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England men · Test · International series · 4th Test

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 6 wickets

England
316 & 198/4
South Africa
194 & 318
Date
Thursday 7 August 2008 · England in 2008
Venue
The Oval, London
Competition
Test · International series · 4th 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 194 all out (64.5 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c JM Anderson b SJ Harmison 46 103 7 0 44.7
ND McKenzie c AN Cook b A Flintoff 17 55 2 0 30.9
HM Amla b SJ Harmison 36 35 8 0 102.9
JH Kallis lbw b JM Anderson 2 5 0 0 40.0
AG Prince c IR Bell b JM Anderson 4 14 1 0 28.6
AB de Villiers lbw b MS Panesar 39 53 8 0 73.6
MV Boucher c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson 3 13 0 0 23.1
M Morkel c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 17 30 3 0 56.7
PL Harris not out 13* 49 1 0 26.5
A Nel c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad 4 5 1 0 80.0
M Ntini b MS Panesar 9 29 1 0 31.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 2) 4
Total 64.5 overs 194

Fall of wickets: 1-56 (ND McKenzie, 19.6 ov), 2-103 (GC Smith, 31.4 ov), 3-103 (HM Amla, 31.5 ov), 4-105 (JH Kallis, 32.5 ov), 5-118 (AG Prince, 36.6 ov), 6-132 (MV Boucher, 42.1 ov), 7-158 (AB de Villiers, 49.3 ov), 8-168 (M Morkel, 52.5 ov), 9-172 (A Nel, 54.4 ov), 10-194 (M Ntini, 64.5 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 18 6 49 2 2.72 0 0
James Anderson 15 1 42 3 2.80 0 2
Andrew Flintoff 15 2 37 1 2.47 0 0
Stuart Broad 14 3 60 2 4.29 0 0
Monty Panesar 2.5 0 4 2 1.41 0 0

England · 1st innings 316 all out (95.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c GC Smith b M Ntini 6 20 1 0 30.0
Alastair Cook c MV Boucher b M Ntini 39 102 5 0 38.2
Ian Bell c GC Smith b M Ntini 24 41 3 0 58.5
Kevin Pietersen c JH Kallis b M Ntini 100 137 15 0 73.0
Paul Collingwood c & b JH Kallis 61 124 10 0 49.2
Andrew Flintoff c MV Boucher b JH Kallis 9 13 0 1 69.2
TR Ambrose c GC Smith b JH Kallis 4 11 0 0 36.4
Stuart Broad c ND McKenzie b M Ntini 1 36 0 0 2.8
Steve Harmison not out 49* 59 8 0 83.1
James Anderson lbw b PL Harris 13 34 0 0 38.2
Monty Panesar run out (PL Harris) 0 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 1, nb 5) 10
Total 95.2 overs 316

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (AJ Strauss, 3.4 ov), 2-51 (IR Bell, 17.4 ov), 3-111 (AN Cook, 35.5 ov), 4-219 (KP Pietersen, 63.5 ov), 5-233 (A Flintoff, 67.6 ov), 6-241 (TR Ambrose, 71.6 ov), 7-248 (PD Collingwood, 77.2 ov), 8-263 (SCJ Broad, 83.2 ov), 9-316 (JM Anderson, 94.6 ov), 10-316 (MS Panesar, 95.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 22 3 78 0 3.55 0 4
M Ntini 24 3 94 5 3.92 0 0
A Nel 19.2 5 56 0 2.90 0 0
JH Kallis 15 2 51 3 3.40 1 0
PL Harris 15 4 33 1 2.20 0 1

South Africa · 2nd innings 318 all out (99.2 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith lbw b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
ND McKenzie b SCJ Broad 29 58 4 0 50.0
HM Amla c TR Ambrose b SJ Harmison 76 99 14 0 76.8
JH Kallis c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison 9 57 1 0 15.8
AG Prince c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 24 53 4 0 45.3
AB de Villiers b MS Panesar 97 170 12 0 57.1
MV Boucher c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 12 44 1 0 27.3
M Morkel c IR Bell b MS Panesar 10 22 1 0 45.5
PL Harris c A Flintoff b SCJ Broad 34 74 3 0 45.9
A Nel not out 3* 8 0 0 37.5
M Ntini c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad 2 9 0 0 22.2
Extras (b 6, lb 8, w 5, nb 3) 22
Total 99.2 overs 318

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (GC Smith, 0.5 ov), 2-82 (ND McKenzie, 20.4 ov), 3-119 (HM Amla, 29.6 ov), 4-138 (JH Kallis, 39.6 ov), 5-161 (AG Prince, 51.2 ov), 6-201 (MV Boucher, 68.1 ov), 7-218 (M Morkel, 73.4 ov), 8-313 (PL Harris, 95.4 ov), 9-313 (AB de Villiers, 96.5 ov), 10-318 (M Ntini, 99.2 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22 2 85 2 3.86 0 1
Steve Harmison 25 6 84 2 3.36 1 0
Andrew Flintoff 18 4 53 1 2.94 0 2
Monty Panesar 17 5 37 2 2.18 0 0
Stuart Broad 16.2 4 44 3 2.69 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 198/4 (52.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c GC Smith b PL Harris 58 107 6 0 54.2
Alastair Cook c GC Smith b M Ntini 67 106 12 0 63.2
Ian Bell b M Ntini 4 19 1 0 21.1
Kevin Pietersen c ND McKenzie b PL Harris 13 27 2 0 48.1
Paul Collingwood not out 25* 50 3 0 50.0
Andrew Flintoff not out 11* 14 1 1 78.6
Extras (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) 20
Total 52.5 overs 198/4

Did not bat: TR Ambrose, SCJ Broad, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Fall of wickets: 1-123 (AN Cook, 31.2 ov), 2-147 (IR Bell, 37.5 ov), 3-147 (AJ Strauss, 38.1 ov), 4-182 (KP Pietersen, 48.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
M Morkel 13 2 43 0 3.31 1 5
M Ntini 14 4 55 2 3.93 0 1
PL Harris 19.5 5 56 2 2.82 0 0
A Nel 5 0 21 0 4.20 0 0
JH Kallis 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SJ Davis · TV umpire: PJ Hartley · 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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