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Test no. 1659

South Africa in England Test Series - 5th Test
England v South Africa

2003 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 4,5,6,7,8 September 2003 (5-day match)

Result England won by 9 wickets


South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	run out (Vaughan)	18	61	39	3	0	46.15
	HH Gibbs	b Giles	183	324	258	35	1	70.93
	G Kirsten	lbw b Giles	90	215	156	15	0	57.69
	JH Kallis	run out (Giles)	66	192	120	8	1	55.00
	ND McKenzie	c Stewart b Anderson	9	46	36	1	0	25.00
	JA Rudolph	lbw b Bicknell	0	4	4	0	0	0.00
	MV Boucher	c Stewart b Bicknell	8	33	28	1	0	28.57
	SM Pollock	not out	66	130	95	10	1	69.47
	AJ Hall	lbw b Flintoff	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
	PR Adams	run out (Butcher/Giles)	1	13	5	0	0	20.00
	M Ntini	b Anderson	11	48	26	2	0	42.30
	Extras	(b 12, lb 10, w 4, nb 5)	31

	Total	(all out; 128 overs; 540 mins)	484	(3.78 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-63 (Smith, 14.6 ov), 2-290 (Kirsten, 68.6 ov), 3-345 (Gibbs, 78.2 ov), 4-362 (McKenzie, 89.5 ov), 5-365 (Rudolph, 90.4 ov), 6-385 (Boucher, 98.2 ov), 7-419 (Kallis, 112.1 ov), 8-421 (Hall, 113.4 ov), 9-432 (Adams, 116.3 ov), 10-484 (Ntini, 127.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MP Bicknell	20	3	71	2	3.55
JM Anderson	25	6	86	2	3.44	(1w)
SJ Harmison	27	8	73	0	2.70	(4nb)
AF Giles	29	3	102	2	3.51
A Flintoff	19	4	88	1	4.63	(2w)
MP Vaughan	5	0	24	0	4.80	(1nb)
MA Butcher	3	0	18	0	6.00	(1w)


England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Trescothick	c Rudolph b Ntini	219	570	374	32	2	58.55
	MP Vaughan	c Gibbs b Pollock	23	36	26	4	0	88.46
	MA Butcher	lbw b Hall	32	46	33	6	0	96.96
	GP Thorpe	b Kallis	124	316	244	16	0	50.81
	ET Smith	lbw b Hall	16	61	39	3	0	41.02
	AJ Stewart	lbw b Pollock	38	93	81	6	0	46.91
	A Flintoff	b Adams	95	132	104	12	4	91.34
	AF Giles	c Hall b Kallis	2	24	21	0	0	9.52
	MP Bicknell	lbw b Pollock	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
	SJ Harmison	not out	6	101	40	0	0	15.00
	JM Anderson	not out	0	15	13	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 11, lb 18, w 9, nb 11)	49

	Total	(9 wickets dec; 162 overs; 705 mins)	604	(3.72 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-28 (Vaughan, 8.3 ov), 2-78 (Butcher, 19.4 ov), 3-346 (Thorpe, 95.5 ov), 4-379 (Smith, 109.5 ov), 5-480 (Stewart, 130.5 ov), 6-489 (Trescothick, 133.2 ov), 7-502 (Giles, 138.5 ov), 8-502 (Bicknell, 140.3 ov), 9-601 (Flintoff, 158.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	39	10	111	3	2.84	(6nb)
M Ntini	31	4	129	1	4.16	(1nb, 2w)
AJ Hall	35	5	111	2	3.17	(1w)
JH Kallis	34	5	117	2	3.44	(2w)
PR Adams	17	2	79	1	4.64
JA Rudolph	6	1	28	0	4.66


