South Africa v England, Birmingham

South Africa 594/5 & 134/4

England 408/10 & 110/1

Match drawn

England v South Africa 2003 · 1st Test Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham 24–28 Jul 2003

Conditions

Conditions model covers 2008-present. Raw match aggregate: 1246 runs at 62.3 per wicket.

The lead

How South Africa's lead moved across the match.

Best bowling

Top match figures

M Ntini4/114

Dewald Pretorius4/115

AF Giles2/45

SM Pollock2/51

Top score

277

GC Smith · South Africa

Biggest stand

338

1st wkt · South Africa

Worst collapse

3–34

3 wkts for 34 · England

Match facts

TossSouth Africa, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

South Africa

594 /5 (145.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	c JM Anderson b AF Giles	277	373	35	0	74.26
HH Gibbs	c MA Butcher b MP Vaughan	179	236	29	1	75.85
G Kirsten	c AJ Stewart b AF Giles	44	95	7	0	46.32
HH Dippenaar	c MA Butcher b D Gough	22	62	3	0	35.48
JA Rudolph	c D Gough b SJ Harmison	10	35	1	0	28.57
MV Boucher*	not out	15	34	1	0	44.12
SM Pollock*	not out	24	39	0	1	61.54

Extras 23 (b 8, lb 11, nb 4)

Total 594/5 (145.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	16.0	2	92	0	5.75
D Gough	25.0	6	88	1	3.52
A Flintoff	25.0	6	97	0	3.88
SJ Harmison	27.0	2	104	1	3.85
AF Giles	42.0	2	153	2	3.64
MA Butcher	2.0	0	15	0	7.50
MP Vaughan	8.0	0	26	1	3.25

Fall of wickets

1-338 (HH Gibbs, 74.5)·2-438 (G Kirsten, 101.5)·3-514 (HH Dippenaar, 122.4)·4-552 (JA Rudolph, 132.2)·5-556 (GC Smith, 133.4)

England

408 /10 (122.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	b M Ntini	31	86	6	0	36.05
MP Vaughan	c MV Boucher b Dewald Pretorius	156	286	24	1	54.55
MA Butcher	lbw b M Ntini	13	50	2	0	26.00
N Hussain	lbw b SM Pollock	1	7	0	0	14.29
A McGrath	c JA Rudolph b Dewald Pretorius	34	69	5	0	49.28
AJ Stewart	b Dewald Pretorius	38	87	7	0	43.68
A Flintoff	lbw b Dewald Pretorius	40	57	7	1	70.18
AF Giles	b SM Pollock	41	83	8	0	49.40
D Gough	c JA Rudolph b M Ntini	1	18	0	0	5.56
SJ Harmison	b M Ntini	0	2	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 53 (b 19, lb 6, w 11, nb 17)

Total 408/10 (122.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	27.4	11	51	2	1.84
M Ntini	28.0	8	114	4	4.07
CM Willoughby	20.0	7	46	0	2.30
Dewald Pretorius	25.0	2	115	4	4.60
RJ Peterson	22.0	9	57	0	2.59

Fall of wickets

1-66 (ME Trescothick, 26.6)·2-132 (MA Butcher, 41.1)·3-133 (N Hussain, 42.2)·4-222 (A McGrath, 64.6)·5-306 (MP Vaughan, 94.4)·6-311 (AJ Stewart, 96.4)·7-374 (A Flintoff, 112.5)·8-398 (D Gough, 119.5)·9-398 (SJ Harmison, 119.7)·10-408 (AF Giles, 122.4)

South Africa

134 /4 (26.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith	b AF Giles	85	70	10	2	121.43
HH Gibbs	b JM Anderson	9	21	0	0	42.86
G Kirsten	c A McGrath b SJ Harmison	1	10	0	0	10.00
HH Dippenaar*	not out	28	46	2	0	60.87
JA Rudolph	st AJ Stewart b AF Giles	8	10	0	0	80.00

Extras 3 (lb 2, nb 1)

Total 134/4 (26.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	6.0	0	34	1	5.67
JM Anderson	10.0	1	37	1	3.70
AF Giles	8.0	0	45	2	5.62
A Flintoff	2.0	0	16	0	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-30 (HH Gibbs, 7.2)·2-32 (G Kirsten, 8.6)·3-114 (GC Smith, 23.1)·4-134 (JA Rudolph, 25.6)

England

110 /1 (34.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick*	not out	52	94	9	0	55.32
MP Vaughan	c SM Pollock b RJ Peterson	22	61	1	1	36.07
N Hussain*	not out	23	49	5	0	46.94

Extras 13 (b 8, lb 5)

Total 110/1 (34.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	7.0	3	6	0	0.86
M Ntini	4.0	0	38	0	9.50
RJ Peterson	13.0	3	33	1	2.54
Dewald Pretorius	10.0	6	20	0	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-72 (MP Vaughan, 21.2)