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England men · Test · International series · 5th Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 9 wickets

England
604/9d & 110/1
South Africa
484 & 229
Date
Thursday 4 September 2003 · England in 2003
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 5th Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · 1st innings 484 all out (128 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith run out (MP Vaughan) 18 39 3 0 46.2
HH Gibbs b AF Giles 183 258 35 1 70.9
G Kirsten lbw b AF Giles 90 156 15 0 57.7
JH Kallis run out (AF Giles) 66 120 8 1 55.0
ND McKenzie c AJ Stewart b JM Anderson 9 36 1 0 25.0
JA Rudolph lbw b MP Bicknell 0 4 0 0 0.0
MV Boucher c AJ Stewart b MP Bicknell 8 28 1 0 28.6
SM Pollock not out 66* 95 10 1 69.5
AJ Hall lbw b A Flintoff 1 6 0 0 16.7
PR Adams run out (MA Butcher/AF Giles) 1 5 0 0 20.0
M Ntini b JM Anderson 11 26 2 0 42.3
Extras (b 12, lb 10, w 4, nb 5) 31
Total 128 overs 484

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (GC Smith, 14.6 ov), 2-290 (G Kirsten, 68.6 ov), 3-345 (HH Gibbs, 78.2 ov), 4-362 (ND McKenzie, 89.5 ov), 5-365 (JA Rudolph, 90.4 ov), 6-385 (MV Boucher, 98.2 ov), 7-419 (JH Kallis, 112.1 ov), 8-421 (AJ Hall, 113.4 ov), 9-432 (PR Adams, 116.3 ov), 10-484 (M Ntini, 127.6 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MP Bicknell 20 3 71 2 3.55 0 0
James Anderson 25 6 86 2 3.44 1 0
Steve Harmison 27 8 73 0 2.70 0 4
Ashley Giles 29 3 102 2 3.52 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 19 4 88 1 4.63 2 0
Michael Vaughan 5 0 24 0 4.80 0 1
MA Butcher 3 0 18 0 6.00 1 0

England · 1st innings 604/9 dec (162 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c JA Rudolph b M Ntini 219 374 32 2 58.6
Michael Vaughan c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock 23 26 4 0 88.5
MA Butcher lbw b AJ Hall 32 33 6 0 97.0
Graham Thorpe b JH Kallis 124 244 16 0 50.8
ET Smith lbw b AJ Hall 16 39 3 0 41.0
Alec Stewart lbw b SM Pollock 38 81 6 0 46.9
Andrew Flintoff b PR Adams 95 104 12 4 91.3
Ashley Giles c AJ Hall b JH Kallis 2 21 0 0 9.5
MP Bicknell lbw b SM Pollock 0 4 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison not out 6* 40 0 0 15.0
James Anderson not out 0* 13 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 11, lb 18, w 9, nb 11) 49
Total 162 overs 604/9

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (MP Vaughan, 8.3 ov), 2-78 (MA Butcher, 19.4 ov), 3-346 (GP Thorpe, 95.5 ov), 4-379 (ET Smith, 109.5 ov), 5-480 (AJ Stewart, 130.5 ov), 6-489 (ME Trescothick, 133.2 ov), 7-502 (AF Giles, 138.5 ov), 8-502 (MP Bicknell, 140.3 ov), 9-601 (A Flintoff, 158.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 39 10 111 3 2.85 0 6
M Ntini 31 4 129 1 4.16 2 1
AJ Hall 35 5 111 2 3.17 1 0
JH Kallis 34 5 117 2 3.44 2 0
PR Adams 17 2 79 1 4.65 0 0
JA Rudolph 6 1 28 0 4.67 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 229 all out (69.2 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith lbw b MP Bicknell 19 36 4 0 52.8
HH Gibbs c AJ Stewart b JM Anderson 9 21 2 0 42.9
G Kirsten c ME Trescothick b SJ Harmison 29 59 4 1 49.2
JH Kallis lbw b SJ Harmison 35 43 6 0 81.4
ND McKenzie lbw b A Flintoff 38 83 7 0 45.8
JA Rudolph b MP Bicknell 8 24 1 0 33.3
MV Boucher c AJ Stewart b MP Bicknell 25 58 3 0 43.1
SM Pollock c GP Thorpe b SJ Harmison 43 57 7 0 75.4
AJ Hall c ET Smith b MP Bicknell 0 1 0 0 0.0
PR Adams not out 13* 18 3 0 72.2
M Ntini c ET Smith b SJ Harmison 1 17 0 0 5.9
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) 9
Total 69.2 overs 229

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (HH Gibbs, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (GC Smith, 10.5 ov), 3-92 (G Kirsten, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (JH Kallis, 27.2 ov), 5-118 (JA Rudolph, 36.3 ov), 6-150 (ND McKenzie, 47.3 ov), 7-193 (MV Boucher, 60.3 ov), 8-193 (AJ Hall, 60.4 ov), 9-215 (SM Pollock, 65.1 ov), 10-229 (M Ntini, 69.2 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MP Bicknell 24 5 84 4 3.50 0 0
James Anderson 10 1 55 1 5.50 0 0
Steve Harmison 19.2 8 33 4 1.71 0 1
Ashley Giles 10 2 36 0 3.60 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 6 2 13 1 2.17 0 0

England · 2nd innings 110/1 (22.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick not out 69* 66 12 0 104.5
Michael Vaughan c MV Boucher b JH Kallis 13 41 0 0 31.7
MA Butcher not out 20* 31 3 0 64.5
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 4) 8
Total 22.2 overs 110/1

Did not bat: GP Thorpe, ET Smith, AJ Stewart, A Flintoff, AF Giles, MP Bicknell, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (MP Vaughan, 12.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 6 0 15 0 2.50 0 3
M Ntini 8 0 46 0 5.75 0 1
JH Kallis 5.2 0 25 1 4.69 0 0
PR Adams 3 0 20 0 6.67 0 0

Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick · Umpires: SJA Taufel, 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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South Africa wins35South Africa victories

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