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Result
Match tied
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b SM Pollock | 37 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 102.8 |
| Geraint Jones | c M Ntini b A Nel | 20 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 66.7 |
| Michael Vaughan | run out | 42 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 51.2 |
| Andrew Strauss | c MV Boucher b AJ Hall | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | not out | 108* | 96 | 6 | 2 | 112.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | c AB de Villiers b M Ntini | 40 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 97.6 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 11* | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.5 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 2) | 10 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 270/5 | ||||
Did not bat: AF Giles, Kabir Ali, D Gough, MJ Hoggard
Fall of wickets: 1-52 (ME Trescothick, 10.1 ov), 2-60 (GO Jones, 13.5 ov), 3-67 (AJ Strauss, 16.1 ov), 4-147 (MP Vaughan, 33.4 ov), 5-239 (PD Collingwood, 46.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | 0 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 5.10 | 1 | 0 |
| A Nel | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Hall | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.00 | 0 | 2 |
| GC Smith | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 2 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 |
| JM Kemp | 4 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard | 25 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 67.6 |
| AB de Villiers | c sub (VS Solanki) b Kabir Ali | 20 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 52.6 |
| JH Kallis | c ME Trescothick b AF Giles | 63 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 80.8 |
| HH Gibbs | c D Gough b MJ Hoggard | 78 | 101 | 6 | 0 | 77.2 |
| JM Kemp | b D Gough | 32 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 123.1 |
| MV Boucher | c AF Giles b Kabir Ali | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 136.4 |
| SM Pollock | not out | 17* | 12 | 2 | 0 | 141.7 |
| AG Prince | run out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AJ Hall | st GO Jones b Kabir Ali | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, w 5, nb 5) | 20 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 270/8 | ||||
Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (GC Smith, 11.6 ov), 2-51 (AB de Villiers, 12.3 ov), 3-185 (JH Kallis, 38.3 ov), 4-237 (HH Gibbs, 45.4 ov), 5-239 (JM Kemp, 46.2 ov), 6-268 (MV Boucher, 49.1 ov), 7-269 (AG Prince, 49.4 ov), 8-270 (AJ Hall, 49.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | 2 | 0 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 2 | 0 |
| Kabir Ali | 8 | 0 | 56 | 3 | 7.00 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 8 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5.75 | 1 | 0 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: SJA Taufel, BG Jerling · TV umpire: IL Howell · 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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