South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	GC Smith	lbw b Bicknell	19	45	36	4	0	52.77
	HH Gibbs	c Stewart b Anderson	9	31	21	2	0	42.85
	G Kirsten	c Trescothick b Harmison	29	78	59	4	1	49.15
	JH Kallis	lbw b Harmison	35	71	43	6	0	81.39
	ND McKenzie	lbw b Flintoff	38	96	83	7	0	45.78
	JA Rudolph	b Bicknell	8	39	24	1	0	33.33
	MV Boucher	c Stewart b Bicknell	25	101	58	3	0	43.10
	SM Pollock	c Thorpe b Harmison	43	75	57	7	0	75.43
	AJ Hall	c Smith b Bicknell	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	PR Adams	not out	13	37	18	3	0	72.22
	M Ntini	c Smith b Harmison	1	16	17	0	0	5.88
	Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 1)	9

	Total	(all out; 69.2 overs; 301 mins)	229	(3.30 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-24 (Gibbs, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (Smith, 10.5 ov), 3-92 (Kirsten, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (Kallis, 27.2 ov), 5-118 (Rudolph, 36.3 ov), 6-150 (McKenzie, 47.3 ov), 7-193 (Boucher, 60.3 ov), 8-193 (Hall, 60.4 ov), 9-215 (Pollock, 65.1 ov), 10-229 (Ntini, 69.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
MP Bicknell	24	5	84	4	3.50
JM Anderson	10	1	55	1	5.50
SJ Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.70	(1nb)
AF Giles	10	2	36	0	3.60
A Flintoff	6	2	13	1	2.16


England 2nd innings (target: 110 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Trescothick	not out	69	95	66	12	0	104.54
	MP Vaughan	c Boucher b Kallis	13	57	41	0	0	31.70
	MA Butcher	not out	20	37	31	3	0	64.51
	Extras	(lb 4, nb 4)	8

	Total	(1 wicket; 22.2 overs; 95 mins)	110	(4.92 runs per over)

Did not bat GP Thorpe, ET Smith,

AJ Stewart, A Flintoff, MP Bicknell, AF Giles, SJ Harmison, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets1-47 (Vaughan, 12.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	6	0	15	0	2.50	(3nb)
M Ntini	8	0	46	0	5.75	(1nb)
JH Kallis	5.2	0	25	1	4.68
PR Adams	3	0	20	0	6.66

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first
Series 5-match series drawn 2-2

Player of the match ME Trescothick (England)
Players of the series A Flintoff (England) and GC Smith (South Africa)

Umpires SJA Taufel (Australia) and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire JW Lloyds
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Close of play
4 Sep day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 362/4 (JH Kallis 32*, 89.5 ov)
5 Sep day 2 - England 1st innings 165/2 (ME Trescothick 64*, GP Thorpe 28*, 46 ov)
6 Sep day 3 - England 1st innings 502/7 (A Flintoff 10*, MP Bicknell 0*, 140 ov)
7 Sep day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 185/6 (MV Boucher 22*, SM Pollock 19*, 57 ov)
8 Sep day 5 - England 2nd innings 110/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Scorers: KR Booth & Mrs JE Booth

Day 1
South Africa Innings
100 in 109 minutes, 152 balls
HH Gibbs 50, 120 minutes, 93 balls, 10x4
G Kirsten 50, 109 minutes, 84 balls, 9x4
2nd wicket 100 partnership (Gibbs, Kirsten)
200, 220 minutes
HH Gibbs 100, 218 minutes, 167 balls, 20x4, 1x6
HH Gibbs 150, 268 minutes, 215 balls, 28x4 1x6
300, 434 balls

Day 2
JH Kallis 50, 143 minutes, 84 balls, 6x4 1x6
SM Pollock 50, 118 minutes, 82 balls, 7x4, 1x6
England innings
SM Pollock takes his 300th Test wicket
100, 167 balls
ME Trescothick 50, 169 minutes, 128 balls, 9x4

Day 3
GP Thorpe 50, 158 minutes, 118 balls, 5x4
ME Trescothick 100, 302 minutes, 215 balls, 19x4
GP Thorpe 100, 256 minutes, 199 balls, 11x4
ME Trescothick 150, 451 minutes, 315 balls, 25x4
ME Trescothick 200, 534 minutes, 356 balls, 31x4, 1x6

Day 4
A Flintoff, 50, 92 minutes, 68 balls, 8x4, 1x6
3rd new ball taken, 160 overs

Day 5
ME Trescothick 50, 81 minutes, 56 balls, 8x4