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England men · Test · International series · 3rd Test

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 196 runs

South Africa
441 & 222/8d
England
163 & 304
Date
Sunday 2 January 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Cape Town
Competition
Test · International series · 3rd Test

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England Test scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · 1st innings 441 all out (142.1 overs)

South Africa · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c ME Trescothick b AF Giles 74 137 8 0 54.0
HH Gibbs b MJ Hoggard 4 10 0 0 40.0
JA Rudolph c GO Jones b SP Jones 26 63 4 0 41.3
JH Kallis c GO Jones b A Flintoff 149 334 11 0 44.6
HH Dippenaar b AF Giles 29 101 2 0 28.7
HM Amla lbw b MJ Hoggard 25 57 1 0 43.9
AB de Villiers b AF Giles 21 38 2 0 55.3
SM Pollock c GO Jones b A Flintoff 4 9 1 0 44.4
N Boje c GO Jones b A Flintoff 76 97 12 0 78.4
M Ntini c MP Vaughan b A Flintoff 0 3 0 0 0.0
CK Langeveldt not out 5* 10 1 0 50.0
Extras (b 4, lb 15, w 3, nb 6) 28
Total 142.1 overs 441

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (HH Gibbs, 2.5 ov), 2-70 (JA Rudolph, 22.5 ov), 3-145 (GC Smith, 45.6 ov), 4-213 (HH Dippenaar, 77.6 ov), 5-261 (HM Amla, 95.1 ov), 6-308 (AB de Villiers, 109.1 ov), 7-313 (SM Pollock, 110.6 ov), 8-417 (JH Kallis, 138.2 ov), 9-417 (M Ntini, 138.5 ov), 10-441 (N Boje, 142.1 ov)

South Africa · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 32 7 87 2 2.72 1 1
Steve Harmison 26 6 82 0 3.15 1 0
Andrew Flintoff 31.1 7 79 4 2.53 1 1
SP Jones 18 0 69 1 3.83 0 4
Ashley Giles 35 3 105 3 3.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 163 all out (58 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c HH Gibbs b M Ntini 28 57 4 0 49.1
Andrew Strauss b M Ntini 45 105 4 0 42.9
Rob Key c AB de Villiers b SM Pollock 0 5 0 0 0.0
Michael Vaughan c AB de Villiers b CK Langeveldt 11 18 2 0 61.1
Graham Thorpe c JA Rudolph b CK Langeveldt 12 65 1 0 18.5
Matthew Hoggard c GC Smith b M Ntini 1 22 0 0 4.5
Andrew Flintoff c HH Gibbs b M Ntini 12 10 2 0 120.0
Geraint Jones c GC Smith b CK Langeveldt 13 21 1 0 61.9
Ashley Giles not out 31* 34 5 0 91.2
SP Jones b CK Langeveldt 0 10 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison c GC Smith b CK Langeveldt 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 0) 10
Total 58 overs 163

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (ME Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 2-55 (RWT Key, 21.2 ov), 3-70 (MP Vaughan, 26.4 ov), 4-95 (AJ Strauss, 32.6 ov), 5-97 (MJ Hoggard, 40.1 ov), 6-109 (A Flintoff, 42.5 ov), 7-128 (GO Jones, 49.1 ov), 8-141 (GP Thorpe, 53.2 ov), 9-149 (SP Jones, 55.6 ov), 10-163 (SJ Harmison, 57.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 17 5 36 1 2.12 0 0
M Ntini 19 6 50 4 2.63 0 0
CK Langeveldt 16 4 46 5 2.88 0 0
N Boje 4 1 15 0 3.75 0 0
JH Kallis 2 1 6 0 3.00 0 0

South Africa · 2nd innings 222/8 dec (69.3 overs)

South Africa · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith lbw b MJ Hoggard 2 4 0 0 50.0
HH Gibbs c GO Jones b A Flintoff 24 35 4 0 68.6
JA Rudolph c RWT Key b SP Jones 23 78 3 0 29.5
JH Kallis run out (AF Giles/GO Jones) 66 134 5 1 49.3
HH Dippenaar c MP Vaughan b A Flintoff 44 127 5 0 34.6
N Boje run out (MP Vaughan) 4 10 0 0 40.0
HM Amla c GO Jones b SP Jones 10 15 1 0 66.7
AB de Villiers c AF Giles b SJ Harmison 10 8 2 0 125.0
SM Pollock not out 3* 6 0 0 50.0
M Ntini not out 0* 7 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 7, lb 12, w 10, nb 7) 36
Total 69.3 overs 222/8

Did not bat: CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (GC Smith, 2.1 ov), 2-62 (HH Gibbs, 11.6 ov), 3-101 (JA Rudolph, 24.5 ov), 4-184 (HH Dippenaar, 59.2 ov), 5-190 (N Boje, 62.3 ov), 6-203 (JH Kallis, 64.4 ov), 7-215 (AB de Villiers, 66.2 ov), 8-219 (HM Amla, 67.5 ov)

South Africa · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 10 0 46 1 4.60 2 0
Steve Harmison 19 3 55 1 2.89 2 0
Andrew Flintoff 18 1 46 2 2.56 2 6
Ashley Giles 13 2 41 0 3.15 0 0
SP Jones 9.3 4 15 2 1.58 0 1

England · 2nd innings 304 all out (123.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c HM Amla b SM Pollock 0 2 0 0 0.0
Andrew Strauss lbw b N Boje 39 107 3 0 36.4
Rob Key st AB de Villiers b N Boje 41 137 5 0 29.9
Michael Vaughan c JA Rudolph b M Ntini 20 76 3 0 26.3
Graham Thorpe c AB de Villiers b SM Pollock 26 90 2 0 28.9
Andrew Flintoff c AB de Villiers b SM Pollock 20 59 4 0 33.9
Geraint Jones c JH Kallis b N Boje 38 87 7 0 43.7
Ashley Giles c JH Kallis b N Boje 25 65 2 0 38.5
Matthew Hoggard not out 7* 64 0 0 10.9
SP Jones c JH Kallis b SM Pollock 19 25 3 0 76.0
Steve Harmison c HH Dippenaar b M Ntini 42 42 7 1 100.0
Extras (b 6, lb 3, w 6, nb 12) 27
Total 123.4 overs 304

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ME Trescothick, 0.2 ov), 2-68 (AJ Strauss, 32.2 ov), 3-103 (RWT Key, 52.2 ov), 4-105 (MP Vaughan, 53.5 ov), 5-146 (A Flintoff, 71.6 ov), 6-158 (GP Thorpe, 82.6 ov), 7-220 (AF Giles, 101.3 ov), 8-225 (GO Jones, 103.5 ov), 9-253 (SP Jones, 112.1 ov), 10-304 (SJ Harmison, 123.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 31 11 65 4 2.10 1 9
M Ntini 24.4 6 49 2 1.99 3 1
CK Langeveldt 17 3 50 0 2.94 1 2
N Boje 34 13 71 4 2.09 0 0
JH Kallis 15 4 49 0 3.27 1 0
GC Smith 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

Player of the match: JH Kallis · Umpires: DJ Harper, SA Bucknor · TV umpire: BG Jerling · Match referee: CH Lloyd. 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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