- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (lb 9, nb 2)TOTAL139 all out (57.1 Overs, RR: 2.43, 250 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (ME Trescothick, 9.5 ov), 2-32 (MA Butcher, 17.1 ov), 3-53 (AJ Strauss, 24.4 ov), 4-62 (GP Thorpe, 29.1 ov), 5-64 (A Flintoff, 31.4 ov), 6-80 (MP Vaughan, 36.3 ov), 7-93 (GO Jones, 40.6 ov), 8-113 (AF Giles, 51.5 ov), 9-139 (SP Jones, 55.5 ov), 10-139 (SJ Harmison, 57.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB SM Pollock 15.1 7 32 4 2.10 0 1 M Ntini 13 2 41 3 3.15 0 0 DW Steyn 13 4 26 2 2.00 0 1 JH Kallis 7 4 10 0 1.42 0 0 N Boje 9 2 21 1 2.33 0 0
26/12Result
2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Durban, Dec 26-30 2004
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332 & 290/8 (86 ov)
Player of the Match
26/12Result
2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Durban, Dec 26-30 2004
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139 & 570/7d -
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332 & 290/8 (86 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (lb 7, nb 4)TOTAL332 all out (102 Overs, RR: 3.25, 463 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-17 (GC Smith, 5.3 ov), 2-48 (HH Gibbs, 20.3 ov), 3-70 (JA Rudolph, 27.2 ov), 4-80 (M van Jaarsveld, 33.3 ov), 5-90 (HM Amla, 42.2 ov), 6-118 (AB de Villiers, 48.2 ov), 7-205 (SM Pollock, 75.2 ov), 8-243 (N Boje, 83.6 ov), 9-293 (M Ntini, 93.5 ov), 10-332 (JH Kallis, 101.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Hoggard 23 8 58 3 2.52 0 0 SJ Harmison 28 3 91 3 3.25 0 1 A Flintoff 23 5 66 2 2.86 0 1 SP Jones 18 1 81 1 4.50 0 2 MP Vaughan 10 2 29 1 2.90 0 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras28 (b 3, lb 8, nb 15, w 2)TOTAL570/7d (172.3 Overs, RR: 3.3, 736 minutes)Fall of wickets: 1-273 (ME Trescothick, 85.6 ov), 2-293 (AJ Strauss, 94.2 ov), 3-306 (MP Vaughan, 102.6 ov), 4-314 (MA Butcher, 107.6 ov), 5-428 (A Flintoff, 143.2 ov), 6-560 (GO Jones, 171.1 ov), 7-570 (AF Giles, 172.3 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (b 8, lb 4, nb 3, w 1)TOTAL290/8 (86 Overs, RR: 3.37, 370 minutes)Did not bat: DW SteynFall of wickets: 1-12 (GC Smith, 6.3 ov), 2-33 (N Boje, 15.5 ov), 3-87 (HH Gibbs, 32.4 ov), 4-103 (JH Kallis, 38.2 ov), 5-172 (JA Rudolph, 53.6 ov), 6-173 (HM Amla, 54.5 ov), 7-183 (M van Jaarsveld, 57.1 ov), 8-268 (SM Pollock, 84.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB MJ Hoggard 19 3 58 2 3.05 0 0 SJ Harmison 19 4 62 2 3.26 0 0 A Flintoff 14 5 38 1 2.71 0 2 SP Jones 14 4 36 1 2.57 1 1 AF Giles 19 1 84 1 4.42 0 0 MP Vaughan 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
Match Details
Toss
South Africa , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 5-match series 1-0
Match number
Season
Match days
26,27,28,29,30 December 2004 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Sun, 26 Dec - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 70/3 (JH Kallis 13*, 27.2 ov)
- Mon, 27 Dec - day 2 - England 2nd innings 30/0 (ME Trescothick 7*, AJ Strauss 21*, 11 ov)
- Tue, 28 Dec - day 3 - England 2nd innings 281/1 (AJ Strauss 132*, MA Butcher 1*, 90 ov)
- Wed, 29 Dec - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 21/1 (HH Gibbs 11*, N Boje 4*, 9 ov)
- Thu, 30 Dec - day 5 - South Africa 2nd innings 290/8 (86 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- RSA 50 in 118 minutes off 164 balls, 4x4
- 50 partnership (Gibbs 20, Rudolph 31) 100 balls, 72 minutes, 8x4
- RSA 100 in 158 minutes off 226 balls, 13x4
- Rudolph 53 runs 81 balls 131 minutes 6*4`s 1*6
- RSA 150 in 208 minutes off 299 balls 20*4`s 1*6
- 50 partnership (Rudolph 53, van Jaarsveld 33) 45 minutes 67 balls 7*4`s 1*6 1 extra
- RSA 200 runs 61.5 overs 267 minutes 375 balls 26*4`s 1*6 8 extras
- 50 partnership (de Villiers 27, Pollock 20) 65 minutes, 93 balls 7x4
