Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Graeme Smith (c)	c Strauss b Hoggard	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
AB de Villiers	lbw b Flintoff	28	47	81	4	0	59.57
Jacques Rudolph	c †GO Jones b Flintoff	93	192	253	14	0	48.43
Jacques Kallis	b Harmison	0	7	14	0	0	0.00
Boeta Dippenaar	c Trescothick b SP Jones	110	245	372	11	0	44.89
Zander de Bruyn	b Flintoff	6	23	24	1	0	26.08
Shaun Pollock	c Trescothick b Hoggard	31	52	76	5	0	59.61
Andrew Hall	b Hoggard	6	10	11	1	0	60.00
Thami Tsolekile †	c Flintoff b Giles	22	83	106	1	0	26.50
Makhaya Ntini	not out	2	6	16	0	0	33.33
Dale Steyn	c Strauss b Giles	8	10	10	0	1	80.00
Extras	(lb 13, nb 14, w 4)	31
Total	110.4 Ov (RR: 3.04, 486 Mins)	337
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Graeme Smith, 0.2 ov), 2-63 (AB de Villiers, 16.6 ov), 3-66 (Jacques Kallis, 19.4 ov), 4-178 (Jacques Rudolph, 59.4 ov), 5-192 (Zander de Bruyn, 65.2 ov), 6-253 (Shaun Pollock, 82.3 ov), 7-261 (Andrew Hall, 84.4 ov), 8-324 (Boeta Dippenaar, 107.3 ov), 9-327 (Thami Tsolekile, 108.2 ov), 10-337 (Dale Steyn, 110.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	20	4	56	3	2.80	94	0	2
0.2 to GC Smith, . 0/1 82.3 to SM Pollock, . 253/6 84.4 to AJ Hall, . 261/7
Steve Harmison	25	2	88	1	3.52	107	3	0
19.4 to JH Kallis, . 66/3
Simon Jones	16	4	39	1	2.43	78	0	3
107.3 to HH Dippenaar, . 324/8
Andrew Flintoff	22	4	72	3	3.27	104	1	8
16.6 to AB de Villiers, . 63/2 59.4 to JA Rudolph, . 178/4 65.2 to Z de Bruyn, . 192/5
Ashley Giles	27.4	8	69	2	2.49	130	0	0
108.2 to TL Tsolekile, . 327/9 110.4 to DW Steyn, . 337/10

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	b Steyn	47	139	189	4	0	33.81
Andrew Strauss	c de Villiers b Pollock	126	228	301	17	0	55.26
Mark Butcher	c †Tsolekile b Ntini	79	193	273	12	0	40.93
Michael Vaughan (c)	c Smith b Hall	10	14	20	1	1	71.42
Graham Thorpe	b Smith	4	29	41	0	0	13.79
Andrew Flintoff	c Rudolph b Ntini	35	70	107	4	1	50.00
Geraint Jones †	c Dippenaar b Ntini	2	3	9	0	0	66.66
Ashley Giles	c Hall b Pollock	26	39	66	3	0	66.66
Matthew Hoggard	c †Tsolekile b Hall	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
Simon Jones	c & b Steyn	24	60	86	3	0	40.00
Steve Harmison	not out	15	16	28	0	1	93.75
Extras	(lb 21, nb 35, w 1)	57
Total	126.5 Ov (RR: 3.35, 567 Mins)	425
Fall of wickets 1-152 (Marcus Trescothick, 42.4 ov), 2-238 (Andrew Strauss, 69.3 ov), 3-249 (Michael Vaughan, 73.5 ov), 4-267 (Graham Thorpe, 83.3 ov), 5-346 (Mark Butcher, 105.5 ov), 6-353 (Andrew Flintoff, 107.1 ov), 7-353 (Geraint Jones, 107.2 ov), 8-358 (Matthew Hoggard, 108.2 ov), 9-394 (Ashley Giles, 121.1 ov), 10-425 (Simon Jones, 126.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	32	14	61	2	1.90	167	0	6
69.3 to AJ Strauss, . 238/2 121.1 to AF Giles, . 394/9
Makhaya Ntini	28	6	75	3	2.67	133	1	1
105.5 to MA Butcher, . 346/5 107.1 to A Flintoff, . 353/6 107.2 to GO Jones, . 353/7
Dale Steyn	25.5	2	117	2	4.52	112	0	16
42.4 to ME Trescothick, . 152/1 126.5 to SP Jones, . 425/10
Andrew Hall	22	1	95	2	4.31	88	0	7
73.5 to MP Vaughan, . 249/3 108.2 to MJ Hoggard, . 358/8
Zander de Bruyn	9	1	31	0	3.44	42	0	5
Graeme Smith	10	3	25	1	2.50	48	0	0
83.3 to GP Thorpe, . 267/4

