| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Strauss b Hoggard | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Flintoff | 28 | 81 | 47 | 4 | 0 | 59.57 | |
| JA Rudolph | c †GO Jones b Flintoff | 93 | 253 | 192 | 14 | 0 | 48.43 | |
| JH Kallis | b Harmison | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Trescothick b SP Jones | 110 | 372 | 245 | 11 | 0 | 44.89 | |
| Z de Bruyn | b Flintoff | 6 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 26.08 | |
| SM Pollock | c Trescothick b Hoggard | 31 | 76 | 52 | 5 | 0 | 59.61 | |
| AJ Hall | b Hoggard | 6 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| TL Tsolekile† | c Flintoff b Giles | 22 | 106 | 83 | 1 | 0 | 26.50 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 2 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| DW Steyn | c Strauss b Giles | 8 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 80.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 13, w 4, nb 14) | 31 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 110.4 overs; 486 mins) | 337 | (3.04 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 20 | 4 | 56 | 3 | 2.80 | (2nb) | ||
| SJ Harmison | 25 | 2 | 88 | 1 | 3.52 | (3w) | ||
| SP Jones | 16 | 4 | 39 | 1 | 2.43 | (3nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 22 | 4 | 72 | 3 | 3.27 | (8nb, 1w) | ||
| AF Giles | 27.4 | 8 | 69 | 2 | 2.49 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | b Steyn | 47 | 189 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 33.81 | |
| AJ Strauss | c de Villiers b Pollock | 126 | 301 | 228 | 17 | 0 | 55.26 | |
| MA Butcher | c †Tsolekile b Ntini | 79 | 273 | 193 | 12 | 0 | 40.93 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c Smith b Hall | 10 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 71.42 | |
| GP Thorpe | b Smith | 4 | 41 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 13.79 | |
| A Flintoff | c Rudolph b Ntini | 35 | 107 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 50.00 | |
| GO Jones† | c Dippenaar b Ntini | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| AF Giles | c Hall b Pollock | 26 | 66 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| MJ Hoggard | c †Tsolekile b Hall | 0 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| SP Jones | c & b Steyn | 24 | 86 | 60 | 3 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| SJ Harmison | not out | 15 | 28 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 93.75 | |
| Extras | (lb 21, w 1, nb 35) | 57 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 126.5 overs; 567 mins) | 425 | (3.35 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 32 | 14 | 61 | 2 | 1.90 | (6nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 28 | 6 | 75 | 3 | 2.67 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| DW Steyn | 25.5 | 2 | 117 | 2 | 4.52 | (16nb) | ||
| AJ Hall | 22 | 1 | 95 | 2 | 4.31 | (7nb) | ||
| Z de Bruyn | 9 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.44 | (5nb) | ||
| GC Smith | 10 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 2.50 |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AB de Villiers | c & b Hoggard | 14 | 28 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| GC Smith* | c SP Jones b Flintoff | 55 | 178 | 105 | 5 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Trescothick b Giles | 28 | 43 | 45 | 4 | 0 | 62.22 | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b SP Jones | 61 | 167 | 113 | 9 | 0 | 53.98 | |
| HH Dippenaar | b Giles | 10 | 28 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| Z de Bruyn | c Trescothick b Flintoff | 19 | 65 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 45.23 | |
| SM Pollock | c †GO Jones b SP Jones | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Hall | run out (Thorpe/†GO Jones) | 17 | 68 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| TL Tsolekile† | b SP Jones | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Ntini | lbw b SP Jones | 4 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 6, pen 5) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 69.1 overs; 312 mins) | 229 | (3.31 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 12 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 3.16 | |||
| SJ Harmison | 14 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 3.85 | (1nb) | ||
| AF Giles | 15 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 2.60 | |||
| A Flintoff | 15 | 2 | 47 | 2 | 3.13 | (3nb, 1w) | ||
| SP Jones | 13.1 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 2.96 | (2nb) |
| England 2nd innings (target: 142 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | c †Tsolekile b Pollock | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AJ Strauss | not out | 94 | 173 | 134 | 12 | 1 | 70.14 | |
| MA Butcher | c Smith b Ntini | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MP Vaughan* | b Steyn | 15 | 50 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| GP Thorpe | not out | 31 | 105 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 39.74 | |
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 2) | 5 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 40.4 overs; 173 mins) | 145 | (3.56 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat A Flintoff, GO Jones†, AF Giles, MJ Hoggard, SP Jones, SJ Harmison |
| Fall of wickets1-0 (Trescothick, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Butcher, 3.2 ov), 3-50 (Vaughan, 14.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 11 | 2 | 36 | 1 | 3.27 | (1nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 6.4 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3.60 | |||
| AJ Hall | 9 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1.55 | (1nb) | ||
| DW Steyn | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 4.83 | |||
| GC Smith | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.87 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Test debuts
AB de Villiers and
DW Steyn
(South Africa) Player of the match AJ Strauss (England) |
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Umpires
DB Hair (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire IL Howell Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies) |
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Close of play 17 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 273/7 (HH Dippenaar 79*, TL Tsolekile 6*, 90 ov) 18 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 227/1 (AJ Strauss 120*, MA Butcher 24*, 66 ov) 19 Dec day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/2 (GC Smith 33*, JH Kallis 10*, 23 ov) 20 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 93/3 (AJ Strauss 51*, GP Thorpe 23*, 31 ov) 21 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 145/3 (40.4 ov) - end of match |
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