f50899 t1883	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 2008 (3rd Test)
Venue	Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th, 31st July, 1st, 2nd August 2008 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	South Africa won by 5 wickets
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), SJ Davis (Australia)
TV umpire	IJ Gould
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire	RJ Bailey
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 38/1 (McKenzie 12*, Harris 10*; 11 overs)
Close of play day 2	South Africa (1) 256/6 (Prince 37*, Boucher 11*; 76 overs)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 297/6 (Collingwood 101*, Ambrose 19*; 80 overs)
Player of the Match	GC Smith

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AJ Strauss	hit wkt b Nel	20	67	93	3	-	58
AN Cook	c Kallis b Nel	76	125	175	12	-	94
*MP Vaughan	c Boucher b Nel	0	1	1	-	-	1
KP Pietersen	c Prince b Kallis	4	9	13	-	-	7
IR Bell	c Boucher b Ntini	50	98	129	9	-	79
PD Collingwood	c Smith b Kallis	4	22	45	1	-	21
A Flintoff	not out	36	78	112	3	1	62
+TR Ambrose	b Kallis	22	59	73	3	-	48
RJ Sidebottom	c Boucher b Ntini	2	4	6	-	-	3
JM Anderson	run out (Prince)	1	3	10	-	-	2
MS Panesar	run out (Amla->Boucher)	1	1	2	-	-	0
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 2 w)	15
Total	(all out, 334 minutes, 77 overs)	231
Fall of wickets:
1-68 (Strauss, 22.4 ov), 2-68 (Vaughan, 22.5 ov), 3-74 (Pietersen, 25.5 ov), 4-136 (Cook, 40.6 ov), 5-158 (Collingwood, 51.1 ov), 6-173 (Bell, 54.5 ov), 7-212 (Ambrose, 73.6 ov), 8-215 (Sidebottom, 74.6 ov), 9-230 (Anderson, 76.5 ov), 10-231 (Panesar, 76.6 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Morkel	15	2	50	0	-	4	73	8	-
Ntini	19	5	70	2	-	1	87	8	1
Nel	17	7	47	3	1	-	86	9	-
Kallis	15	5	31	3	1	-	77	4	-
Harris	11	1	25	0	-	-	49	2	-

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South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
ND McKenzie	lbw b Flintoff	72	127	175	12	-	100
*GC Smith	c Strauss b Flintoff	7	21	31	-	-	16
PL Harris	c Cook b Sidebottom	19	54	91	3	-	46
HM Amla	c and b Anderson	9	23	33	-	-	18
JH Kallis	b Flintoff	64	114	141	9	-	83
AG Prince	c Ambrose b Sidebottom	39	104	166	7	-	86
AB de Villiers	c Sidebottom b Flintoff	5	17	17	1	-	15
+MV Boucher	c Vaughan b Anderson	40	49	90	5	-	31
M Morkel	lbw b Anderson	18	33	46	4	-	27
A Nel	b Sidebottom	0	4	5	-	-	4
M Ntini	not out	0	2	11	-	-	2
Extras	(35 lb, 6 nb)	41
Total	(all out, 408 minutes, 90.2 overs)	314
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Smith, 7.2 ov), 2-94 (Harris, 27.3 ov), 3-117 (Amla, 35.1 ov), 4-135 (McKenzie, 38.6 ov), 5-226 (Kallis, 68.4 ov), 6-238 (de Villiers, 72.4 ov), 7-264 (Prince, 77.6 ov), 8-293 (Morkel, 86.6 ov), 9-298 (Nel, 87.6 ov), 10-314 (Boucher, 90.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sidebottom	25	9	81	3	-	1	118	13	-
Anderson	26.2	6	72	3	-	3	129	11	-
Flintoff	30	8	89	4	-	2	141	11	-
Collingwood	2	0	12	0	-	-	9	3	-
Panesar	7	0	25	0	-	-	27	3	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AJ Strauss	c Kallis b Morkel	25	65	99	2	-	52
AN Cook	c Boucher b Ntini	9	12	21	2	-	9
*MP Vaughan	c Amla b Nel	17	18	27	4	-	13
KP Pietersen	c de Villiers b Harris	94	136	187	13	-	97
IR Bell	c Boucher b Ntini	20	27	35	4	-	20
PD Collingwood	c Boucher b Morkel	135	195	296	19	1	131
A Flintoff	c Amla b Harris	2	4	4	-	-	3
+TR Ambrose	b Morkel	19	80	100	2	-	70
RJ Sidebottom	c Amla b Morkel	22	48	77	5	-	41
JM Anderson	b Kallis	1	7	6	-	-	6
MS Panesar	not out	0	0	2	-	-	0
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 3 nb, 6 w)	19
Total	(all out, 432 minutes, 98.2 overs)	363
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-39 (Vaughan, 10.6 ov), 3-70 (Strauss, 22.1 ov), 4-104 (Bell, 30.1 ov), 5-219 (Pietersen, 53.1 ov), 6-221 (Flintoff, 53.5 ov), 7-297 (Ambrose, 80.2 ov), 8-362 (Sidebottom, 96.5 ov), 9-363 (Anderson, 97.6 ov), 10-363 (Collingwood, 98.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Morkel	19.2	1	97	4	4	1	81	15	-
Nel	20	3	79	1	-	-	88	13	-
Ntini	18	4	58	2	2	-	83	8	-
Kallis	20	5	59	1	-	-	96	9	-
Harris	21	3	60	2	-	-	93	6	1

