TestNo. 1659MenUpset 67

South Africa v England

England won by 9 wickets

South Africa tour of England and Ireland, Match 54 September 2003 to 8 September 2003The Oval, London

South Africabatted first

484 & 22969.2 ov

England

604/9d & 110/122.2 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match ME Trescothick

South Africa innings

484128 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	run out (MP Vaughan)	18	39	3	0	46.2
HH Gibbs	b AF Giles	183	258	35	1	70.9
G Kirsten	lbw b AF Giles	90	156	15	0	57.7
JH Kallis	run out (AF Giles)	66	120	8	1	55.0
ND McKenzie	c AJ Stewart b JM Anderson	9	36	1	0	25.0
JA Rudolph	lbw b MP Bicknell	0	4	0	0	0.0
MV Boucher	c AJ Stewart b MP Bicknell	8	28	1	0	28.6
SM Pollock	not out	66*	95	10	1	69.5
AJ Hall	lbw b A Flintoff	1	6	0	0	16.7
PR Adams	run out (MA Butcher, AF Giles)	1	5	0	0	20.0
M Ntini	b JM Anderson	11	26	2	0	42.3
Extras	b 12, lb 10, w 4, nb 5	31
Total	all out, 128 overs, run rate 3.78	484

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 610

1-63 GC Smith2-290 G Kirsten3-345 HH Gibbs4-362 ND McKenzie5-365 JA Rudolph6-385 MV Boucher7-419 JH Kallis8-421 AJ Hall9-432 PR Adams10-484 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MP Bicknell	20	3	71	2	3.55	97	14	0	0	0
JM Anderson	25	6	86	2	3.44	113	15	0	1	0
SJ Harmison	27	8	73	0	2.70	128	10	0	0	4
AF Giles	29	3	102	2	3.52	128	13	3	0	0
A Flintoff	19	4	88	1	4.63	80	17	0	2	0
MP Vaughan	5	0	24	0	4.80	17	3	0	0	1
MA Butcher	3	0	18	0	6.00	11	3	0	1	0

England innings

604/9d162 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c JA Rudolph b M Ntini	219	374	32	2	58.6
MP Vaughan	c HH Gibbs b SM Pollock	23	26	4	0	88.5
MA Butcher	lbw b AJ Hall	32	33	6	0	97.0
GP Thorpe	b JH Kallis	124	244	16	0	50.8
ET Smith	lbw b AJ Hall	16	39	3	0	41.0
AJ Stewart	lbw b SM Pollock	38	81	6	0	46.9
A Flintoff	b PR Adams	95	104	12	4	91.3
AF Giles	c AJ Hall b JH Kallis	2	21	0	0	9.5
MP Bicknell	lbw b SM Pollock	0	4	0	0	0.0
SJ Harmison	not out	6*	40	0	0	15.0
JM Anderson	not out	0*	13	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 11, lb 18, w 9, nb 11	49
Total	9 wickets, 162 overs, run rate 3.73	604

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 610

1-28 MP Vaughan2-78 MA Butcher3-346 GP Thorpe4-379 ET Smith5-480 AJ Stewart6-489 ME Trescothick7-502 AF Giles8-502 MP Bicknell9-601 A Flintoff

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
SM Pollock	39	10	111	3	2.85	190	18	0	0	6
M Ntini	31	4	129	1	4.16	119	15	2	2	1
AJ Hall	35	5	111	2	3.17	149	15	0	1	0
JH Kallis	34	5	117	2	3.44	157	17	1	2	0
PR Adams	17	2	79	1	4.65	68	10	2	0	0
JA Rudolph	6	1	28	0	4.67	25	4	1	0	0

South Africa innings

22969.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b MP Bicknell	19	36	4	0	52.8
HH Gibbs	c AJ Stewart b JM Anderson	9	21	2	0	42.9
G Kirsten	c ME Trescothick b SJ Harmison	29	59	4	1	49.2
JH Kallis	lbw b SJ Harmison	35	43	6	0	81.4
ND McKenzie	lbw b A Flintoff	38	83	7	0	45.8
JA Rudolph	b MP Bicknell	8	24	1	0	33.3
MV Boucher	c AJ Stewart b MP Bicknell	25	58	3	0	43.1
SM Pollock	c GP Thorpe b SJ Harmison	43	57	7	0	75.4
AJ Hall	c ET Smith b MP Bicknell	0	1	0	0	0.0
PR Adams	not out	13*	18	3	0	72.2
M Ntini	c ET Smith b SJ Harmison	1	17	0	0	5.9
Extras	b 1, lb 7, nb 1	9
Total	all out, 69.2 overs, run rate 3.30	229

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 610

1-24 HH Gibbs2-34 GC Smith3-92 G Kirsten4-93 JH Kallis5-118 JA Rudolph6-150 ND McKenzie7-193 MV Boucher8-193 AJ Hall9-215 SM Pollock10-229 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
MP Bicknell	24	5	84	4	3.50	114	17	0	0
JM Anderson	10	1	55	1	5.50	44	11	1	0
SJ Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.71	92	2	0	1
AF Giles	10	2	36	0	3.60	41	5	0	0
A Flintoff	6	2	13	1	2.17	28	2	0	0

England innings

110/122.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	not out	69*	66	12	0	104.5
MP Vaughan	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	13	41	0	0	31.7
MA Butcher	not out	20*	31	3	0	64.5
Extras	lb 4, nb 4	8
Total	1 wicket, 22.2 overs, run rate 4.93	110

Did not batGP Thorpe, ET Smith, AJ Stewart, A Flintoff, AF Giles, MP Bicknell, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 610

1-47 MP Vaughan

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
SM Pollock	6	15	0	2.50	27	0	3
M Ntini	8	46	0	5.75	31	7	1
JH Kallis	5.2	25	1	4.69	22	4	0
PR Adams	3	20	0	6.67	10	4	0

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Player of the match

ME TrescothickEngland

219off 374 balls, 32 fours and 2 sixes, strike rate 58.6

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1659
Competition: South Africa tour of England and Ireland
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: SJA Taufel and S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire: JW Lloyds
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2003

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 22 / 10°C, dry
Day 2: 24 / 11°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 3: 21 / 11°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 4: 18 / 9°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 5: 20 / 9°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2003-09-04-south-africa-v-england/scorecard200

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