TestNo. 1885MenUpset 53

England v South Africa

England won by 6 wickets

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, Match 47 August 2008 to 11 August 2008The Oval, London

South Africabatted first

194 & 31899.2 ov

England

316 & 198/452.5 ov

South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match KP Pietersen

South Africa innings

19464.5 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c JM Anderson b SJ Harmison	46	103	7	0	44.7
ND McKenzie	c AN Cook b A Flintoff	17	55	2	0	30.9
HM Amla	b SJ Harmison	36	35	8	0	102.9
JH Kallis	lbw b JM Anderson	2	5	0	0	40.0
AG Prince	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	4	14	1	0	28.6
AB de Villiers	lbw b MS Panesar	39	53	8	0	73.6
MV Boucher	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	3	13	0	0	23.1
M Morkel	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	17	30	3	0	56.7
PL Harris	not out	13*	49	1	0	26.5
A Nel	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	4	5	1	0	80.0
M Ntini	b MS Panesar	9	29	1	0	31.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, nb 2	4
Total	all out, 64.5 overs, run rate 2.99	194

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-56 ND McKenzie2-103 GC Smith3-103 HM Amla4-105 JH Kallis5-118 AG Prince6-132 MV Boucher7-158 AB de Villiers8-168 M Morkel9-172 A Nel10-194 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
SJ Harmison	18	6	49	2	2.72	86	8	0
JM Anderson	15	1	42	3	2.80	71	6	2
A Flintoff	15	2	37	1	2.47	72	5	0
SCJ Broad	14	3	60	2	4.29	63	13	0
MS Panesar	2.5	0	4	2	1.41	14	0	0

England innings

31695.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c GC Smith b M Ntini	6	20	1	0	30.0
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	39	102	5	0	38.2
IR Bell	c GC Smith b M Ntini	24	41	3	0	58.5
KP Pietersen	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	100	137	15	0	73.0
PD Collingwood	c & b JH Kallis	61	124	10	0	49.2
A Flintoff	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	9	13	0	1	69.2
TR Ambrose	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	4	11	0	0	36.4
SCJ Broad	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	1	36	0	0	2.8
SJ Harmison	not out	49*	59	8	0	83.1
JM Anderson	lbw b PL Harris	13	34	0	0	38.2
MS Panesar	run out (PL Harris)	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	lb 4, w 1, nb 5	10
Total	all out, 95.2 overs, run rate 3.31	316

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-7 AJ Strauss2-51 IR Bell3-111 AN Cook4-219 KP Pietersen5-233 A Flintoff6-241 TR Ambrose7-248 PD Collingwood8-263 SCJ Broad9-316 JM Anderson10-316 MS Panesar

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
M Morkel	22	3	78	0	3.55	94	10	0	0	4
M Ntini	24	3	94	5	3.92	107	14	0	0	0
A Nel	19.2	5	56	0	2.90	90	7	0	0	0
JH Kallis	15	2	51	3	3.40	70	8	0	1	0
PL Harris	15	4	33	1	2.20	72	3	1	0	1

South Africa innings

31899.2 ov

South Africa batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b JM Anderson	0	5	0	0	0.0
ND McKenzie	b SCJ Broad	29	58	4	0	50.0
HM Amla	c TR Ambrose b SJ Harmison	76	99	14	0	76.8
JH Kallis	c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison	9	57	1	0	15.8
AG Prince	c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff	24	53	4	0	45.3
AB de Villiers	b MS Panesar	97	170	12	0	57.1
MV Boucher	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	12	44	1	0	27.3
M Morkel	c IR Bell b MS Panesar	10	22	1	0	45.5
PL Harris	c A Flintoff b SCJ Broad	34	74	3	0	45.9
A Nel	not out	3*	8	0	0	37.5
M Ntini	c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad	2	9	0	0	22.2
Extras	b 6, lb 8, w 5, nb 3	22
Total	all out, 99.2 overs, run rate 3.20	318

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-0 GC Smith2-82 ND McKenzie3-119 HM Amla4-138 JH Kallis5-161 AG Prince6-201 MV Boucher7-218 M Morkel8-313 PL Harris9-313 AB de Villiers10-318 M Ntini

Bowling to South Africa
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
JM Anderson	22	2	85	2	3.86	89	12	0	1
SJ Harmison	25	6	84	2	3.36	114	11	1	0
A Flintoff	18	4	53	1	2.94	82	8	0	2
MS Panesar	17	5	37	2	2.18	81	5	0	0
SCJ Broad	16.2	4	44	3	2.69	72	4	0	0
KP Pietersen	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0

England innings

198/452.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c GC Smith b PL Harris	58	107	6	0	54.2
AN Cook	c GC Smith b M Ntini	67	106	12	0	63.2
IR Bell	b M Ntini	4	19	1	0	21.1
KP Pietersen	c ND McKenzie b PL Harris	13	27	2	0	48.1
PD Collingwood	not out	25*	50	3	0	50.0
A Flintoff	not out	11*	14	1	1	78.6
Extras	b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 6	20
Total	4 wickets, 52.5 overs, run rate 3.75	198

Did not batTR Ambrose, SCJ Broad, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson, MS Panesar

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 320

1-123 AN Cook2-147 IR Bell3-147 AJ Strauss4-182 KP Pietersen

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
M Morkel	13	2	43	0	3.31	61	5	0	1	5
M Ntini	14	4	55	2	3.93	67	11	0	0	1
PL Harris	19.5	5	56	2	2.82	92	6	1	0	0
A Nel	5	0	21	0	4.20	21	2	0	0	0
JH Kallis	1	0	10	0	10.00	2	1	0	0	0

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Player of the match

KP PietersenEngland

100off 137 balls, 15 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 73.0

Match facts

Format: Test No. 1885
Competition: Basil D'Oliveira Trophy
Toss: South Africa, chose to bat
Umpires: Aleem Dar and SJ Davis
TV umpire: PJ Hartley
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2008

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 23 / 15°C, 6.9 mm rain
Day 2: 21 / 14°C, 2.6 mm rain
Day 3: 19 / 12°C, 4.3 mm rain
Day 4: 22 / 14°C, 2.1 mm rain
Day 5: 21 / 13°C, 0.2 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2008-08-07-england-v-south-africa/scorecard200

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  "result": "England won by 6 wickets",
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    { "team": "South Africa", "runs": 318, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 198, "wickets": 4 }
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