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South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
*GC Smith	not out	154	246	341	17	-	156
ND McKenzie	lbw b Flintoff	22	56	74	3	-	48
HM Amla	lbw b Panesar	6	17	23	-	-	14
JH Kallis	lbw b Flintoff	5	7	11	1	-	5
AG Prince	c Ambrose b Anderson	2	14	16	-	-	13
AB de Villiers	c Collingwood b Panesar	27	57	97	3	-	41
+MV Boucher	not out	45	85	114	5	-	61
M Morkel	did not bat
PL Harris	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
M Ntini	did not bat
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	22
Total	(5 wickets, 341 minutes, 80 overs)	283
Fall of wickets:
1-65 (McKenzie, 17.3 ov), 2-78 (Amla, 22.6 ov), 3-83 (Kallis, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (Prince, 29.2 ov), 5-171 (de Villiers, 52.4 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Sidebottom	10	1	26	0	-	-	43	2	-
Anderson	13	0	60	1	2	-	49	7	-
Panesar	33	3	91	2	-	2	143	7	-
Flintoff	20	5	72	2	-	-	87	11	-
Pietersen	4	0	16	0	-	-	14	2	-

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (2) 82/3 (AN Cook 48*, IR Bell 4*; 28 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (2) 173/6 (A Flintoff 4*, TR Ambrose 0*; 56 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 104/2 (ND McKenzie 52*, HM Amla 4*; 31 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 205/4 (JH Kallis 48*, AG Prince 24*; 63 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 314 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: England (1) 126/4 (Pietersen 42*, Collingwood 9*; 37 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 11/0 (GC Smith 7*, ND McKenzie 0*; 5 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 111/4 (GC Smith 55*, AB de Villiers 9*; 33 overs)
--> England first innings: 50 in 17.3 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 31.3 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 48.2 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 68.5 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 50 in 12.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 29.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 150 in 44.6 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 61.4 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 250 in 74.1 overs
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 89.1 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 28.3 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 42.1 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 50.4 overs
--> England second innings: 250 in 65.1 overs
--> England second innings: 300 in 82.1 overs
--> England second innings: 350 in 96.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 50 in 16.1 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 100 in 30.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 150 in 43.5 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 200 in 64.4 overs
--> South Africa second innings: 250 in 73.2 overs
--> MP Vaughan made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AN Cook (1) 50 in 88 balls with 8 fours
--> AN Cook (1) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 66
--> IR Bell (1) 50 in 94 balls with 9 fours
--> ND McKenzie (1) 50 in 100 balls with 8 fours
--> ND McKenzie (1) passed 11000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> JH Kallis (1) 50 in 93 balls with 7 fours
--> AB de Villiers (1) passed 4500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> KP Pietersen (2) 50 in 90 balls with 6 fours
--> KP Pietersen (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> PD Collingwood (2) 50 in 61 balls with 8 fours
--> PD Collingwood (2) 100 in 133 balls with 14 fours and 1 six
--> PD Collingwood (2) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 32
