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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 5 wickets

England
231 & 363
South Africa
314 & 283/5
Date
Wednesday 30 July 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
Birmingham
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 231 all out (77 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss hit wicket b A Nel 20 67 3 0 29.9
Alastair Cook c JH Kallis b A Nel 76 125 12 0 60.8
Michael Vaughan c MV Boucher b A Nel 0 1 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c AG Prince b JH Kallis 4 9 0 0 44.4
Ian Bell c MV Boucher b M Ntini 50 98 9 0 51.0
Paul Collingwood c GC Smith b JH Kallis 4 22 1 0 18.2
Andrew Flintoff not out 36* 78 3 1 46.2
TR Ambrose b JH Kallis 22 59 3 0 37.3
Ryan Sidebottom c MV Boucher b M Ntini 2 4 0 0 50.0
James Anderson run out (AG Prince) 1 3 0 0 33.3
Monty Panesar run out (HM Amla/MV Boucher) 1 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 5) 15
Total 77 overs 231

Fall of wickets: 1-68 (AJ Strauss, 22.4 ov), 2-68 (MP Vaughan, 22.5 ov), 3-74 (KP Pietersen, 25.5 ov), 4-136 (AN Cook, 40.6 ov), 5-158 (PD Collingwood, 51.1 ov), 6-173 (IR Bell, 54.5 ov), 7-212 (TR Ambrose, 73.6 ov), 8-215 (RJ Sidebottom, 74.6 ov), 9-230 (JM Anderson, 76.5 ov), 10-231 (MS Panesar, 76.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 15 2 50 0 3.33 0 4
M Ntini 19 5 70 2 3.68 0 1
A Nel 17 7 47 3 2.76 1 0
JH Kallis 15 5 31 3 2.07 1 0
PL Harris 11 1 25 0 2.27 0 0

South Africa · 1st innings 314 all out (90.2 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
ND McKenzie lbw b A Flintoff 72 127 12 0 56.7
GC Smith c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 7 21 0 0 33.3
PL Harris c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom 19 54 3 0 35.2
HM Amla c & b JM Anderson 9 23 0 0 39.1
JH Kallis b A Flintoff 64 114 9 0 56.1
AG Prince c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom 39 104 7 0 37.5
AB de Villiers c RJ Sidebottom b A Flintoff 5 17 1 0 29.4
MV Boucher c MP Vaughan b JM Anderson 40 49 5 0 81.6
M Morkel lbw b JM Anderson 18 33 4 0 54.5
A Nel b RJ Sidebottom 0 4 0 0 0.0
M Ntini not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 35, w 0, nb 6) 41
Total 90.2 overs 314

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (GC Smith, 7.2 ov), 2-94 (PL Harris, 27.3 ov), 3-117 (HM Amla, 35.1 ov), 4-135 (ND McKenzie, 38.6 ov), 5-226 (JH Kallis, 68.4 ov), 6-238 (AB de Villiers, 72.4 ov), 7-264 (AG Prince, 77.6 ov), 8-293 (M Morkel, 86.6 ov), 9-298 (A Nel, 87.6 ov), 10-314 (MV Boucher, 90.2 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 25 9 81 3 3.24 0 1
James Anderson 26.2 6 72 3 2.73 0 3
Andrew Flintoff 30 8 89 4 2.97 0 2
Paul Collingwood 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0
Monty Panesar 7 0 25 0 3.57 0 0

England · 2nd innings 363 all out (98.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c JH Kallis b M Morkel 25 65 2 0 38.5
Alastair Cook c MV Boucher b M Ntini 9 12 2 0 75.0
Michael Vaughan c HM Amla b A Nel 17 18 4 0 94.4
Kevin Pietersen c AB de Villiers b PL Harris 94 136 13 0 69.1
Ian Bell c MV Boucher b M Ntini 20 27 4 0 74.1
Paul Collingwood c MV Boucher b M Morkel 135 195 19 1 69.2
Andrew Flintoff c HM Amla b PL Harris 2 4 0 0 50.0
TR Ambrose b M Morkel 19 80 2 0 23.8
Ryan Sidebottom c HM Amla b M Morkel 22 48 5 0 45.8
James Anderson b JH Kallis 1 7 0 0 14.3
Monty Panesar not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 8, lb 2, w 6, nb 3) 19
Total 98.3 overs 363

Fall of wickets: 1-15 (AN Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-39 (MP Vaughan, 10.6 ov), 3-70 (AJ Strauss, 22.1 ov), 4-104 (IR Bell, 30.1 ov), 5-219 (KP Pietersen, 53.1 ov), 6-221 (A Flintoff, 53.5 ov), 7-297 (TR Ambrose, 80.2 ov), 8-362 (RJ Sidebottom, 96.5 ov), 9-363 (JM Anderson, 97.6 ov), 10-363 (PD Collingwood, 98.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 19.3 1 97 4 4.97 4 1
A Nel 20 3 79 1 3.95 0 0
M Ntini 18 4 58 2 3.22 2 0
JH Kallis 20 5 59 1 2.95 0 0
PL Harris 21 3 60 2 2.86 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 283/5 (80 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith not out 154* 246 17 0 62.6
ND McKenzie lbw b A Flintoff 22 56 3 0 39.3
HM Amla lbw b MS Panesar 6 17 0 0 35.3
JH Kallis lbw b A Flintoff 5 7 1 0 71.4
AG Prince c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson 2 14 0 0 14.3
AB de Villiers c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar 27 57 3 0 47.4
MV Boucher not out 45* 85 5 0 52.9
Extras (b 9, lb 9, w 2, nb 2) 22
Total 80 overs 283/5

Did not bat: PL Harris, M Morkel, A Nel, M Ntini

Fall of wickets: 1-65 (ND McKenzie, 17.3 ov), 2-78 (HM Amla, 22.6 ov), 3-83 (JH Kallis, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (AG Prince, 29.2 ov), 5-171 (AB de Villiers, 52.4 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ryan Sidebottom 10 1 26 0 2.60 0 0
James Anderson 13 0 60 1 4.62 2 0
Monty Panesar 33 3 91 2 2.76 0 2
Andrew Flintoff 20 5 72 2 3.60 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 0 16 0 4.00 0 0

Player of the match: GC Smith · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SJ Davis · TV umpire: IJ Gould · 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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