TestNo. 1651Men

South Africa v England

Match drawn

South Africa tour of England and Ireland, Match 124 July 2003 to 28 July 2003Edgbaston, Birmingham

South Africabatted first

594/5d & 134/4d26 ov

England

408 & 110/134 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match GC Smith

South Africa innings

594/5d145 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c JM Anderson b AF Giles	277	373	35	0	74.3
HH Gibbs	c MA Butcher b MP Vaughan	179	236	29	1	75.8
G Kirsten	c AJ Stewart b AF Giles	44	95	7	0	46.3
HH Dippenaar	c MA Butcher b D Gough	22	62	3	0	35.5
JA Rudolph	c D Gough b SJ Harmison	10	35	1	0	28.6
MV Boucher	not out	15*	34	1	0	44.1
SM Pollock	not out	24*	39	0	1	61.5
Extras	b 8, lb 11, nb 4	23
Total	5 wickets, 145 overs, run rate 4.10	594

Did not batRJ Peterson, Dewald Pretorius, M Ntini, CM Willoughby

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-338 HH Gibbs2-438 G Kirsten3-514 HH Dippenaar4-552 JA Rudolph5-556 GC Smith

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JM Anderson	16	2	92	0	5.75	60	16	0	1
D Gough	25	6	88	1	3.52	111	12	1	2
A Flintoff	25	6	97	0	3.88	105	15	0	1
SJ Harmison	27	2	104	1	3.85	108	13	0	0
AF Giles	42	2	153	2	3.64	164	16	1	0
MA Butcher	2	0	15	0	7.50	5	2	0	0
MP Vaughan	8	0	26	1	3.25	33	2	0	0

England innings

408122.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	b M Ntini	31	86	6	0	36.0
MP Vaughan	c MV Boucher b Dewald Pretorius	156	286	24	1	54.5
MA Butcher	lbw b M Ntini	13	50	2	0	26.0
N Hussain	lbw b SM Pollock	1	7	0	0	14.3
A McGrath	c JA Rudolph b Dewald Pretorius	34	69	5	0	49.3
AJ Stewart	b Dewald Pretorius	38	87	7	0	43.7
A Flintoff	lbw b Dewald Pretorius	40	57	7	1	70.2
AF Giles	b SM Pollock	41	83	8	0	49.4
D Gough	c JA Rudolph b M Ntini	1	18	0	0	5.6
SJ Harmison	b M Ntini	0	2	0	0	0.0
JM Anderson	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 19, lb 6, w 11, nb 17	53
Total	all out, 122.4 overs, run rate 3.33	408

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-66 ME Trescothick2-132 MA Butcher3-133 N Hussain4-222 A McGrath5-306 MP Vaughan6-311 AJ Stewart7-374 A Flintoff8-398 D Gough9-398 SJ Harmison10-408 AF Giles

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	27.4	10	51	2	1.84	147	7	0	1	7
M Ntini	28	8	114	4	4.07	127	20	2	0	2
CM Willoughby	20	7	46	0	2.30	100	6	0	2	0
Dewald Pretorius	25	2	115	4	4.60	103	16	0	4	4
RJ Peterson	22	9	57	0	2.59	107	10	0	0	0

South Africa innings

134/4d26 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b AF Giles	85	70	10	2	121.4
HH Gibbs	b JM Anderson	9	21	0	0	42.9
G Kirsten	c A McGrath b SJ Harmison	1	10	0	0	10.0
HH Dippenaar	not out	28*	46	2	0	60.9
JA Rudolph	st AJ Stewart b AF Giles	8	10	0	0	80.0
Extras	lb 2, nb 1	3
Total	4 wickets, 26 overs, run rate 5.15	134

Did not batMV Boucher, SM Pollock, RJ Peterson, Dewald Pretorius, M Ntini, CM Willoughby

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-30 HH Gibbs2-32 G Kirsten3-114 GC Smith4-134 JA Rudolph

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
SJ Harmison	6	0	34	1	5.67	22	4	0	1
JM Anderson	10	1	37	1	3.70	40	5	0	0
AF Giles	8	0	45	2	5.63	22	2	1	0
A Flintoff	2	0	16	0	8.00	6	1	1	0

England innings

110/134 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	not out	52*	94	9	0	55.3
MP Vaughan	c SM Pollock b RJ Peterson	22	61	1	1	36.1
N Hussain	not out	23*	49	5	0	46.9
Extras	b 8, lb 5	13
Total	1 wicket, 34 overs, run rate 3.24	110

Did not batMA Butcher, A McGrath, AJ Stewart, A Flintoff, AF Giles, D Gough, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 600

1-72 MP Vaughan

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
SM Pollock	7	3	6	0	0.86	37	0	0
M Ntini	4	0	38	0	9.50	12	7	1
RJ Peterson	13	3	33	1	2.54	60	4	0
Dewald Pretorius	10	6	20	0	2.00	49	4	0

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Player of the match

GC SmithSouth Africa

277off 373 balls, 35 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 74.3

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1651
Competition: South Africa tour of England and Ireland
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: DJ Harper and S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire: JW Lloyds
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2003

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 20 / 13°C, 1.4 mm rain
Day 2: 20 / 12°C, 18.1 mm rain
Day 3: 20 / 11°C, 3.5 mm rain
Day 4: 19 / 11°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 5: 20 / 9°C, 1.3 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2003-07-24-south-africa-v-england/scorecard200

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    { "team": "England", "runs": 408, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 134, "wickets": 4 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 110, "wickets": 1 }
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