| England 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | hit wicket b Nel | 20 | 93 | 67 | 3 | 0 | 29.85 | |
| AN Cook | c Kallis b Nel | 76 | 175 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 60.80 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c †Boucher b Nel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KP Pietersen | c Prince b Kallis | 4 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| IR Bell | c †Boucher b Ntini | 50 | 129 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 51.02 | |
| PD Collingwood | c Smith b Kallis | 4 | 45 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 18.18 | |
| A Flintoff | not out | 36 | 112 | 78 | 3 | 1 | 46.15 | |
| TR Ambrose† | b Kallis | 22 | 73 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 37.28 | |
| RJ Sidebottom | c †Boucher b Ntini | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| JM Anderson | run out (Prince) | 1 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| MS Panesar | run out (Amla/†Boucher) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 5) | 15 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 77 overs; 334 mins) | 231 | (3.00 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Morkel | 15 | 2 | 50 | 0 | 3.33 | (4nb) | ||
| M Ntini | 19 | 5 | 70 | 2 | 3.68 | (1nb) | ||
| A Nel | 17 | 7 | 47 | 3 | 2.76 | (1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 15 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2.06 | (1w) | ||
| PL Harris | 11 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 2.27 |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| ND McKenzie | lbw b Flintoff | 72 | 175 | 127 | 12 | 0 | 56.69 | |
| GC Smith* | c Strauss b Flintoff | 7 | 31 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| PL Harris | c Cook b Sidebottom | 19 | 91 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 35.18 | |
| HM Amla | c & b Anderson | 9 | 33 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 39.13 | |
| JH Kallis | b Flintoff | 64 | 141 | 114 | 9 | 0 | 56.14 | |
| AG Prince | c †Ambrose b Sidebottom | 39 | 166 | 104 | 7 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Sidebottom b Flintoff | 5 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 29.41 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Vaughan b Anderson | 40 | 90 | 49 | 5 | 0 | 81.63 | |
| M Morkel | lbw b Anderson | 18 | 46 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| A Nel | b Sidebottom | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 35, nb 6) | 41 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 90.2 overs; 408 mins) | 314 | (3.47 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RJ Sidebottom | 25 | 9 | 81 | 3 | 3.24 | (1nb) | ||
| JM Anderson | 26.2 | 6 | 72 | 3 | 2.73 | (3nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 30 | 8 | 89 | 4 | 2.96 | (2nb) | ||
| PD Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | |||
| MS Panesar | 7 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3.57 |
| England 2nd innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AJ Strauss | c Kallis b Morkel | 25 | 99 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| AN Cook | c †Boucher b Ntini | 9 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| MP Vaughan* | c Amla b Nel | 17 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 94.44 | |
| KP Pietersen | c de Villiers b Harris | 94 | 187 | 136 | 13 | 0 | 69.11 | |
| IR Bell | c †Boucher b Ntini | 20 | 35 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 74.07 | |
| PD Collingwood | c †Boucher b Morkel | 135 | 296 | 195 | 19 | 1 | 69.23 | |
| A Flintoff | c Amla b Harris | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| TR Ambrose† | b Morkel | 19 | 100 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 23.75 | |
| RJ Sidebottom | c Amla b Morkel | 22 | 77 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 45.83 | |
| JM Anderson | b Kallis | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| MS Panesar | not out | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 2, w 6, nb 3) | 19 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 98.2 overs; 432 mins) | 363 | (3.69 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| M Morkel | 19.2 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 5.01 | (1nb, 4w) | ||
| A Nel | 20 | 3 | 79 | 1 | 3.95 | |||
| M Ntini | 18 | 4 | 58 | 2 | 3.22 | (2w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 20 | 5 | 59 | 1 | 2.95 | |||
| PL Harris | 21 | 3 | 60 | 2 | 2.85 |
| South Africa 2nd innings (target: 281 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | not out | 154 | 341 | 246 | 17 | 0 | 62.60 | |
| ND McKenzie | lbw b Flintoff | 22 | 74 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 39.28 | |
| HM Amla | lbw b Panesar | 6 | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 35.29 | |
| JH Kallis | lbw b Flintoff | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| AG Prince | c †Ambrose b Anderson | 2 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |
| AB de Villiers | c Collingwood b Panesar | 27 | 97 | 57 | 3 | 0 | 47.36 | |
| MV Boucher† | not out | 45 | 114 | 85 | 5 | 0 | 52.94 | |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 8, w 2, nb 2) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (5 wickets; 80 overs; 341 mins) | 283 | (3.53 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat M Morkel, PL Harris, A Nel, M Ntini |
| Fall of wickets1-65 (McKenzie, 17.3 ov), 2-78 (Amla, 22.6 ov), 3-83 (Kallis, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (Prince, 29.2 ov), 5-171 (de Villiers, 52.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| RJ Sidebottom | 10 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 2.60 | |||
| JM Anderson | 13 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 4.61 | (2w) | ||
| MS Panesar | 33 | 3 | 91 | 2 | 2.75 | (2nb) | ||
| A Flintoff | 20 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 3.60 | |||
| KP Pietersen | 4 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss England, who chose to bat Series South Africa led the 4-match series 2-0 |
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Player of the match
GC Smith (South Africa) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SJ Davis (Australia) TV umpire IJ Gould Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire RJ Bailey |
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Close of play 30 Jul day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 38/1 (ND McKenzie 12*, PL Harris 10*, 11 ov) 31 Jul day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 256/6 (AG Prince 37*, MV Boucher 11*, 76 ov) 1 Aug day 3 - England 2nd innings 297/6 (PD Collingwood 101*, TR Ambrose 19*, 80 ov) 2 Aug day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 283/5 (80 ov) - end of match |
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