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c & b Hoggard	14	21	28	2	0	66.66
Graeme Smith (c)	c SP Jones b Flintoff	55	105	178	5	0	52.38
Jacques Rudolph	c Trescothick b Giles	28	45	43	4	0	62.22
Jacques Kallis	lbw b SP Jones	61	113	167	9	0	53.98
Boeta Dippenaar	b Giles	10	26	28	1	0	38.46
Zander de Bruyn	c Trescothick b Flintoff	19	42	65	2	0	45.23
Shaun Pollock	c †GO Jones b SP Jones	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Andrew Hall	run out (Thorpe/†GO Jones)	17	51	68	2	0	33.33
Thami Tsolekile †	b SP Jones	0	10	18	0	0	0.00
Makhaya Ntini	lbw b SP Jones	4	5	10	1	0	80.00
Dale Steyn	not out	2	2	8	0	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 6, w 1, pen 5)	19
Total	69.1 Ov (RR: 3.31, 312 Mins)	229
Fall of wickets 1-26 (AB de Villiers, 6.3 ov), 2-64 (Jacques Rudolph, 16.1 ov), 3-152 (Graeme Smith, 39.4 ov), 4-168 (Boeta Dippenaar, 46.3 ov), 5-201 (Jacques Kallis, 55.2 ov), 6-201 (Shaun Pollock, 55.3 ov), 7-217 (Zander de Bruyn, 62.3 ov), 8-218 (Thami Tsolekile, 65.5 ov), 9-224 (Makhaya Ntini, 67.5 ov), 10-229 (Andrew Hall, 69.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	12	2	38	1	3.16	55	0	0
6.3 to AB de Villiers, . 26/1
Steve Harmison	14	1	54	0	3.85	58	0	1
Ashley Giles	15	2	39	2	2.60	65	0	0
16.1 to JA Rudolph, . 64/2 46.3 to HH Dippenaar, . 168/4
Andrew Flintoff	15	2	47	2	3.13	70	1	3
39.4 to GC Smith, . 152/3 62.3 to Z de Bruyn, . 217/7
Simon Jones	13.1	3	39	4	2.96	59	0	2
55.2 to JH Kallis, . 201/5 55.3 to SM Pollock, . 201/6 65.5 to TL Tsolekile, . 218/8 67.5 to M Ntini, . 224/9

England 2nd Innings (T: 142 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	c †Tsolekile b Pollock	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Andrew Strauss	not out	94	134	173	12	1	70.14
Mark Butcher	c Smith b Ntini	0	8	14	0	0	0.00
Michael Vaughan (c)	b Steyn	15	25	50	2	0	60.00
Graham Thorpe	not out	31	78	105	2	0	39.74
Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
Total	40.4 Ov (RR: 3.56, 173 Mins)	145/3
Did not bat Andrew Flintoff, Geraint Jones †, Ashley Giles, Matthew Hoggard, Simon Jones, Steve Harmison
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Marcus Trescothick, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Mark Butcher, 3.2 ov), 3-50 (Michael Vaughan, 14.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	11	2	36	1	3.27	51	0	1
0.1 to ME Trescothick, . 0/1
Makhaya Ntini	6.4	1	24	1	3.60	30	0	0
3.2 to MA Butcher, . 11/2
Andrew Hall	9	1	14	0	1.55	44	0	1
Dale Steyn	6	1	29	1	4.83	25	0	0
14.6 to MP Vaughan, . 50/3
Graeme Smith	8	0	39	0	4.87	22	0	0

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Fri, 17 Dec

day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 273/7 (Boeta Dippenaar 79*, Thami Tsolekile 6*, 90 ov)

Sat, 18 Dec

day 2 - England 1st innings 227/1 (Andrew Strauss 120*, Mark Butcher 24*, 66 ov)

Sun, 19 Dec

day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/2 (Graeme Smith 33*, Jacques Kallis 10*, 23 ov)

Mon, 20 Dec

day 4 - England 2nd innings 93/3 (Andrew Strauss 51*, Graham Thorpe 23*, 31 ov)

Tue, 21 Dec

day 5 - England 2nd innings 145/3 (40.4 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Day 1

South Africa 1st innings

South Africa 50 in 58 mins (12.2overs) 8x4, 0x6

2nd Wicket partnership - 50 between de Villiers and Rudolph in 55 mins from 74 balls, de Villiers 24, Rudolph 22, Extras 4 - (8x4, 0x6)

Rudolph 50 in 131 mins from 89 balls (8x4, 0x6)

