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Result
South Africa won by 7 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | not out | 115* | 131 | 7 | 0 | 87.8 |
| AB de Villiers | c GO Jones b D Gough | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| JH Kallis | c sub (IR Bell) b Kabir Ali | 49 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 92.5 |
| HH Gibbs | c KP Pietersen b Kabir Ali | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| AG Prince | run out | 34 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 75.6 |
| JM Kemp | b D Gough | 80 | 50 | 4 | 7 | 160.0 |
| MV Boucher | b D Gough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Pollock | run out | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 200.0 |
| N Boje | not out | 10* | 4 | 0 | 1 | 250.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 3, w 4, nb 4) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 311/7 | ||||
Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (AB de Villiers, 2.2 ov), 2-100 (JH Kallis, 17.2 ov), 3-119 (HH Gibbs, 21.3 ov), 4-181 (AG Prince, 35.1 ov), 5-298 (JM Kemp, 48.4 ov), 6-298 (MV Boucher, 48.5 ov), 7-300 (SM Pollock, 48.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Gough | 10 | 0 | 52 | 3 | 5.20 | 1 | 1 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 9 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 8.22 | 1 | 1 |
| Kabir Ali | 9 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 7.33 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Collingwood | 10 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 5.30 | 0 | 1 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.11 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c JM Kemp b SM Pollock | 4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Geraint Jones | c HH Gibbs b A Nel | 37 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 78.7 |
| Michael Vaughan | c AG Prince b N Boje | 70 | 94 | 2 | 0 | 74.5 |
| Andrew Strauss | run out | 20 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 69.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | not out | 100* | 69 | 7 | 4 | 144.9 |
| Vikram Solanki | run out | 19 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b JH Kallis | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Ashley Giles | b JH Kallis | 15 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 214.3 |
| Kabir Ali | run out | 20 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 133.3 |
| Darren Gough | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 5, w 6, nb 2) | 14 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 304/8 | ||||
Did not bat: MJ Hoggard
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (ME Trescothick, 6.1 ov), 2-61 (GO Jones, 15.5 ov), 3-117 (AJ Strauss, 26.2 ov), 4-179 (MP Vaughan, 36.6 ov), 5-224 (VS Solanki, 41.4 ov), 6-236 (PD Collingwood, 42.6 ov), 7-254 (AF Giles, 44.4 ov), 8-290 (Kabir Ali, 49.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | 1 | 0 |
| M Ntini | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6.10 | 2 | 1 |
| JH Kallis | 10 | 0 | 62 | 2 | 6.20 | 0 | 1 |
| A Nel | 10 | 0 | 69 | 1 | 6.90 | 2 | 0 |
| N Boje | 8 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 |
| GC Smith | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: JM Kemp · Umpires: SA Bucknor, 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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