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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 3 wickets

South Africa
241/7
England
240
Date
Sunday 13 February 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Centurion
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to field

England · Innings 240 all out (49.5 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock 0 2 0 0 0.0
Geraint Jones c JM Kemp b A Nel 14 43 2 0 32.6
Michael Vaughan b M Ntini 1 5 0 0 20.0
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b A Nel 15 35 2 0 42.9
Kevin Pietersen b AJ Hall 116 110 10 6 105.5
Vikram Solanki c GC Smith b N Boje 5 13 0 0 38.5
Paul Collingwood run out 10 15 1 0 66.7
Ashley Giles b M Ntini 41 54 5 0 75.9
Kabir Ali b AJ Hall 25 19 3 0 131.6
Alex Wharf not out 3* 4 0 0 75.0
Steve Harmison b AJ Hall 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 7, nb 3) 10
Total 49.5 overs 240

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.2 ov), 2-1 (MP Vaughan, 1.1 ov), 3-32 (AJ Strauss, 11.4 ov), 4-36 (GO Jones, 15.5 ov), 5-54 (VS Solanki, 20.3 ov), 6-68 (PD Collingwood, 24.6 ov), 7-172 (AF Giles, 43.1 ov), 8-225 (KP Pietersen, 47.4 ov), 9-240 (Kabir Ali, 49.3 ov), 10-240 (SJ Harmison, 49.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 10 1 36 1 3.60 0 2
M Ntini 9 2 47 2 5.22 3 0
A Nel 10 1 60 2 6.00 1 0
AJ Hall 9.5 1 52 3 5.29 2 1
N Boje 10 0 34 1 3.40 1 0
JH Kallis 1 0 11 0 11.00 0 0

South Africa · Innings 241/7 (49 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c VS Solanki b AF Giles 47 66 6 0 71.2
AJ Hall c SJ Harmison b AG Wharf 23 40 3 0 57.5
JH Kallis c ME Trescothick b MP Vaughan 36 60 2 1 60.0
HH Gibbs lbw b SJ Harmison 0 2 0 0 0.0
AG Prince not out 62* 76 4 0 81.6
MV Boucher run out 44 40 6 0 110.0
JM Kemp c AF Giles b Kabir Ali 4 7 0 0 57.1
SM Pollock c PD Collingwood b AG Wharf 6 4 1 0 150.0
N Boje not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 14, nb 2) 18
Total 49 overs 241/7

Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel

Fall of wickets: 1-46 (AJ Hall, 10.4 ov), 2-106 (GC Smith, 23.5 ov), 3-107 (HH Gibbs, 24.2 ov), 4-148 (JH Kallis, 33.1 ov), 5-218 (MV Boucher, 45.4 ov), 6-228 (JM Kemp, 47.3 ov), 7-236 (SM Pollock, 48.3 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Alex Wharf 10 1 51 2 5.10 1 2
Steve Harmison 10 0 55 1 5.50 4 0
Kabir Ali 9 0 48 1 5.33 0 0
Paul Collingwood 5 0 25 0 5.00 1 0
Ashley Giles 10 0 38 1 3.80 0 0
Michael Vaughan 5 0 22 1 4.40 0 0

Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: SA Bucknor, 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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2005 – 2005

ODIs since 1992

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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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