| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | c Anderson b Harmison | 46 | 148 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 44.66 | |
| ND McKenzie | c Cook b Flintoff | 17 | 95 | 55 | 2 | 0 | 30.90 | |
| HM Amla | b Harmison | 36 | 54 | 35 | 8 | 0 | 102.85 | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b Anderson | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| AG Prince | c Bell b Anderson | 4 | 28 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| AB de Villiers | lbw b Panesar | 39 | 81 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 73.58 | |
| MV Boucher† | c †Ambrose b Anderson | 3 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| M Morkel | c Bell b Broad | 17 | 49 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 56.66 | |
| PL Harris | not out | 13 | 68 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 26.53 | |
| A Nel | c †Ambrose b Broad | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |
| M Ntini | b Panesar | 9 | 44 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 31.03 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 1, nb 2) | 4 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 64.5 overs; 307 mins) | 194 | (2.99 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SJ Harmison | 18 | 6 | 49 | 2 | 2.72 | |||
| JM Anderson | 15 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 2.80 | (2nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 15 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 2.46 | |||
| SCJ Broad | 14 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 4.28 | |||
| MS Panesar | 2.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1.41 |
| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Smith b Ntini | 6 | 16 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | |
| AN Cook | c †Boucher b Ntini | 39 | 159 | 102 | 5 | 0 | 38.23 | |
| IR Bell | c Smith b Ntini | 24 | 62 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 58.53 | |
| KP Pietersen* | c Kallis b Ntini | 100 | 207 | 137 | 15 | 0 | 72.99 | |
| PD Collingwood | c & b Kallis | 61 | 180 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 49.19 | |
| A Flintoff | c †Boucher b Kallis | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 69.23 | |
| TR Ambrose† | c Smith b Kallis | 4 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
| SCJ Broad | c McKenzie b Ntini | 1 | 46 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2.77 | |
| SJ Harmison | not out | 49 | 82 | 59 | 8 | 0 | 83.05 | |
| JM Anderson | lbw b Harris | 13 | 54 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 38.23 | |
| MS Panesar | run out (Harris) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 1, nb 5) | 10 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 95.2 overs; 423 mins) | 316 | (3.31 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Morkel | 22 | 3 | 78 | 0 | 3.54 | (4nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 24 | 3 | 94 | 5 | 3.91 | |||
| A Nel | 19.2 | 5 | 56 | 0 | 2.89 | |||
| JH Kallis | 15 | 2 | 51 | 3 | 3.40 | (1w) | ||
| PL Harris | 15 | 4 | 33 | 1 | 2.20 | (1nb) |
| South Africa 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | lbw b Anderson | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| ND McKenzie | b Broad | 29 | 87 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| HM Amla | c †Ambrose b Harmison | 76 | 130 | 99 | 14 | 0 | 76.76 | |
| JH Kallis | c Collingwood b Harmison | 9 | 88 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 15.78 | |
| AG Prince | c Strauss b Flintoff | 24 | 93 | 53 | 4 | 0 | 45.28 | |
| AB de Villiers | b Panesar | 97 | 233 | 170 | 12 | 0 | 57.05 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Collingwood b Anderson | 12 | 64 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| M Morkel | c Bell b Panesar | 10 | 25 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| PL Harris | c Flintoff b Broad | 34 | 88 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 45.94 | |
| A Nel | not out | 3 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| M Ntini | c Collingwood b Broad | 2 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 8, w 5, nb 3) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 99.2 overs; 424 mins) | 318 | (3.20 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 22 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 3.86 | (1nb) | ||
| SJ Harmison | 25 | 6 | 84 | 2 | 3.36 | (1w) | ||
| A Flintoff | 18 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 2.94 | (2nb) | ||
| MS Panesar | 17 | 5 | 37 | 2 | 2.17 | |||
| SCJ Broad | 16.2 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 2.69 | |||
| KP Pietersen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
| England 2nd innings (target: 197 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Smith b Harris | 58 | 164 | 107 | 6 | 0 | 54.20 | |
| AN Cook | c Smith b Ntini | 67 | 133 | 106 | 12 | 0 | 63.20 | |
| IR Bell | b Ntini | 4 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| KP Pietersen* | c McKenzie b Harris | 13 | 45 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| PD Collingwood | not out | 25 | 57 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| A Flintoff | not out | 11 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 78.57 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 6) | 20 | ||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 52.5 overs; 221 mins) | 198 | (3.74 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat TR Ambrose†, SCJ Broad, JM Anderson, SJ Harmison, MS Panesar |
| Fall of wickets1-123 (Cook, 31.2 ov), 2-147 (Bell, 37.5 ov), 3-147 (Strauss, 38.1 ov), 4-182 (Pietersen, 48.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Morkel | 13 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 3.30 | (5nb, 1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 14 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 3.92 | (1nb) | ||
| PL Harris | 19.5 | 5 | 56 | 2 | 2.82 | |||
| A Nel | 5 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | |||
| JH Kallis | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series South Africa won the 4-match series 2-1 |
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Player of the match
KP Pietersen (England) Players of the series KP Pietersen (England) and GC Smith (South Africa) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia) TV umpire PJ Hartley Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire RK Illingworth |
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Close of play 7 Aug day 1 - England 1st innings 49/1 (AN Cook 20*, IR Bell 22*, 17 ov) 8 Aug day 2 - South Africa 2nd innings 37/1 (ND McKenzie 9*, HM Amla 26*, 9 ov) 9 Aug day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 110/2 (HM Amla 71*, JH Kallis 2*, 26.5 ov) 10 Aug day 4 - England 2nd innings 0/0 (AJ Strauss 0*, AN Cook 0*, 1.2 ov) 11 Aug day 5 - England 2nd innings 198/4 (52.5 ov) - end of match |
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