BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	run out (Vaughan)	18	39	61	3	0	46.15

Herschelle Gibbs	b Giles	183	258	324	35	1	70.93

Gary Kirsten	lbw b Giles	90	156	215	15	0	57.69

Jacques Kallis	run out (Giles)	66	120	192	8	1	55.00

Neil McKenzie	c †Stewart b Anderson	9	36	46	1	0	25.00

Jacques Rudolph	lbw b Bicknell	0	4	4	0	0	0.00

Mark Boucher †	c †Stewart b Bicknell	8	28	33	1	0	28.57

Shaun Pollock	not out	66	95	130	10	1	69.47
Andrew Hall	lbw b Flintoff	1	6	6	0	0	16.66

Paul Adams	run out (Butcher/Giles)	1	5	13	0	0	20.00

Makhaya Ntini	b Anderson	11	26	48	2	0	42.30

Extras	(b 12, lb 10, nb 5, w 4)	31
TOTAL	128 Ov (RR: 3.78, 540 Mts)	484
Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Graeme Smith, 14.6 ov), 2-290 (Gary Kirsten, 68.6 ov), 3-345 (Herschelle Gibbs, 78.2 ov), 4-362 (Neil McKenzie, 89.5 ov), 5-365 (Jacques Rudolph, 90.4 ov), 6-385 (Mark Boucher, 98.2 ov), 7-419 (Jacques Kallis, 112.1 ov), 8-421 (Andrew Hall, 113.4 ov), 9-432 (Paul Adams, 116.3 ov), 10-484 (Makhaya Ntini, 127.6 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Martin Bicknell	20	3	71	2	3.55	97	14	0	0	0
90.4 to JA Rudolph, comes forward, plays well across the line, pitches in line, holds its line and PLUMB. 365/5 98.2 to MV Boucher, outside off, pushes forward, appeals, and out, Boucher not happy but Venkat is. 385/6
James Anderson	25	6	86	2	3.44	117	15	0	1	0
89.5 to ND McKenzie, angled in, gets half forward, slight edge to Stewart moving to his right. 362/4 127.6 to M Ntini, comes forward, tries to flick a straight one to the leg side, knocks back the middle stump. 484/10
Steve Harmison	27	8	73	0	2.70	132	10	0	0	4
Ashley Giles	29	3	102	2	3.51	131	13	3	0	0
68.6 to G Kirsten, down on one knee, sweeping, beats the bat, into the pad, too full to sweep, hits the front foot right in front. 290/2 78.2 to HH Gibbs, flighted, Gibbs loses it, a massive slog sweep, beats the bat, bowled. 345/3
Andrew Flintoff	19	4	88	1	4.63	80	17	0	2	0
113.4 to AJ Hall, comes half forward, plays across the line, and no doubt. 421/8
Michael Vaughan	5	0	24	0	4.80	17	3	0	0	1
Mark Butcher	3	0	18	0	6.00	11	3	0	1	0

England 1st INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c Rudolph b Ntini	219	374	570	32	2	58.55

