England v South Africa, Birmingham

England 231/10 & 363/10

South Africa 314/10 & 283/5

South Africa won by 5 wickets

England v South Africa 2008 · 3rd Test Edgbaston, Birmingham 30 Jul 2008 – 2 Aug 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — South Africa had it tougher than England.

England

1.06× +6%

South Africa

0.94× -6%

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

GC Smith South Africa

161 +274

PD Collingwood England

139 +216

MV Boucher South Africa

85 +147

KP Pietersen England

98 +142

JH Kallis South Africa

69 +111

Best bowling

Top match figures

A Flintoff4/89

M Morkel4/97

JH Kallis3/31

A Nel3/47

Top score

154*

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

115

5th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–19

3 wkts for 19 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultSouth Africa won by 5 wickets

Length4 days

England

231 /10 (77.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	hit wkt b A Nel	20	67	3	0	29.85
AN Cook	c JH Kallis b A Nel	76	125	12	0	60.80
MP Vaughan	c MV Boucher b A Nel	0	1	0	0	0.00
KP Pietersen	c AG Prince b JH Kallis	4	9	0	0	44.44
IR Bell	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	50	98	9	0	51.02
PD Collingwood	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	4	22	1	0	18.18
A Flintoff*	not out	36	78	3	1	46.15
TR Ambrose	b JH Kallis	22	59	3	0	37.29
RJ Sidebottom	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	2	4	0	0	50.00
JM Anderson	run out (AG Prince)	1	3	0	0	33.33
MS Panesar	run out (HM Amla)	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 15 (b 1, lb 7, w 2, nb 5)

Total 231/10 (77.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	15.0	2	50	0	3.33
M Ntini	19.0	5	70	2	3.68
A Nel	17.0	7	47	3	2.76
JH Kallis	15.0	5	31	3	2.07
PL Harris	11.0	1	25	0	2.27

Fall of wickets

1-68 (AJ Strauss, 22.4)·2-68 (MP Vaughan, 22.5)·3-74 (KP Pietersen, 25.6)·4-136 (AN Cook, 40.6)·5-158 (PD Collingwood, 51.1)·6-173 (IR Bell, 54.5)·7-212 (TR Ambrose, 73.6)·8-215 (RJ Sidebottom, 74.6)·9-230 (JM Anderson, 76.5)·10-231 (MS Panesar, 76.6)

South Africa

314 /10 (90.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
ND McKenzie	lbw b A Flintoff	72	127	12	56.69
GC Smith	c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff	7	21	0	33.33
PL Harris	c AN Cook b RJ Sidebottom	19	54	3	35.19
HM Amla	c & b JM Anderson	9	23	0	39.13
JH Kallis	b A Flintoff	64	114	9	56.14
AG Prince	c TR Ambrose b RJ Sidebottom	39	104	7	37.50
AB de Villiers	c RJ Sidebottom b A Flintoff	5	17	1	29.41
MV Boucher	c MP Vaughan b JM Anderson	40	49	6	81.63
M Morkel	lbw b JM Anderson	18	33	4	54.55
A Nel	b RJ Sidebottom	0	4	0	0.00
M Ntini*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 41 (lb 35, nb 6)

Total 314/10 (90.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	25.0	9	81	3	3.24
JM Anderson	26.2	6	72	3	2.73
A Flintoff	30.0	8	89	4	2.97
PD Collingwood	2.0	0	12	0	6.00
MS Panesar	7.0	0	25	0	3.57

Fall of wickets

1-17 (GC Smith, 7.2)·2-94 (PL Harris, 27.3)·3-117 (HM Amla, 35.1)·4-135 (ND McKenzie, 38.6)·5-226 (JH Kallis, 68.4)·6-238 (AB de Villiers, 72.4)·7-264 (AG Prince, 77.6)·8-293 (M Morkel, 86.6)·9-298 (A Nel, 87.6)·10-314 (MV Boucher, 90.2)

England

363 /10 (98.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c JH Kallis b M Morkel	25	65	2	0	38.46
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	9	12	2	0	75.00
MP Vaughan	c HM Amla b A Nel	17	18	4	0	94.44
KP Pietersen	c AB de Villiers b PL Harris	94	136	13	0	69.12
IR Bell	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	20	27	4	0	74.07
PD Collingwood	c MV Boucher b M Morkel	135	195	19	1	69.23
A Flintoff	c HM Amla b PL Harris	2	4	0	0	50.00
TR Ambrose	b M Morkel	19	80	2	0	23.75
RJ Sidebottom	c HM Amla b M Morkel	22	48	5	0	45.83
JM Anderson	b JH Kallis	1	7	0	0	14.29

Extras 19 (b 8, lb 2, w 6, nb 3)

Total 363/10 (98.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	19.3	2	97	4	4.97
A Nel	20.0	3	79	1	3.95
M Ntini	18.0	4	58	2	3.22
JH Kallis	20.0	5	59	1	2.95
PL Harris	21.0	3	60	2	2.86

Fall of wickets

1-15 (AN Cook, 5.2)·2-39 (MP Vaughan, 10.6)·3-70 (AJ Strauss, 22.1)·4-104 (IR Bell, 30.1)·5-219 (KP Pietersen, 53.1)·6-221 (A Flintoff, 53.5)·7-297 (TR Ambrose, 80.2)·8-362 (RJ Sidebottom, 96.5)·9-363 (JM Anderson, 97.6)·10-363 (PD Collingwood, 98.2)

South Africa

283 /5 (80.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith*	not out	154	246	17	62.60
ND McKenzie	lbw b A Flintoff	22	56	3	39.29
HM Amla	lbw b MS Panesar	6	17	0	35.29
JH Kallis	lbw b A Flintoff	5	7	1	71.43
AG Prince	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	2	14	0	14.29
AB de Villiers	c PD Collingwood b MS Panesar	27	57	3	47.37
MV Boucher*	not out	45	85	5	52.94

Extras 22 (b 9, lb 9, w 2, nb 2)

Total 283/5 (80.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	10.0	1	26	0	2.60
JM Anderson	13.0	0	60	1	4.62
MS Panesar	33.0	3	91	2	2.76
A Flintoff	20.0	5	72	2	3.60
KP Pietersen	4.0	0	16	0	4.00

Fall of wickets

1-65 (ND McKenzie, 17.3)·2-78 (HM Amla, 22.6)·3-83 (JH Kallis, 25.5)·4-93 (AG Prince, 29.2)·5-171 (AB de Villiers, 52.4)