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Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | lbw b M Morkel | 44 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 33.6 |
| Alastair Cook | c AB de Villiers b M Morkel | 60 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 45.5 |
| Michael Vaughan | b DW Steyn | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c MV Boucher b M Morkel | 152 | 181 | 20 | 1 | 84.0 |
| Ian Bell | c & b PL Harris | 199 | 336 | 20 | 1 | 59.2 |
| Paul Collingwood | c HM Amla b PL Harris | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.8 |
| TR Ambrose | c GC Smith b M Morkel | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Stuart Broad | b PL Harris | 76 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 61.3 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | not out | 1* | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 |
| Extras | (b 14, lb 12, w 7, nb 15) | 48 | ||||
| Total | 156.2 overs | 593/8 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson, MS Panesar
Fall of wickets: 1-114 (AJ Strauss, 41.5 ov), 2-117 (MP Vaughan, 42.6 ov), 3-117 (AN Cook, 43.5 ov), 4-403 (KP Pietersen, 107.1 ov), 5-413 (PD Collingwood, 110.5 ov), 6-422 (TR Ambrose, 113.3 ov), 7-574 (SCJ Broad, 150.3 ov), 8-593 (IR Bell, 156.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 35 | 8 | 117 | 1 | 3.34 | 2 | 2 |
| M Ntini | 29 | 2 | 130 | 0 | 4.48 | 0 | 0 |
| M Morkel | 34 | 3 | 121 | 4 | 3.56 | 0 | 5 |
| JH Kallis | 20 | 3 | 70 | 0 | 3.50 | 1 | 0 |
| PL Harris | 38.2 | 8 | 129 | 3 | 3.37 | 0 | 4 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c IR Bell b JM Anderson | 8 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 38.1 |
| ND McKenzie | b MS Panesar | 40 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 44.9 |
| HM Amla | c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad | 6 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 18.8 |
| JH Kallis | c AJ Strauss b RJ Sidebottom | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36.8 |
| AG Prince | c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom | 101 | 183 | 13 | 1 | 55.2 |
| AB de Villiers | c JM Anderson b MS Panesar | 42 | 119 | 5 | 0 | 35.3 |
| MV Boucher | b SCJ Broad | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.4 |
| M Morkel | b MS Panesar | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| PL Harris | c JM Anderson b MS Panesar | 6 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 33.3 |
| DW Steyn | c RJ Sidebottom b KP Pietersen | 19 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 41.3 |
| M Ntini | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, w 3, nb 0) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 93.3 overs | 247 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (GC Smith, 5.2 ov), 2-28 (HM Amla, 14.6 ov), 3-47 (JH Kallis, 21.6 ov), 4-83 (ND McKenzie, 30.1 ov), 5-161 (AB de Villiers, 62.6 ov), 6-166 (MV Boucher, 67.1 ov), 7-191 (M Morkel, 72.6 ov), 8-203 (PL Harris, 76.5 ov), 9-245 (AG Prince, 90.5 ov), 10-247 (DW Steyn, 93.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Sidebottom | 19 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2.16 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 21 | 7 | 36 | 1 | 1.71 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 23 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 3.83 | 2 | 0 |
| Monty Panesar | 26 | 4 | 74 | 4 | 2.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson | 107 | 207 | 11 | 0 | 51.7 |
| ND McKenzie | c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson | 138 | 447 | 16 | 0 | 30.9 |
| HM Amla | not out | 104* | 242 | 14 | 0 | 43.0 |
| JH Kallis | b RJ Sidebottom | 13 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 25.0 |
| AG Prince | not out | 9* | 54 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 8, w 5, nb 1) | 22 | ||||
| Total | 166.5 overs | 393/3 | ||||
Did not bat: AB de Villiers, MV Boucher, M Morkel, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Ntini
Fall of wickets: 1-204 (GC Smith, 81.1 ov), 2-329 (ND McKenzie, 133.5 ov), 3-357 (JH Kallis, 147.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monty Panesar | 60 | 15 | 116 | 0 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 7 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Sidebottom | 30 | 9 | 46 | 1 | 1.53 | 0 | 1 |
| James Anderson | 31.5 | 7 | 78 | 2 | 2.45 | 3 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 26 | 7 | 78 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 11 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 3.36 | 0 | 0 |
| Alastair Cook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Ian Bell · Umpires: BF Bowden, DJ Harper · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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