--> GC Smith (2) 50 in 86 balls with 7 fours
--> GC Smith (2) 100 in 177 balls with 11 fours
--> GC Smith (2) 150 in 237 balls with 16 fours
--> A Nel made his debut in England in Test matches
--> A Flintoff reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed ND McKenzie, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa first innings
--> M Ntini reached 350 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AN Cook, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> M Morkel reached 100 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed AJ Strauss, his 1st wicket in the England second innings
--> MS Panesar reached 300 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed HM Amla, his 1st wicket in the South Africa second innings
--> AJ Strauss (13) and AN Cook (33) added 50 in 107 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
--> AN Cook (26) and IR Bell (23) added 50 in 79 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
--> ND McKenzie (29) and PL Harris (13) added 50 in 72 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> JH Kallis (33) and AG Prince (17) added 50 in 86 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the first innings
--> KP Pietersen (29) and PD Collingwood (20) added 50 in 74 balls for the England 5th wicket in the second innings
--> KP Pietersen (51) and PD Collingwood (49) added 100 in 125 balls for the England 5th wicket in the second innings
--> PD Collingwood (35) and TR Ambrose (9) added 50 in 111 balls for the England 7th wicket in the second innings
--> PD Collingwood (29) and RJ Sidebottom (18) added 50 in 93 balls for the England 8th wicket in the second innings
--> GC Smith (29) and ND McKenzie (11) added 50 in 97 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
--> GC Smith (32) and AB de Villiers (17) added 50 in 70 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
--> GC Smith (29) and MV Boucher (15) added 50 in 91 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings
--> GC Smith (54) and MV Boucher (39) added 100 in 148 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings

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New Ball Taken: South Africa 269/7 after 80.6 overs (MV Boucher 16, M Morkel 1)
New Ball Taken: England 297/6 after 80.1 overs (PD Collingwood 101, TR Ambrose 19)
England 2nd Innings: 1x7 ball over (97th over, M Morkel, called by Umpire SJ Davis)
AJ Strauss (13) and AN Cook (33) added 50 in 107 balls for the England 1st wicket in the first innings
AN Cook (26) and IR Bell (23) added 50 in 79 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
ND McKenzie (29) and PL Harris (13) added 50 in 72 balls for the South Africa 2nd wicket in the first innings
JH Kallis (33) and AG Prince (17) added 50 in 86 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the first innings
KP Pietersen (29) and PD Collingwood (20) added 50 in 74 balls for the England 5th wicket in the second innings
KP Pietersen (51) and PD Collingwood (49) added 100 in 125 balls for the England 5th wicket in the second innings
PD Collingwood (35) and TR Ambrose (9) added 50 in 111 balls for the England 7th wicket in the second innings
PD Collingwood (29) and RJ Sidebottom (18) added 50 in 93 balls for the England 8th wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (29) and ND McKenzie (11) added 50 in 97 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (32) and AB de Villiers (17) added 50 in 70 balls for the South Africa 5th wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (29) and MV Boucher (15) added 50 in 91 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings
GC Smith (54) and MV Boucher (39) added 100 in 148 balls for the South Africa 6th wicket in the second innings