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England men · Test · International series · 2nd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 10 wickets

England
203 & 327
South Africa
522 & 9/0
Date
Friday 18 July 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Leeds
Competition
Test · International series · 2nd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 203 all out (52.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b M Morkel 27 65 4 0 41.5
Alastair Cook c MV Boucher b M Morkel 18 37 2 0 48.6
Michael Vaughan c GC Smith b DW Steyn 0 7 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c GC Smith b DW Steyn 45 46 7 1 97.8
Ian Bell b JH Kallis 31 51 5 0 60.8
TR Ambrose c MV Boucher b M Ntini 12 17 1 0 70.6
Andrew Flintoff c MV Boucher b DW Steyn 17 28 4 0 60.7
Stuart Broad c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 17 20 3 0 85.0
James Anderson not out 11* 24 2 0 45.8
Monty Panesar c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 0 11 0 0 0.0
DJ Pattinson c MV Boucher b DW Steyn 8 14 1 0 57.1
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 6, nb 5) 17
Total 52.3 overs 203

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (AN Cook, 11.2 ov), 2-27 (MP Vaughan, 12.5 ov), 3-62 (AJ Strauss, 21.4 ov), 4-106 (KP Pietersen, 28.2 ov), 5-123 (TR Ambrose, 33.5 ov), 6-150 (IR Bell, 38.5 ov), 7-177 (A Flintoff, 44.2 ov), 8-181 (SCJ Broad, 45.2 ov), 9-186 (MS Panesar, 47.6 ov), 10-203 (DJ Pattinson, 52.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 18.3 2 76 4 4.11 0 0
M Ntini 11 0 45 1 4.09 0 0
M Morkel 15 4 52 4 3.47 2 5
JH Kallis 8 2 24 1 3.00 0 0

South Africa · 1st innings 522 all out (176.1 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
ND McKenzie c A Flintoff b JM Anderson 15 43 3 0 34.9
GC Smith c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 44 67 8 0 65.7
HM Amla lbw b DJ Pattinson 38 79 5 0 48.1
JH Kallis b JM Anderson 4 14 1 0 28.6
AG Prince c TR Ambrose b DJ Pattinson 149 284 17 2 52.5
AB de Villiers c A Flintoff b SCJ Broad 174 381 19 0 45.7
MV Boucher b JM Anderson 34 88 2 0 38.6
M Morkel b MS Panesar 0 6 0 0 0.0
PL Harris c JM Anderson b MS Panesar 24 76 1 1 31.6
DW Steyn not out 10* 13 2 0 76.9
M Ntini c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar 1 13 0 0 7.7
Extras (b 2, lb 19, w 1, nb 7) 29
Total 176.1 overs 522

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (ND McKenzie, 15.4 ov), 2-69 (GC Smith, 20.5 ov), 3-76 (JH Kallis, 23.5 ov), 4-143 (HM Amla, 43.5 ov), 5-355 (AG Prince, 118.6 ov), 6-422 (MV Boucher, 145.6 ov), 7-427 (M Morkel, 148.5 ov), 8-511 (AB de Villiers, 171.5 ov), 9-511 (PL Harris, 172.1 ov), 10-522 (M Ntini, 176.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 44 9 136 3 3.09 0 0
DJ Pattinson 30 2 95 2 3.17 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 39.5 12 77 1 1.93 0 4
Stuart Broad 29 2 114 1 3.93 1 2
Monty Panesar 29.2 6 65 3 2.22 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 14 0 3.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 327 all out (107 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b M Ntini 0 13 0 0 0.0
Alastair Cook c HM Amla b JH Kallis 60 178 6 0 33.7
Michael Vaughan c MV Boucher b M Ntini 21 53 3 0 39.6
James Anderson lbw b DW Steyn 34 80 4 0 42.5
Kevin Pietersen c MV Boucher b JH Kallis 13 5 3 0 260.0
Ian Bell c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 4 28 0 0 14.3
TR Ambrose c MV Boucher b DW Steyn 36 94 5 0 38.3
Andrew Flintoff c JH Kallis b M Morkel 38 95 5 0 40.0
Stuart Broad not out 67* 60 11 0 111.7
Monty Panesar b DW Steyn 10 14 1 0 71.4
DJ Pattinson b M Morkel 13 36 2 0 36.1
Extras (b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 14) 31
Total 107 overs 327

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AJ Strauss, 3.5 ov), 2-50 (MP Vaughan, 22.4 ov), 3-109 (JM Anderson, 46.4 ov), 4-123 (KP Pietersen, 47.2 ov), 5-140 (IR Bell, 54.6 ov), 6-152 (AN Cook, 59.3 ov), 7-220 (TR Ambrose, 86.5 ov), 8-238 (A Flintoff, 89.5 ov), 9-266 (MS Panesar, 94.3 ov), 10-327 (DJ Pattinson, 106.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 28 7 97 3 3.46 0 1
M Ntini 25 7 69 2 2.76 1 5
M Morkel 22 4 61 3 2.77 1 8
JH Kallis 17 3 50 2 2.94 0 0
PL Harris 15 5 35 0 2.33 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 9/0 (1.1 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith not out 3* 3 0 0 100.0
ND McKenzie not out 6* 4 1 0 150.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 0
Total 1.1 overs 9/0

Did not bat: HM Amla, JH Kallis, AG Prince, AB de Villiers, MV Boucher, M Morkel, PL Harris, DW Steyn, M Ntini

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 1 0 8 0 8.00 0 0
DJ Pattinson 0.1 0 1 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: AG Prince · Umpires: BF Bowden, DJ Harper · TV umpire: RA Kettleborough · 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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