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Result
England won by 26 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c AJ Strauss b D Gough | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| HH Gibbs | c KP Pietersen b MJ Hoggard | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| JH Kallis | c GO Jones b Kabir Ali | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 19.2 |
| AM Bacher | b MJ Hoggard | 4 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| AG Prince | lbw b Kabir Ali | 22 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 78.6 |
| JM Kemp | c IR Bell b AF Giles | 24 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MV Boucher | b AF Giles | 17 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| SM Pollock | c MP Vaughan b AF Giles | 37 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 61.7 |
| N Boje | b D Gough | 33 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 82.5 |
| M Ntini | not out | 10* | 11 | 0 | 1 | 90.9 |
| A Nel | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 11, w 4, nb 1) | 19 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 175/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (GC Smith, 2.4 ov), 2-5 (HH Gibbs, 3.1 ov), 3-19 (AM Bacher, 9.1 ov), 4-41 (JH Kallis, 14.1 ov), 5-49 (AG Prince, 18.2 ov), 6-83 (JM Kemp, 29.2 ov), 7-90 (MV Boucher, 33.1 ov), 8-148 (N Boje, 46.3 ov), 9-170 (SM Pollock, 49.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Kabir Ali | 8 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 7 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 8 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3.88 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashley Giles | 7 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c JH Kallis b M Ntini | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Geraint Jones | c MV Boucher b SM Pollock | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 72.7 |
| Michael Vaughan | not out | 44* | 70 | 5 | 0 | 62.9 |
| Andrew Strauss | c JM Kemp b A Nel | 15 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 57.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | not out | 22* | 33 | 5 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 25.1 overs | 103/3 | ||||
Did not bat: PD Collingwood, IR Bell, AF Giles, Kabir Ali, D Gough, MJ Hoggard
Fall of wickets: 1-19 (ME Trescothick, 3.2 ov), 2-21 (GO Jones, 4.2 ov), 3-44 (AJ Strauss, 11.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 8 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 7 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.14 | 0 | 0 |
| A Nel | 5 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 2.60 | 1 | 0 |
| JM Kemp | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | 0 | 0 |
| N Boje | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 1.1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Michael Vaughan · Umpires: SA Bucknor, IL Howell · TV umpire: KH Hurter · 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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