Michael Vaughan (c)	c Gibbs b Pollock	23	26	36	4	0	88.46

Mark Butcher	lbw b Hall	32	33	46	6	0	96.96

Graham Thorpe	b Kallis	124	244	316	16	0	50.81

Ed Smith	lbw b Hall	16	39	61	3	0	41.02

Alec Stewart †	lbw b Pollock	38	81	93	6	0	46.91

Andrew Flintoff	b Adams	95	104	132	12	4	91.34

Ashley Giles	c Hall b Kallis	2	21	24	0	0	9.52

Martin Bicknell	lbw b Pollock	0	4	7	0	0	0.00

Steve Harmison	not out	6	40	101	0	0	15.00
James Anderson	not out	0	13	15	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 11, lb 18, nb 11, w 9)	49
TOTAL	162 Ov (RR: 3.72, 705 Mts)	604/9d
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (Michael Vaughan, 8.3 ov), 2-78 (Mark Butcher, 19.4 ov), 3-346 (Graham Thorpe, 95.5 ov), 4-379 (Ed Smith, 109.5 ov), 5-480 (Alec Stewart, 130.5 ov), 6-489 (Marcus Trescothick, 133.2 ov), 7-502 (Ashley Giles, 138.5 ov), 8-502 (Martin Bicknell, 140.3 ov), 9-601 (Andrew Flintoff, 158.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	39	10	111	3	2.84	191	18	0	0	6
8.3 to MP Vaughan, outside off, slight away swing and that is number 300 as Gibbs takes a easy catch at 2nd slip. 28/1 130.5 to AJ Stewart, pitched up, played across the line, loud and confident appeal for lbw, umpire puts up his finger, plumb infront. 480/5 140.3 to MP Bicknell, on the back foot, tracks back, back leg and in front off off. 502/8
Makhaya Ntini	31	4	129	1	4.16	125	15	2	2	1
133.2 to ME Trescothick, well directed short delivery, Trescothick pulls it top edge went high in the air to fine leg, Rudolph under it and makes no mistake, superb innings comes to an end. 489/6
Andrew Hall	35	5	111	2	3.17	154	15	0	1	0
19.4 to MA Butcher, gets back, quicker ball, pitched on line, straightened and would have taken the middle stump. 78/2 109.5 to ET Smith, pitches on off, swings into the batsman, plays on the back foot, misses the line of the ball and caught plumb in front of stumps, huge appeal for lbw, Taufel raises his finger up. 379/4
Jacques Kallis	34	5	117	2	3.44	157	17	1	2	0
95.5 to GP Thorpe, Got'm!!! an inswinger, went through the bat and pad gap and of course onto off stump. 346/3 138.5 to AF Giles, bit fuller length ball with some away swing, comes half forward, plays away from the body, off the edge to Hall at 2nd slip who takes a good low catch, this brings up the 150 wicket for Kallis. 502/7
Paul Adams	17	2	79	1	4.64	70	10	2	0	0
158.4 to A Flintoff, goes big for the 100, swings to leg, beaten. 601/9
Jacques Rudolph	6	1	28	0	4.66	25	4	1	0	0

South Africa 2nd INNINGS

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	lbw b Bicknell	19	36	45	4	0	52.77

Herschelle Gibbs	c †Stewart b Anderson	9	21	31	2	0	42.85

Gary Kirsten	c Trescothick b Harmison	29	59	78	4	1	49.15

Jacques Kallis	lbw b Harmison	35	43	71	6	0	81.39

Neil McKenzie	lbw b Flintoff	38	83	96	7	0	45.78

Jacques Rudolph	b Bicknell	8	24	39	1	0	33.33

Mark Boucher †	c †Stewart b Bicknell	25	58	101	3	0	43.10

Shaun Pollock	c Thorpe b Harmison	43	57	75	7	0	75.43

Andrew Hall	c Smith b Bicknell	0	1	2	0	0	0.00

Paul Adams	not out	13	18	37	3	0	72.22
Makhaya Ntini	c Smith b Harmison	1	17	16	0	0	5.88

