England vs South Africa, 3rd Test at Birmingham, , Jul 30 2008 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

3rd Test, Birmingham, July 30 - August 02, 2008, South Africa tour of England

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England

231 & 363

South Africa

(T:281) 314 & 283/5

South Africa won by 5 wickets

Player Of The Match

Graeme Smith

, SA

154*

Graeme Smith is hugged by team-mates•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Mark Boucher was not out on 45•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith pulls•Aug 02, 2008•Tom Shaw/Getty Images

Graeme Smith is mobbed by his team-mates after leading South Africa to their first series victory in England since 1965•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith raises his arms to celebrate his magnificent hundred•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

AB de Villiers takes evasive action against an Andrew Flintoff full toss•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Monty Panesar flattens James Anderson who removed Ashwell Prince•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff celebrates another wicket•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith cracks one off the back foot•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Monty Panesar celebrates the wicket of Hashim Amla in his own style•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith acknowledges the crowd after his hundred•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith is mobbed by his team-mates after leading South Africa to their first series victory in England since 1965•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith celebrates his series-winning hundred•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Paul Collingwood, Tim Ambrose and Alastair Cook are exasperated as another chance goes begging against South Africa•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Graeme Smith cuts during his superb innings•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Jacques Kallis heads off after his unusual dismissal•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff roars his pleasure at Jacques Kallis's dismissal•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Andrew Flintoff is mobbed by his team-mates after dismissing Jacques Kallis•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Michael Vaughan leaps onto Andrew Flintoff's back when Jacques Kallis is trapped lbw to another inswinging full toss•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff are pumped after removing Neil McKenzie•Aug 02, 2008•Getty Images

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South Africa Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
GC Smith	not out	154	246
ND McKenzie	lbw	22	56
HM Amla	lbw	6	17
JH Kallis	lbw	5	7
AG Prince	caught	2	14
AB de Villiers	caught	27	57
MV Boucher	not out	45	85
Extras	(b 10, lb 8, nb 2, w 2)
Total	283(5 wkts; 80 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Sidebottom	10	1	26	0	2.6
JM Anderson	13	0	60	1	4.61
MS Panesar	33	3	91	2	2.75 (2 nb)
A Flintoff	20	5	72	2	3.6
KP Pietersen	4	0	16	0	4

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	65	Neil McKenzie	Graeme Smith
2nd	13	Hashim Amla	Graeme Smith
3rd	5	Jacques Kallis	Graeme Smith
4th	10	Ashwell Prince	Graeme Smith
5th	78	Graeme Smith	AB de Villiers
6th	112	Mark Boucher	Graeme Smith

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