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DC

(20 ov) 133/7

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NZ-A

147

BAN-A

(27.2/50 ov, T:148) 149/3

Bangladesh A won by 7 wickets (with 136 balls remaining)

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South Africa vs England, 5th Test at Durban, Mar 03 1939 - Match Result

RESULT

5th Test, Durban, March 03 - 14, 1939, England tour of South Africa

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530 & 481

(T:696) 316 & 654/5

Match drawn

This is the highest match aggregate (1981) involving England & South Africa in Tests

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire

Cricinfo reports on the ninth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

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Scorecard summary

South Africa • 530/10(202.6 overs)

1st INNINGS

Pieter van der Bijl

125 ()

5/100 (41)

103 ()

2/97 (55.6)

England • 316/10(117.6 overs)

1st INNINGS

84 ()

4/59 (13)

62 ()

3/71 (35)

South Africa • 481/10(142.1 overs)

2nd INNINGS

103 ()

4/74 (22.1)

Pieter van der Bijl

97 ()

3/146 (32)

England • 654/5(218.2 overs)

2nd INNINGS

219 ()

2/100 (27)

140 ()

1/132 (56)

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Match details

Kingsmead, Durban
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	1938/39
Series result	England won the 5-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 271
Match days	day (0-day match)
Test debut	Reg Perks
Umpires	George Sickler Richard Ashman

Match Coverage

The game that didn't end

At Kingsmead in 1939, with war looming over Europe, England and South Africa kept playing and playing and playing

The game that didn't end

Calling time on eternity

How the Durban game 70 years ago sounded the death knell for timeless Tests

Calling time on eternity

When 10 days were not enough

A first-hand account of the famous timeless Test in Durban 70 years ago

When 10 days were not enough

Stalemate in the Timeless Test

Cricinfo reports on the tenth and final day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Stalemate in the Timeless Test

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire

Cricinfo reports on the ninth day's play in the Timeless Test between South Africa and England at Durban in March 1939

Everlasting Test goes down to the wire

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
L Hutton	bowled	55
PA Gibb	bowled	120
WJ Edrich	caught	219
WR Hammond	stumped	140
E Paynter	caught	75
LEG Ames	not out	17
BH Valentine	not out	4
Extras	(b 8, lb 12, nb 3, w 1)
Total	654(5 wkts; 218.2 ovs)

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