Extras	(b 1, lb 7, nb 1)	9
TOTAL	69.2 Ov (RR: 3.30, 301 Mts)	229
Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Herschelle Gibbs, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (Graeme Smith, 10.5 ov), 3-92 (Gary Kirsten, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (Jacques Kallis, 27.2 ov), 5-118 (Jacques Rudolph, 36.3 ov), 6-150 (Neil McKenzie, 47.3 ov), 7-193 (Mark Boucher, 60.3 ov), 8-193 (Andrew Hall, 60.4 ov), 9-215 (Shaun Pollock, 65.1 ov), 10-229 (Makhaya Ntini, 69.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Martin Bicknell	24	5	84	4	3.50	115	17	0	0	0
10.5 to GC Smith, well forward, into the pad, appeals, gone. 34/2 36.3 to JA Rudolph, outside off, leaves the one that comes back, stands there and is aghast as the off stump is knocked back. 118/5 60.3 to MV Boucher, away swinger, gets him stretching, drawn into the shot, edges to Stewart. 193/7 60.4 to AJ Hall, angled in, leg stump, can not get the pad out the way, pushes in front of the pad, outside half of the bat, a little dolly to short mid wicket. 193/8
James Anderson	10	1	55	1	5.50	44	11	1	0	0
7.4 to HH Gibbs, outside off, very wide, poor ball in fact, charges at it, hardly reached it, and Stewart takes in front of first slip. 24/1
Steve Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	1.70	97	2	0	0	1
25.5 to G Kirsten, outside off, comes forward, away movement gets the edge to waist high at 1st slip. 92/3 27.2 to JH Kallis, quick ball, came back, squared up, back leg in the crease. 93/4 65.1 to SM Pollock, outside off, back, chops, and that was slip practice, steers it straight at Thorpe. 215/9 69.2 to M Ntini, short, tries to play what looked like a hook, pops it up over Smith at short leg, Smith round, dives backwards and holds on, good catch. 229/10
Ashley Giles	10	2	36	0	3.60	42	5	0	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	6	2	13	1	2.16	29	2	0	0	0
47.3 to ND McKenzie, on line back of a length, gets into the back pad after a big inside edge, and Venkat lifts the finger. 150/6

England 2nd INNINGS (Target: 110 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	not out	69	66	95	12	0	104.54
Michael Vaughan (c)	c †Boucher b Kallis	13	41	57	0	0	31.70

Mark Butcher	not out	20	31	37	3	0	64.51
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4)	8
TOTAL	22.2 Ov (RR: 4.92, 95 Mts)	110/1
Did not bat: Graham Thorpe, Ed Smith, Alec Stewart †, Andrew Flintoff, Martin Bicknell, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison, James Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Michael Vaughan, 12.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	6	0	15	0	2.50	27	0	0	0	3
Makhaya Ntini	8	0	46	0	5.75	32	7	0	0	1
Jacques Kallis	5.2	0	25	1	4.68	22	4	0	0	0
12.2 to MP Vaughan, outside off, short, forces off the back foot, edges from the bottom of the bat. 47/1
Paul Adams	3	0	20	0	6.66	10	4	0	0	0

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MATCH DETAILS

Kennington Oval, London
Toss	South Africa, elected to bat first
Series	South Africa tour of England and Ireland
Season	2003
Player Of The Match	Marcus Trescothick
Player Of The Series	Andrew Flintoff Graeme Smith
Series result	5-match series drawn 2-2
Match number	Test no. 1659
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Simon Taufel Srinivas Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire	Jeremy Lloyds
Match Referee	Ranjan Madugalle

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Thu, 04 Sep - day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 362/4 (Jacques Kallis 32*, 89.5 ov)

Fri, 05 Sep - day 2 - England 1st innings 165/2 (Marcus Trescothick 64*, Graham Thorpe 28*, 46 ov)

Sat, 06 Sep - day 3 - England 1st innings 502/7 (Andrew Flintoff 10*, Martin Bicknell 0*, 140 ov)

Sun, 07 Sep - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 185/6 (Mark Boucher 22*, Shaun Pollock 19*, 57 ov)

Mon, 08 Sep - day 5 - England 2nd innings 110/1 (22.2 ov) - end of match

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
ME Trescothick	not out	69	66
MP Vaughan	caught	13	41
MA Butcher	not out	20	31
Extras	(lb 4, nb 4)
Total	110(1 wkt; 22.2 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	6	15	0	2.5 (3 nb)
M Ntini	8	46	0	5.75 (1 nb)
JH Kallis	5.2	25	1	4.68
PR Adams	3	20	0	6.66

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	46	Marcus Trescothick	Michael Vaughan
2nd	63	Marcus Trescothick	Mark Butcher

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