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South Africa vs England, 2nd Test at Durban, Dec 26 2004 - Cricket Photos

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2nd Test, Durban, December 26 - 30, 2004, England tour of South Africa

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England

139 & 570/7d

South Africa

(T:378) 332 & 290/8

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Jacques Kallis

, SA

162 & 1/57

Makhaya Ntini and AB de Villiers leave the field•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Shaun Pollock receiving treatment for his fingers, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Shaun Pollock receiving treatment•Dec 30, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

AB de Villiers acknowledges his half century, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

AB de Villiers acknowledges his half century•Dec 30, 2004•Neil Lane/ESPNcricinfo Ltd

Shaun Pollock drives, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Shaun Pollock drives•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Matthew Hoggard pointing everywhere, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Matthew Hoggard pointing•Dec 30, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

England appeal successfully against Jacques Rudolph, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

England appeal successfully against Jacques Rudolph•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Stephen Harmison can't hide the joy after dismissing Jacques Kallis, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Stephen Harmison can't hide the joy•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Geraint Jones shapes to play a dirty great heave, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Geraint Jones scythes•Dec 29, 2004•Alexander Joe/AFP

Matthew Hoggard claims Graeme Smith's wicket, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Matthew Hoggard claims Graeme Smith's wicket•Dec 29, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Graham Thorpe jumps at reaching his hundred, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Graham Thorpe jumps•Dec 29, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Stephen Harmison looks in hope for better light, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Stephen Harmison looks in hope•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel leave the field while England wait for the light to improve, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel leave the field•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Michael Vaughan walks off, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Michael Vaughan walks off•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

England sit and watch as dark clouds roll in, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Dark clouds roll in•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Simon Jones overjoyed at claiming Hashim Amla's wicket, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Simon Jones overjoyed•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Jacques Kallis winces looking at the reply of his dismissal, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Jacques Kallis winces•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Harmison claims Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 5th day, December 30 2004

Harmison claims Herschelle Gibbs•Dec 30, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Geraint Jones hooks on his way to a second-innings fifty, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Geraint Jones hooks•Dec 29, 2004•Clive Rose/Getty Images

Graham Thorpe soaks up the applause, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Graham Thorpe soaks up the applause•Dec 29, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

Graham Thorpe celebrates his 16th Test hundred, South Africa v England, 2nd Test, Durban, 4th day, December 29 2004

Graham Thorpe celebrates his hundred•Dec 29, 2004•Paul Gilham/Getty Images

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'I think we were a bit lucky at the end there'

Graeme Smith admitted that fortune had smiled on South Africa in the closing stages of the second Test at Durban, but praised the tenacity of his team, since lesser sides might have crumbled in the face of such a turnaround

Refusing to die

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'South Africa got out of jail,' says Vaughan

"An epic!" declared Michael Vaughan, as he strode in to face the media after the second Test at Durban had ended in a nailbiting draw

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South Africa Innings

Player Name		R	B
GC Smith	lbw	5	21
HH Gibbs	caught	36	104
N Boje	caught	10	28
JA Rudolph	caught	61	106
JH Kallis	caught	10	23
M van Jaarsveld	caught	49	52
HM Amla	lbw	0	2
AB de Villiers	not out	52	95
SM Pollock	run out	35	82
M Ntini	not out	16	6
Extras	(b 8, lb 4, nb 3, w 1)
Total	290(8 wkts; 86 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
MJ Hoggard	19	3	58	2	3.05
SJ Harmison	19	4	62	2	3.26
A Flintoff	14	5	38	1	2.71 (2 nb)
SP Jones	14	4	36	1	2.57 (1 nb)
AF Giles	19	1	84	1	4.42
MP Vaughan	1	1	0	0	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	11	Herschelle Gibbs	Graeme Smith
2nd	21	Nicky Boje	Herschelle Gibbs
3rd	54	Herschelle Gibbs	Jacques Rudolph
4th	16	Jacques Kallis	Jacques Rudolph
5th	65	Martin van Jaarsveld	Jacques Rudolph
6th	1	Martin van Jaarsveld	Hashim Amla
7th	10	Martin van Jaarsveld	AB de Villiers
8th	85	Shaun Pollock	AB de Villiers
9th	22	Makhaya Ntini	AB de Villiers

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