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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 3 wickets

South Africa
270/7
England
267/8
Date
Friday 4 February 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Gqeberha
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 267/8 (50 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c GC Smith b A Nel 33 43 5 1 76.7
Geraint Jones c & b N Boje 39 46 4 1 84.8
Vikram Solanki c AB de Villiers b A Nel 66 87 4 0 75.9
Andrew Strauss c AG Prince b SM Pollock 35 40 3 0 87.5
Kevin Pietersen c HH Gibbs b A Nel 33 37 2 0 89.2
Paul Collingwood c JH Kallis b M Ntini 22 21 0 1 104.8
Ian Bell c GC Smith b M Ntini 13 16 1 0 81.3
Ashley Giles c SM Pollock b M Ntini 3 4 0 0 75.0
Kabir Ali not out 6* 6 0 0 100.0
Darren Gough not out 3* 3 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 2, lb 8, w 1, nb 3) 14
Total 50 overs 267/8

Did not bat: MJ Hoggard

Fall of wickets: 1-49 (ME Trescothick, 9.6 ov), 2-99 (GO Jones, 19.1 ov), 3-156 (AJ Strauss, 32.1 ov), 4-207 (VS Solanki, 39.3 ov), 5-225 (KP Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 6-246 (PD Collingwood, 46.4 ov), 7-253 (AF Giles, 48.2 ov), 8-257 (IR Bell, 48.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 10 0 44 1 4.40 0 1
M Ntini 10 0 58 3 5.80 0 1
A Nel 10 0 49 3 4.90 0 1
N Boje 10 0 42 1 4.20 0 0
JH Kallis 7 0 45 0 6.43 0 0
JM Kemp 1 0 10 0 10.00 0 0
GC Smith 2 0 9 0 4.50 1 0

South Africa · Innings 270/7 (49.1 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith lbw b AF Giles 105 131 9 0 80.2
AB de Villiers c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard 16 28 2 0 57.1
N Boje c AF Giles b Kabir Ali 20 17 3 0 117.6
JH Kallis c KP Pietersen b PD Collingwood 3 12 0 0 25.0
HH Gibbs lbw b D Gough 50 60 5 0 83.3
JM Kemp b PD Collingwood 9 8 1 0 112.5
AG Prince not out 17* 18 1 0 94.4
MV Boucher lbw b D Gough 33 21 3 0 157.1
SM Pollock not out 4* 2 1 0 200.0
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 3, nb 2) 13
Total 49.1 overs 270/7

Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets: 1-45 (AB de Villiers, 9.6 ov), 2-82 (N Boje, 16.1 ov), 3-89 (JH Kallis, 19.4 ov), 4-196 (HH Gibbs, 38.6 ov), 5-214 (JM Kemp, 41.6 ov), 6-214 (GC Smith, 42.2 ov), 7-257 (MV Boucher, 47.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Darren Gough 9.1 1 46 2 5.02 1 1
Matthew Hoggard 9 1 66 1 7.33 0 0
Kabir Ali 10 1 39 1 3.90 0 1
Paul Collingwood 10 0 54 2 5.40 1 0
Ashley Giles 9 0 40 1 4.44 0 0
Marcus Trescothick 2 0 17 0 8.50 0 0

Player of the match: GC Smith · Umpires: SA Bucknor, BG Jerling · 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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2003 – 2005

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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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