- RSA 250 off 321 minutes off 460 balls, 34x4, 1x6
- New ball taken after 80 overs, RSA 256 for 7
- AB de Villiers 50 in 108 minutes off 87 balls, 9x4
- Bad light interupts play at 16:30, RSA 290 for 8, 86 overs, 15 overs remaining
- 300 runs 96.4 588 balls 392 minutes 39*4`s 2*6`s 16 extras
- 350 runs 116.2 overs 707 balls 480 minutes 45*4`s 2*6`s 17 extras
- 51 run p/ship Thorpe 34 Flintoff 21 92 balls 64 minutes 6*4`s 2 extras
- 400 runs 138.3 842 balls 49*4`s 3*6`s 19 extras 568 minutes
- GP Thorpe 52 runs 106 balls 153 minutes 6*4`s
- A Flintoff 53 runs 134 minutes 105 balls 6*4`s 2*6`s
- 101 run p/ship Thorpe 52 Flintoff 53 134 minutes 198 balls 11*4`s 2*6`s 2 extras
- 452 runs 148.3 902 balls 55*4`s 5*6`s 617 minutes 21 extras
- 51 run p/ship Thorpe 82 GO Jones 23 68 minutes 93 balls 7*4`s 4 extras
- new ball taken over 160.2
- 501 runs 162.5 overs 683 minutes 991 balls 62*4`s 5*6`s 26 extras
- GO jones 52 runs 115 minutes 71 balls 9*4`s
- 103 run p/ship 117 minutes 152 balls 14*4`s 9 extras Thorpe 99 Jones 53
- GP Thorpe 100 runs 197 balls 293 minutes 12*4`s
- 551 runs 170.1 overs 1036 overs 721 minutes 68*4`s 6*6`s 28 extras
- England 2nd innings
- 101 runs 25.5 overs 161 balls 110 minutes 16*4`s 1*6 9 extars
- 101 run p/ship Trescothick 43 Strauss 49 110 minutes 161 balls 16*4`s 1*6 9 extras
- AJ strauss 50 runs 112 minutes 78 balls 9*4`s
- Trescothick 52 runs 92 balls 121 minutes 9*4`s 1*6
- 151 runs 45.2 overs 277 balls 183 minutes 22*4`s 1*6 10 extras
- 151 run p/ship Trescothick 68 Strauss 73 277 balls 183 minutes 22*4`s 1*6 10 extras
- 200 runs 62.5 overs 384 balls 254 minutes 28*4`s 1*6 11 extras
- 200 run p/ship Tresco 93 Strauss 96 254 minutes 384 balls 28*4`s 1*6 11 eatrs
- Trescothick 101 runs 199 balls 260 minutes 17*4`s 1*6
- Strauss 100 runs 263 minutes 195 balls 13*4`s
- 250 runs 74.5 overs 457 balls 299 minutes 34*4`s 2*6`s 13 extras
- 250 run p/ship Trescoth 122 Strauss 115 457 balls 299 minutes 34*4`s 2*6`s 13 extras
- 101 runs 44.5 overs 271 balls 212 minutes 11*4's 3 extras
- JH Kallis 50 runs 97 balls 6*4's 145 minutes
- AF Giles did not come out onto the park at the start off play off day two
- 150 runs 56.6 overs 345 balls 267 minutes 17*4's 5 extras
- 50 p/ship Kallis 68, Pollock 22, 97 balls 66 minutes 2 extras 5*4's
- 200 runs 73.2 overs 443 balls 333 minutes 23*4's 7 extras
- JH Kallis 101 runs 278 minutes 186 balls 13*4's
- 253 runs, 520 balls, 391 minutes, 29*4's 1*6 11 extras
- 50 p/ship Kallis 130, Ntini 22, 58 balls 42 minutes 6*4's 2*6's
- Kallis highest score against England
- 302 runs, 577 balls, 435 minutes, 37*4's 2*6's 11 extras
- JH Kallis 152 runs 244 balls 342 minutes 20*4's 1*6
- England 1st innings
- 52 runs 23.5 overs 145 balls 105 minutes 8*4's 2 extras
- 102 runs 44.1 overs 267 balls 196 minutes 15*4's 1*6 6 extras
- Crowd day one 15126
- South Africa 1st innings
- 52 runs 21 .2 overs 129 balls 104 minutes 6*4's 1 extra
- 4th Umpire - BG Jerling
Match Coverage
All Match News'I think we were a bit lucky at the end there'
Graeme Smith admitted that fortune had smiled on South Africa in theclosing stages of the second Test at Durban, but praised the tenacity ofhis team, since lesser sides might have crumbled in the face of such aturnaround
'South Africa got out of jail,' says Vaughan
"An epic!" declared Michael Vaughan, as he strode in to face the mediaafter the second Test at Durban had ended in a nailbiting draw
Refusing to die
The Wisden Verdict
Darkness - and de Villiers - thwart England at Durban
Darkness drove the players from the field just before 4.30pm at Durban - around half-an-hour before the scheduled close - handing South Africa a lifeline after England had seemed certain to wrap up the match, and with it a 2-0 lead
Return of the killer instinct
The Wisden Verdict