England v South Africa, London

South Africa 194/10 & 318/10

England 316/10 & 198/4

England won by 6 wickets

England v South Africa 2008 · 4th Test Kennington Oval, London 7–11 Aug 2008

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

South Africa

1.03× +3%

England

1.05× +5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How England's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AB de Villiers South Africa

136 +305

KP Pietersen England

113 +169

HM Amla South Africa

112 +164

AN Cook England

106 +141

PD Collingwood England

86 +138

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Ntini5/94

JM Anderson3/42

SCJ Broad3/44

JH Kallis3/51

Top score

100

KP Pietersen · England

Biggest stand

123

1st wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–15

3 wkts for 15 · South Africa

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultEngland won by 6 wickets

Length5 days

South Africa

194 /10 (64.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	c JM Anderson b SJ Harmison	46	103	7	44.66
ND McKenzie	c AN Cook b A Flintoff	17	55	2	30.91
HM Amla	b SJ Harmison	36	35	8	102.86
AG Prince	c IR Bell b JM Anderson	4	14	1	28.57
JH Kallis	lbw b JM Anderson	2	5	0	40.00
AB de Villiers	lbw b MS Panesar	39	53	8	73.58
MV Boucher	c TR Ambrose b JM Anderson	3	13	0	23.08
M Morkel	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	17	30	3	56.67
PL Harris*	not out	13	49	1	26.53
A Nel	c TR Ambrose b SCJ Broad	4	5	1	80.00
M Ntini	b MS Panesar	9	29	1	31.03

Extras 4 (b 1, lb 1, nb 2)

Total 194/10 (64.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	18.0	6	49	2	2.72
JM Anderson	15.0	1	42	3	2.80
A Flintoff	15.0	2	37	1	2.47
SCJ Broad	14.0	3	60	2	4.29
MS Panesar	2.5	0	4	2	1.41

Fall of wickets

1-56 (ND McKenzie, 19.6)·2-103 (GC Smith, 31.4)·3-103 (HM Amla, 31.5)·4-105 (JH Kallis, 32.5)·5-118 (AG Prince, 36.6)·6-132 (MV Boucher, 42.1)·7-158 (AB de Villiers, 49.3)·8-168 (M Morkel, 52.5)·9-172 (A Nel, 54.4)·10-194 (M Ntini, 64.5)

England

316 /10 (95.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c GC Smith b M Ntini	6	20	1	0	30.00
AN Cook	c MV Boucher b M Ntini	39	102	5	0	38.24
IR Bell	c GC Smith b M Ntini	24	41	3	0	58.54
KP Pietersen	c JH Kallis b M Ntini	100	137	15	0	72.99
PD Collingwood	c & b JH Kallis	61	124	10	0	49.19
A Flintoff	c MV Boucher b JH Kallis	9	13	0	1	69.23
TR Ambrose	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	4	11	0	0	36.36
SCJ Broad	c ND McKenzie b M Ntini	1	36	0	0	2.78
SJ Harmison*	not out	49	59	8	0	83.05
JM Anderson	lbw b PL Harris	13	34	1	0	38.24

Extras 10 (lb 4, w 1, nb 5)

Total 316/10 (95.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	22.0	3	78	0	3.55
M Ntini	24.0	3	94	5	3.92
A Nel	19.2	6	56	0	2.90
JH Kallis	15.0	2	51	3	3.40
PL Harris	15.0	4	33	1	2.20

Fall of wickets

1-7 (AJ Strauss, 3.4)·2-51 (IR Bell, 17.4)·3-111 (AN Cook, 35.5)·4-219 (KP Pietersen, 63.5)·5-233 (A Flintoff, 67.6)·6-241 (TR Ambrose, 71.6)·7-248 (PD Collingwood, 77.2)·8-263 (SCJ Broad, 83.2)·9-316 (JM Anderson, 94.6)·10-316 (MS Panesar, 95.2)

South Africa

318 /10 (99.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
GC Smith	lbw b JM Anderson	0	5	0	0.00
HM Amla	c TR Ambrose b SJ Harmison	76	99	14	76.77
ND McKenzie	b SCJ Broad	29	58	4	50.00
JH Kallis	c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison	9	57	1	15.79
AG Prince	c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff	24	53	4	45.28
AB de Villiers	b MS Panesar	97	170	12	57.06
MV Boucher	c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson	12	44	1	27.27
M Morkel	c IR Bell b MS Panesar	10	22	1	45.45
PL Harris	c A Flintoff b SCJ Broad	34	74	3	45.95
A Nel*	not out	3	8	0	37.50
M Ntini	c PD Collingwood b SCJ Broad	2	9	0	22.22

Extras 22 (b 6, lb 8, w 5, nb 3)

Total 318/10 (99.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	22.0	2	85	2	3.86
SJ Harmison	25.0	6	84	2	3.36
A Flintoff	18.0	4	53	1	2.94
MS Panesar	17.0	5	37	2	2.18
SCJ Broad	16.2	4	44	3	2.69
KP Pietersen	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (GC Smith, 0.5)·2-82 (ND McKenzie, 20.4)·3-119 (HM Amla, 29.6)·4-138 (JH Kallis, 39.6)·5-161 (AG Prince, 51.2)·6-201 (MV Boucher, 68.1)·7-218 (M Morkel, 73.4)·8-313 (PL Harris, 95.4)·9-313 (AB de Villiers, 96.5)·10-318 (M Ntini, 99.2)

England

198 /4 (52.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Strauss	c GC Smith b PL Harris	58	107	6	0	54.21
AN Cook	c GC Smith b M Ntini	67	106	12	0	63.21
IR Bell	b M Ntini	4	19	1	0	21.05
KP Pietersen	c ND McKenzie b PL Harris	13	27	2	0	48.15
PD Collingwood*	not out	25	50	4	0	50.00
A Flintoff*	not out	11	14	1	1	78.57

Extras 20 (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 6)

Total 198/4 (52.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
M Morkel	13.0	2	43	0	3.31
M Ntini	14.0	4	55	2	3.93
PL Harris	19.5	5	56	2	2.82
A Nel	5.0	0	21	0	4.20
JH Kallis	1.0	0	10	0	10.00

Fall of wickets

1-123 (AN Cook, 31.2)·2-147 (IR Bell, 37.5)·3-147 (AJ Strauss, 38.1)·4-182 (KP Pietersen, 48.4)