South Africa 100 in 138 mins (19.4overs) 12x4, 0x6

South Africa 4th Wicket p'ship 50 between Rudolph and Dippenaar in 59 mins from 87 balls, Rudolph 24, Dippenaar 23, Extras 3 - (5x4, 0x6)

South Africa 1st Innings 150 in 229 mins (52.1 overs) 18x4, 0x6

South Africa 4th Wicket p'ship 100 between Rudolph and Dippenaar in 147 mins from 225 balls, Rudolph 56, Dippenaar 41, Extras 5 - (11x4, 0x6)

Dippenaar 50 in 190 mins from 130 balls (5x4, 0x6)

South Africa 1st Innings 200 in 290 mins (67.2 overs) 25x4, 0x6

New Ball taken in South Africa 1st Innings at over 80.2

South Africa 6th Wicket p'ship 50 between Dippenaar and Pollock in 53 mins from 73 balls, Dippenaar 19, Pollock 26, Extras 5 - (6x4, 0x6)

South Africa 1st Innings 250 in 352 mins (81.2 overs) 31x4, 0x6

Day 2

South Africa 1st Innings 300 in 437 mins (100.1 overs) 34x4, 0x6

South Africa 8th Wicket p'ship 50 between Dippenaar and Tsolekile in 81 mins from 115 balls, Dippenaar 29, Tsolekile 16, Extras 6 - (4x4, 0x6)

Dippenaar 100 in 353 mins from 228 balls (11x4, 0x6)

England 1st Innings 50 in 72 mins (16.3 overs) 7x4, 0x6

Strauss 50 in 116 mins from 74 balls (8x4, 0x6)

England 1st Wicket p'ship 50 between Trescothick and Strauss in 72 mins from 108 balls, Trescothick 14, Strauss 25, Extras 13 - (7x4, 0x6)

England 1st Innings 100 in 125 mins (27.5 overs) 12x4, 0x6

England 1st Wicket p'ship 100 between Trescothick and Strauss in 125 mins from 180 balls, Trescothick 30, Strauss 52, Extras 18 - (12x4, 0x6)

England 1st Innings 150 in 183 mins (40.6 overs) 14x4, 0x6

England 1st Wicket p'ship 150 between Trescothick and Strauss in 183 mins from 266 balls, Trescothick 47, Strauss 76, Extras 28 - (14x4, 0x6)

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Strauss 100 in 261 mins from 194 balls (13x4, 0x6)

England 1st Innings 200 in 270 mins (60.6 overs) 18x4, 0x6

England 2nd Wicket p'ship 50 between Strauss and Butcher in 81 mins from 117 balls, Strauss 31, Butcher 14, Extras 5 - (4x4, 0x6)

Day 3

England 1st Innings 250 in 329 mins (74.0 overs) 24x4, 1x6

New ball taken after 86 overs

Butcher 50 in 218 mins from 146 balls (7x4, 0x6)

England 1st Innings 300 in 412 mins (93.3 overs) 31x4, 2x6

England 5th Wicket p'ship 50 between Butcher and Flintoff in 63 mins from 88 balls, Butcher 24, Flintoff 23, Extras 4 - (6x4, 1x6)

England 1st Innings 350 in 471 mins (106.3 overs) 38x4, 2x6

South Africa 2nd Innings 50 in 48 mins (10.3 overs) 7x4, 0x6

Day 4

South Africa 2nd Innings 100 in 110 mins (25.2 overs) 9x4, 0x6

South Africa 3rd Wicket p'ship 50 between Smith and Kallis in 61 mins from 88 balls, Smith 24, Kallis 15, Extras 12 - (4x4, 0x6)

Smith 50 in 158 mins from 94 balls (4x4, 0x6)

South Africa 2nd Innings 150 in 177 mins (39.3 overs) 18x4, 0x6

Kallis 50 in 149 mins from 91 balls (8x4, 0x6)

South Africa 2nd Innings 200 in 237 mins (54.4 overs) 23x4, 0x6

5 penalty runs awrded for ball hitting the helmet

England 2nd Innings 50 in 67 mins (14.5 overs) 7x4, 0x6

Strauss 50 in 119 mins from 90 balls (7x4, 0x6)

England 2nd Innings 100 in 140 mins (32.1 overs) 11x4, 0x6

England 4th Wicket p'ship 50 between Strauss and Thorpe in 72 mins from 104 balls, Strauss 26, Thorpe 23, Extras 1 - (4x4, 0x6)

Match Details

GroundSt George's Park, Port Elizabeth

TossSouth Africa, elected to bat first

Series

England tour of South Africa

Season2004/05

Player Of The Match

Andrew Strauss

Series resultEngland led the 5-match series 1-0

Match numberTest no. 1728

Match daysday (5-day match)

Test debut

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