TestNo. 1728MenScorecard

South Africa v England

England won by 7 wickets

17 to 21 December 2004Gqeberha

South Africa

337 & 22969.1 ov

Englandwon by 7 wickets

425 & 145/340.4 ov

Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it

Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.

South Africa innings

337110.4 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith	caught	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
AB de Villiers	lbw	28	47	81	4	0	59.6
Jacques Rudolph	caught	93	192	253	14	0	48.4
Jacques Kallis	bowled	0	7	14	0	0	0.0
Boeta Dippenaar	caught	110	245	372	11	0	44.9
Zander de Bruyn	bowled	6	23	24	1	0	26.1
Shaun Pollock	caught	31	52	76	5	0	59.6
Andrew Hall	bowled	6	10	11	1	0	60.0
Thami Tsolekile	caught	22	83	106	1	0	26.5
Makhaya Ntini	not out	2*	6	16	0	0	33.3
Dale Steyn	caught	8	10	10	0	1	80.0
Extras	lb 13, w 4, nb 14	31
Total	all out, 110.4 overs	337

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-0 Graeme Smith2-63 AB de Villiers3-66 Jacques Kallis4-178 Jacques Rudolph5-192 Zander de Bruyn6-253 Shaun Pollock7-261 Andrew Hall8-324 Boeta Dippenaar9-327 Thami Tsolekile10-337 Dale Steyn

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Matthew Hoggard	20	4	56	3	2.80	0	2
Steve Harmison	25	2	88	1	3.52	3	0
Simon Jones	16	4	39	1	2.44	0	3
Andrew Flintoff	22	4	72	3	3.27	1	8
Ashley Giles	27.4	8	69	2	2.49	0	0

England innings

425126.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	bowled	47	139	189	4	0	33.8
Andrew Strauss	caught	126	228	301	17	0	55.3
Mark Butcher	caught	79	193	273	12	0	40.9
Michael Vaughan	caught	10	14	20	1	1	71.4
Graham Thorpe	bowled	4	29	41	0	0	13.8
Andrew Flintoff	caught	35	70	107	4	1	50.0
Geraint Jones	caught	2	3	9	0	0	66.7
Ashley Giles	caught	26	39	66	3	0	66.7
Matthew Hoggard	caught	0	5	6	0	0	0.0
Simon Jones	caught	24	60	86	3	0	40.0
Steve Harmison	not out	15*	16	28	0	1	93.8
Extras	lb 21, w 1, nb 35	57
Total	all out, 126.5 overs	425

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-152 Marcus Trescothick2-238 Andrew Strauss3-249 Michael Vaughan4-267 Graham Thorpe5-346 Mark Butcher6-353 Andrew Flintoff7-353 Geraint Jones8-358 Matthew Hoggard9-394 Ashley Giles10-425 Simon Jones

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Shaun Pollock	32	14	61	2	1.91	0	6
Makhaya Ntini	28	6	75	3	2.68	1	1
Dale Steyn	25.5	2	117	2	4.53	0	16
Andrew Hall	22	1	95	2	4.32	0	7
Zander de Bruyn	9	1	31	0	3.44	0	5
Graeme Smith	10	3	25	1	2.50	0	0

South Africa innings

22969.1 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	caught	14	21	28	2	0	66.7
Graeme Smith	caught	55	105	178	5	0	52.4
Jacques Rudolph	caught	28	45	43	4	0	62.2
Jacques Kallis	lbw	61	113	167	9	0	54.0
Boeta Dippenaar	bowled	10	26	28	1	0	38.5
Zander de Bruyn	caught	19	42	65	2	0	45.2
Shaun Pollock	caught	0	1	2	0	0	0.0
Andrew Hall	run out	17	51	68	2	0	33.3
Thami Tsolekile	bowled	0	10	18	0	0	0.0
Makhaya Ntini	lbw	4	5	10	1	0	80.0
Dale Steyn	not out	2*	2	8	0	0	100.0
Extras	b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 6	19
Total	all out, 69.1 overs	229

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-26 AB de Villiers2-64 Jacques Rudolph3-152 Graeme Smith4-168 Boeta Dippenaar5-201 Jacques Kallis6-201 Shaun Pollock7-217 Zander de Bruyn8-218 Thami Tsolekile9-224 Makhaya Ntini10-229 Andrew Hall

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
Matthew Hoggard	12	2	38	1	3.17	0	0
Steve Harmison	14	1	54	0	3.86	0	1
Ashley Giles	15	2	39	2	2.60	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	15	2	47	2	3.13	1	3
Simon Jones	13.1	3	39	4	2.96	0	2

England innings chasing 142

145/340.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	Mins	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	caught	0	1	1	0	0	0.0
Andrew Strauss	not out	94*	134	173	12	1	70.1
Mark Butcher	caught	0	8	14	0	0	0.0
Michael Vaughan	bowled	15	25	50	2	0	60.0
Graham Thorpe	not out	31*	78	105	2	0	39.7
Extras	lb 3, nb 2	5
Total	3 wickets, 40.4 overs	145

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-0 Marcus Trescothick2-11 Mark Butcher3-50 Michael Vaughan

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Nb
Shaun Pollock	11	2	36	1	3.27	1
Makhaya Ntini	6.4	1	24	1	3.60	0
Andrew Hall	9	1	14	0	1.56	1
Dale Steyn	6	1	29	1	4.83	0
Graeme Smith	8	0	39	0	4.88	0

Tests in December 2004

6 matches

TestBangladesh184 & 20253.2India526136.5India won by an innings and 140 runsIndia tour of Bangladesh, 10 December TestAustralia381 & 361/5d85.2Pakistan179 & 7231.3Australia won by 491 runsPakistan tour of Australia, 16 December TestScorecardSouth Africa337 & 22969.1England425 & 145/340.4England won by 7 wicketsGqeberha, 17 December TestScorecardIndia540148.2Bangladesh333 & 12426.4India won by an innings and 83 runsChattogram, 17 December TestScorecardEngland139 & 570/7d172.3South Africa332 & 290/886Match drawnDurban, 26 December TestScorecardPakistan341 & 16364.2Australia379 & 127/127.5Australia won by 9 wicketsMelbourne, 26 December

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1728
Dates: 17 to 21 December 2004
Ground: Gqeberha
Result: England won by 7 wickets
In the database: Scorecard

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    "bowling": [{"player": "Matthew Hoggard", "overs": "20", "wickets": 3, ...}, ...]
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South Africa v England

Previous meetingTest, England won by 9 wickets, 4 September 2003 Next meetingTest, Match drawn, 26 December 2004