hall | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 |
| Alec Stewart | c MV Boucher b M Ntini | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.8 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c AJ Hall b JH Kallis | 50 | 62 | 8 | 0 | 80.6 |
| MP Bicknell | c MV Boucher b JH Kallis | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Kabir Ali | c G Kirsten b JH Kallis | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45.0 |
| James Kirtley | c G Kirsten b AJ Hall | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 9, w 2, nb 7) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 61.4 overs | 209 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (ME Trescothick, 4.4 ov), 2-44 (MP Vaughan, 16.3 ov), 3-62 (N Hussain, 22.6 ov), 4-81 (ET Smith, 27.5 ov), 5-95 (AJ Stewart, 34.4 ov), 6-169 (MA Butcher, 50.2 ov), 7-182 (A Flintoff, 52.3 ov), 8-189 (MP Bicknell, 54.5 ov), 9-206 (Kabir Ali, 60.2 ov), 10-209 (RJ Kirtley, 61.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M Ntini | 11 | 2 | 40 | 2 | 3.64 | 0 | 4 |
| AJ Hall | 21.4 | 3 | 64 | 2 | 2.95 | 1 | 0 |
| Dewald Pretorius | 9 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 17 | 4 | 54 | 6 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 |
| M Zondeki | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | 1 | 3 |
Player of the match: G Kirsten · Umpires: BF Bowden, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: P Willey · 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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