South Africa vs England, 3rd Test at Durban, Dec 26 1999 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
3rd Test, Durban, December 26 - 30, 1999, England tour of South Africa
England 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Klusener b Adams | 48 | 160 | 195 | 4 | 0 | 30.00 | |||
| b Hayward | 1 | 20 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | |||
| not out | 146 | 463 | 635 | 17 | 0 | 31.53 | |||
| c Adams b Donald | 24 | 120 | 143 | 3 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| lbw b Hayward | 95 | 149 | 202 | 15 | 0 | 63.75 | |||
| b Adams | 19 | 36 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 52.77 | |||
| lbw b Cronje | 5 | 19 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 26.31 | |||
| lbw b Cronje | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Klusener b Donald | 9 | 25 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 | |||
| c †Boucher b Pollock | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 14, nb 1, w 3) | 19 | |||||||
| Total | 166.4 Ov (RR: 2.19, 670 Mins) | 366/9d | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-7 (Mike Atherton, 8.5 ov), 2-82 (Mark Butcher, 48.6 ov), 3-138 (Darren Maddy, 86.5 ov), 4-294 (Alec Stewart, 136.3 ov), 5-336 (Chris Adams, 148.6 ov), 6-345 (Andrew Flintoff, 155.2 ov), 7-345 (Andy Caddick, 155.3 ov), 8-362 (Darren Gough, 162.6 ov), 9-362 (Chris Silverwood, 163.4 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23.4 | 3 | 67 | 2 | 2.83 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 33 | 14 | 55 | 1 | 1.66 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 3 | 74 | 2 | 3.70 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 23 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 1.65 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 17 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 2.23 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 43 | 17 | 74 | 2 | 1.72 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0.71 | - | 0 | 0 |
South Africa 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Stewart b Caddick | 11 | 31 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 35.48 | |||
| c †Stewart b Caddick | 2 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c †Stewart b Caddick | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Gough | 20 | 45 | 64 | 2 | 0 | 44.44 | |||
| c †Stewart b Caddick | 28 | 65 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 43.07 | |||
| c Maddy b Tufnell | 15 | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 150.00 | |||
| b Caddick | 64 | 89 | 108 | 8 | 1 | 71.91 | |||
| b Caddick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Atherton b Caddick | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Silverwood b Gough | 9 | 41 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 21.95 | |||
| not out | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 1) | 7 | |||||||
| Total | 50.5 Ov (RR: 3.06, 234 Mins) | 156 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Herschelle Gibbs, 5.3 ov), 2-11 (Jacques Kallis, 7.1 ov), 3-24 (Gary Kirsten, 9.1 ov), 4-57 (Daryll Cullinan, 21.4 ov), 5-74 (Lance Klusener, 24.3 ov), 6-84 (Hansie Cronje, 31.1 ov), 7-84 (Mark Boucher, 31.3 ov), 8-84 (Allan Donald, 31.5 ov), 9-154 (Shaun Pollock, 49.3 ov), 10-156 (Paul Adams, 50.5 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.5 | 6 | 36 | 2 | 2.27 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 16 | 5 | 46 | 7 | 2.87 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 6.33 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | - | 0 | 1 |
South Africa 2nd Innings (Following on)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b Butcher | 275 | 642 | 878 | 26 | 0 | 42.83 | |||
| c Maddy b Caddick | 26 | 45 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 57.77 | |||
| c †Stewart b Gough | 69 | 204 | 289 | 7 | 0 | 33.82 | |||
| c †Stewart b Flintoff | 16 | 50 | 99 | 2 | 0 | 32.00 | |||
| c †Stewart b Flintoff | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.28 | |||
| c †Stewart b Adams | 108 | 220 | 290 | 14 | 1 | 49.09 | |||
| b Butcher | 45 | 58 | 92 | 6 | 0 | 77.58 | |||
| not out | 7 | 35 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 5, lb 13, nb 5, w 2) | 25 | |||||||
| Total | 209.2 Ov (RR: 2.73, 878 Mins) | 572/7 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-41 (Herschelle Gibbs, 14.2 ov), 2-193 (Jacques Kallis, 83.2 ov), 3-242 (Daryll Cullinan, 104.6 ov), 4-244 (Hansie Cronje, 106.2 ov), 5-436 (Mark Boucher, 174.4 ov), 6-537 (Lance Klusener, 197.4 ov), 7-572 (Gary Kirsten, 209.2 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 12 | 70 | 1 | 1.94 | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 30 | 6 | 89 | 0 | 2.96 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 28 | 5 | 82 | 1 | 2.92 | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 30 | 9 | 67 | 2 | 2.23 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 45 | 6 | 117 | 0 | 2.60 | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3.23 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | 1 | 40 | 0 | 2.85 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8.2 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3.84 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Sun, 26 Dec
day 1 - England 1st innings 135/2 (Nasser Hussain 51*, Darren Maddy 24*, 85.1 ov)Mon, 27 Dec
day 2 - England 1st innings 366/9 (Nasser Hussain 146*, Phil Tufnell 0*, 166.4 ov)Tue, 28 Dec
day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 27/0 (Gary Kirsten 3*, Herschelle Gibbs 24*, 6.1 ov)Wed, 29 Dec
day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 251/4 (Gary Kirsten 126*, Mark Boucher 1*, 112 ov)Thu, 30 Dec
day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 572/7 (209.2 ov) - end of matchMatch Flow
General
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Boucher 50, 169 minutes, 134 balls
Boucher 100, 282 minutes, 211 balls
Kirsten 150, 576 minutes, 404 balls
Kirsten 200, 741 minutes, 522 balls
South Africa's 300, 560 minutes, 814 balls
South Africa's 350, 642 minutes, 915 balls
South Africa's 400, 725 minutes, 1019 balls
South Africa's 450, 763 minutes, 1070 balls
50 partnership (Kirsten/Boucher) 104 minutes, 145 balls
100 partnership (Kirsten/Boucher) 175 minutes, 243 balls
150 partnership (Kirsten/Boucher) 264 minutes, 377 balls
Kirsten once again becomes South Africa's highest test runs scorer
Kirsten becomes the third South African to make a double century
Kirsten scores his highest test score
Boucher becomes the first nightwatchman to score two centuries
Adams (Eng) takes his first test wicket
192 partnership (Kirsten/Boucher) is a RSA 5th wicket record
Kirsten's innings becomes the second longest in test cricket
South Africa's 2nd innings the highest ever at Kingsmead in the 3rd innings of a match
South Africa 500, 816 minutes, 1141 balls
South Africa 550, 851 minutes, 1213 balls
Kirsten 250, 612 balls, 852 minutes
50 partnership (Kirsten/Klusener) 45 minutes 70 balls
100 partnership (Kirsten/Klusener) 88 minutes, 136 balls
Kirsten now joint highest South African batsmen with Cullinan
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Match Details
GroundKingsmead, Durban
TossEngland, elected to bat first
Season1999/00
Player Of The Match
Series resultSouth Africa led the 5-match series 1-0
Match numberTest no. 1480
Match daysday (5-day match)
Umpires
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