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Result
South Africa won by 108 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 | lbw b Kabir Ali | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b D Gough | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 64.3 |
| JH Kallis | run out | 71 | 97 | 6 | 0 | 73.2 |
| HH Gibbs | c IR Bell b SJ Harmison | 100 | 115 | 8 | 3 | 87.0 |
| JM Kemp | run out | 57 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 158.3 |
| AG Prince | not out | 14* | 11 | 0 | 1 | 127.3 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 6, w 18, nb 0) | 24 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 291/5 | ||||
Did not bat: MV Boucher, SM Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, A Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (AB de Villiers, 4.2 ov), 2-50 (GC Smith, 9.1 ov), 3-193 (JH Kallis, 39.5 ov), 4-227 (HH Gibbs, 44.3 ov), 5-291 (JM Kemp, 49.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 5.30 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Harmison | 10 | 0 | 65 | 1 | 6.50 | 5 | 0 |
| Kabir Ali | 10 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 5.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | 3 | 0 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 5.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Vaughan | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | b M Ntini | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 81.3 |
| Geraint Jones | c MV Boucher b M Ntini | 19 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 95.0 |
| Michael Vaughan | c JH Kallis b SM Pollock | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Andrew Strauss | c AG Prince b A Nel | 17 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c AB de Villiers b N Boje | 75 | 85 | 6 | 3 | 88.2 |
| Ian Bell | c MV Boucher b JH Kallis | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MV Boucher b SM Pollock | 11 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 47.8 |
| Ashley Giles | c SM Pollock b M Ntini | 20 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 64.5 |
| Kabir Ali | run out | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Darren Gough | not out | 9* | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Steve Harmison | c A Nel b N Boje | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 3, w 6, nb 0) | 12 | ||||
| Total | 41.2 overs | 183 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (GO Jones, 5.3 ov), 2-33 (MP Vaughan, 6.4 ov), 3-35 (ME Trescothick, 7.2 ov), 4-72 (AJ Strauss, 16.6 ov), 5-92 (IR Bell, 19.5 ov), 6-127 (PD Collingwood, 28.3 ov), 7-148 (KP Pietersen, 31.5 ov), 8-163 (Kabir Ali, 34.4 ov), 9-175 (AF Giles, 38.6 ov), 10-183 (SJ Harmison, 41.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | 1 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 9 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 3.22 | 1 | 0 |
| A Nel | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| JH Kallis | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 |
| JM Kemp | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| N Boje | 8.2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 4.92 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: HH Gibbs · Umpires: SJA Taufel, IL Howell · TV umpire: BG Jerling · 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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