| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | c †de Villiers b Ntini | 18 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| AJ Strauss | c Ntini b Boje | 25 | 109 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 36.23 | |
| MA Butcher | b Steyn | 5 | 36 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| MP Vaughan* | lbw b Ntini | 18 | 79 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| GP Thorpe | lbw b Pollock | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| A Flintoff | c Amla b Pollock | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GO Jones† | c Rudolph b Ntini | 24 | 40 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 72.72 | |
| AF Giles | c Rudolph b Steyn | 10 | 71 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 27.77 | |
| MJ Hoggard | not out | 6 | 72 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 11.32 | |
| SP Jones | b Pollock | 21 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| SJ Harmison | b Pollock | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 9, nb 2) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 57.1 overs; 250 mins) | 139 | (2.43 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 15.1 | 7 | 32 | 4 | 2.10 | (1nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 13 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 3.15 | |||
| DW Steyn | 13 | 4 | 26 | 2 | 2.00 | (1nb) | ||
| JH Kallis | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1.42 | |||
| N Boje | 9 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 2.33 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Flintoff b Harmison | 9 | 24 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56.25 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Hoggard | 15 | 98 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 26.78 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Thorpe b Harmison | 32 | 104 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 50.79 | |
| JH Kallis | c sub (PD Collingwood) b Hoggard | 162 | 364 | 264 | 21 | 1 | 61.36 | |
| M van Jaarsveld | b Flintoff | 1 | 27 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5.88 | |
| HM Amla | c †GO Jones b Harmison | 1 | 42 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 3.22 | |
| AB de Villiers† | c Thorpe b SP Jones | 14 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| SM Pollock | c †GO Jones b Vaughan | 43 | 112 | 84 | 5 | 0 | 51.19 | |
| N Boje | c sub (PD Collingwood) b Hoggard | 15 | 37 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 48.38 | |
| M Ntini | c SP Jones b Flintoff | 22 | 44 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 110.00 | |
| DW Steyn | not out | 7 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.84 | |
| Extras | (lb 7, nb 4) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 102 overs; 463 mins) | 332 | (3.25 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 23 | 8 | 58 | 3 | 2.52 | |||
| SJ Harmison | 28 | 3 | 91 | 3 | 3.25 | (1nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 23 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 2.86 | (1nb) | ||
| SP Jones | 18 | 1 | 81 | 1 | 4.50 | (2nb) | ||
| MP Vaughan | 10 | 2 | 29 | 1 | 2.90 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ME Trescothick | c †de Villiers b Pollock | 132 | 344 | 261 | 20 | 2 | 50.57 | |
| AJ Strauss | c van Jaarsveld b Ntini | 136 | 383 | 285 | 16 | 0 | 47.71 | |
| MA Butcher | c van Jaarsveld b Kallis | 13 | 101 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 18.57 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c †de Villiers b Ntini | 10 | 38 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 37.03 | |
| GP Thorpe | not out | 118 | 313 | 209 | 15 | 0 | 56.45 | |
| A Flintoff | c †de Villiers b Smith | 60 | 147 | 112 | 6 | 3 | 53.57 | |
| GO Jones† | c Ntini b Boje | 73 | 133 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 89.02 | |
| AF Giles | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 8, w 2, nb 15) | 28 | ||||||
| Total | (7 wickets dec; 172.3 overs; 736 mins) | 570 | (3.30 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MJ Hoggard, SP Jones, SJ Harmison |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 36 | 16 | 79 | 1 | 2.19 | (3nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 37 | 4 | 111 | 2 | 3.00 | (3nb, 2w) | ||
| DW Steyn | 25.3 | 2 | 122 | 1 | 4.78 | (7nb) | ||
| N Boje | 44 | 5 | 163 | 1 | 3.70 | |||
| JH Kallis | 25 | 4 | 57 | 1 | 2.28 | |||
| GC Smith | 5 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 5.40 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 378 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b Hoggard | 5 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 23.80 | |
| HH Gibbs | c Giles b Harmison | 36 | 139 | 104 | 5 | 0 | 34.61 | |
| N Boje | c Thorpe b Flintoff | 10 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 35.71 | |
| JA Rudolph | c Strauss b Giles | 61 | 160 | 106 | 8 | 1 | 57.54 | |
| JH Kallis | c †GO Jones b Harmison | 10 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.47 | |
| M van Jaarsveld | c Trescothick b Hoggard | 49 | 81 | 52 | 8 | 0 | 94.23 | |
| HM Amla | lbw b SP Jones | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| AB de Villiers† | not out | 52 | 137 | 95 | 9 | 0 | 54.73 | |
| SM Pollock | run out (SP Jones) | 35 | 114 | 82 | 3 | 0 | 42.68 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 266.66 | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 3) | 16 | ||||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 86 overs; 370 mins) | 290 | (3.37 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DW Steyn |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| MJ Hoggard | 19 | 3 | 58 | 2 | 3.05 | |||
| SJ Harmison | 19 | 4 | 62 | 2 | 3.26 | |||
| A Flintoff | 14 | 5 | 38 | 1 | 2.71 | (2nb) | ||
| SP Jones | 14 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 2.57 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| AF Giles | 19 | 1 | 84 | 1 | 4.42 | |||
| MP Vaughan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 |
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Player of the match
JH Kallis (South Africa) |
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Umpires
DB Hair (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire KH Hurter Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies) |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 70/3 (JH Kallis 13*, 27.2 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - England 2nd innings 30/0 (ME Trescothick 7*, AJ Strauss 21*, 11 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - England 2nd innings 281/1 (AJ Strauss 132*, MA Butcher 1*, 90 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 21/1 (HH Gibbs 11*, N Boje 4*, 9 ov) 30 Dec day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 290/8 (86 ov) - end of match |
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Dec 30, 2004 Makhaya Ntini and AB de Villiers leave the field © Getty Images |
Dec 30, 2004 Stephen Harmison looks in hope © Getty Images |
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