England v South Africa, Leeds

England 203/10 & 327/10

South Africa 522/10 & 9/0

South Africa won by 10 wickets

England v South Africa 2008 · 2nd Test Headingley, Leeds 18–21 Jul 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it tougher than South Africa.

England

0.96× -4%

South Africa

1.02× +2%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, South Africa led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AB de Villiers South Africa

174 +293

AG Prince South Africa

149 +264

SCJ Broad England

84 +135

AN Cook England

78 +86

KP Pietersen England

58 +62

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Morkel4/52

DW Steyn4/76

M Morkel3/61

MS Panesar3/65

Top score

174

AB de Villiers · South Africa

Biggest stand

212

5th wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–26

3 wkts for 26 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, field

ResultSouth Africa won by 10 wickets

Length4 days

England

203 /10 (52.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	27	65	4	0	41.54
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	18	37	2	0	48.65
MP Vaughan	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	0	7	0	0	0.00
KP Pietersen	c GC Smith b DW Steyn	45	46	7	1	97.83
IR Bell	b JH Kallis	31	51	5	0	60.78
TR Ambrose	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	12	17	1	0	70.59
A Flintoff	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	17	28	4	0	60.71
SCJ Broad	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	17	20	3	0	85.00
JM Anderson*	not out	11	24	2	0	45.83
MS Panesar	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	0	11	0	0	0.00
DJ Pattinson	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	8	14	1	0	57.14

Extras 17 (lb 6, w 6, nb 5)

Total 203/10 (52.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	18.3	3	76	4	4.11
M Ntini	11.0	0	45	1	4.09
M Morkel	15.0	4	52	4	3.47
JH Kallis	8.0	2	24	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-26 (AN Cook, 11.2)·2-27 (MP Vaughan, 12.5)·3-62 (AJ Strauss, 21.5)·4-106 (KP Pietersen, 28.2)·5-123 (TR Ambrose, 33.5)·6-150 (IR Bell, 38.5)·7-177 (A Flintoff, 44.2)·8-181 (SCJ Broad, 45.2)·9-186 (MS Panesar, 47.7)·10-203 (DJ Pattinson, 52.3)

South Africa

522 /10 (176.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ND McKenzie	c A Flintoff b JM Anderson	15	43	3	0	34.88
GC Smith	c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff	44	67	8	0	65.67
HM Amla	lbw b DJ Pattinson	38	79	5	0	48.10
JH Kallis	b JM Anderson	4	14	1	0	28.57
AG Prince	c TR Ambrose b DJ Pattinson	149	284	17	2	52.46
AB de Villiers	c A Flintoff b SCJ Broad	174	381	19	0	45.67
MV Boucher	b JM Anderson	34	88	2	0	38.64
M Morkel	b MS Panesar	0	6	0	0	0.00
PL Harris	c JM Anderson b MS Panesar	24	76	1	1	31.58
DW Steyn*	not out	10	13	2	0	76.92
M Ntini	c KP Pietersen b MS Panesar	1	13	0	0	7.69

Extras 29 (b 2, lb 19, w 1, nb 7)

Total 522/10 (176.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	44.0	9	136	3	3.09
DJ Pattinson	30.0	2	95	2	3.17
A Flintoff	39.5	12	77	1	1.93
SCJ Broad	29.0	2	114	1	3.93
MS Panesar	29.2	7	65	3	2.22
KP Pietersen	4.0	0	14	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-51 (ND McKenzie, 15.4)·2-69 (GC Smith, 20.5)·3-76 (JH Kallis, 23.5)·4-143 (HM Amla, 43.5)·5-355 (AG Prince, 118.6)·6-422 (MV Boucher, 145.6)·7-427 (M Morkel, 148.5)·8-511 (AB de Villiers, 171.5)·9-511 (PL Harris, 172.1)·10-522 (M Ntini, 176.2)

England

327 /10 (107.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	0	13	0	0.00
AN Cook	c HM Amla b JH Kallis	60	178	6	33.71
MP Vaughan	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	21	53	3	39.62
JM Anderson	lbw b DW Steyn	34	80	4	42.50
KP Pietersen	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	13	5	3	260.00
IR Bell	c AB de Villiers b M Morkel	4	28	0	14.29
TR Ambrose	c MV Boucher b DW Steyn	36	94	5	38.30
A Flintoff	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	38	95	5	40.00
SCJ Broad*	not out	67	60	11	111.67
MS Panesar	b DW Steyn	10	14	1	71.43
DJ Pattinson	b M Morkel	13	36	2	36.11

Extras 31 (b 4, lb 11, w 2, nb 14)

Total 327/10 (107.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
DW Steyn	28.0	7	97	3	3.46
M Ntini	25.0	7	69	2	2.76
M Morkel	22.0	4	61	3	2.77
JH Kallis	17.0	3	50	2	2.94
PL Harris	15.0	5	35	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-3 (AJ Strauss, 3.5)·2-50 (MP Vaughan, 22.4)·3-109 (JM Anderson, 46.4)·4-123 (KP Pietersen, 47.2)·5-140 (IR Bell, 54.6)·6-152 (AN Cook, 59.3)·7-220 (TR Ambrose, 86.5)·8-238 (A Flintoff, 89.5)·9-266 (MS Panesar, 94.3)·10-327 (DJ Pattinson, 106.6)

South Africa

9 /0 (1.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
ND McKenzie*	not out	6	4	1	0	150.00

Extras 0

Total 9/0 (1.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	1.0	0	8	0	8.00
DJ Pattinson	0.1	0	1	0	6.00