f47412 t1659	England v South Africa
	South Africa in British Isles 2003 (5th Test)
Venue	The AMP Oval, Kennington on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th September 2003 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result	England won by 9 wickets
Umpires	SJA Taufel, S Venkataraghavan
TV umpire	JW Lloyds
Referee	RS Madugalle
Scorers	JE Booth, KR Booth
Reserve Umpire	MR Benson
Close of play day 1	South Africa (1) 362/4 (Kallis 32*; 89.5 overs)
Close of play day 2	England (1) 165/2 (Trescothick 64, Thorpe 28; 46 overs)
Close of play day 3	England (1) 502/7 (Flintoff 10, Bicknell 0; 140 overs)
Close of play day 4	South Africa (2) 185/6 (Boucher 22, Pollock 19; 57 overs)
Player of the Match	ME Trescothick
Articles	Statistical highlights of England v South Africa 5th Test 2003
Pictures	The unemployed medic team
	The Oval in 2003

South Africa first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	run out (Vaughan)	18	39	61	3	-
HH Gibbs	b Giles	183	258	324	35	1
G Kirsten	lbw b Giles	90	156	215	15	-
JH Kallis	run out (Giles)	66	120	192	8	1
ND McKenzie	c Stewart b Anderson	9	36	46	1	-
JA Rudolph	lbw b Bicknell	0	4	4	-	-
+MV Boucher	c Stewart b Bicknell	8	28	33	1	-
SM Pollock	not out	66	95	130	10	1
AJ Hall	lbw b Flintoff	1	6	6	-	-
PR Adams	run out (Butcher->Giles)	1	5	13	-	-
M Ntini	b Anderson	11	26	48	2	-
Extras	(12 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	31
Total	(all out, 540 minutes, 128 overs)	484
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Smith, 14.6 ov), 2-290 (Kirsten, 68.6 ov), 3-345 (Gibbs, 78.2 ov), 4-362 (McKenzie, 89.5 ov), 5-365 (Rudolph, 90.4 ov), 6-385 (Boucher, 98.2 ov), 7-419 (Kallis, 112.1 ov), 8-421 (Hall, 113.4 ov), 9-432 (Adams, 116.3 ov), 10-484 (Ntini, 128 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bicknell	20	3	71	2	-	-
Anderson	25	6	86	2	1	-
Harmison	27	8	73	0	-	4
Giles	29	3	102	2	-	-
Flintoff	19	4	88	1	2	-
Vaughan	5	0	24	0	-	1
Butcher	3	0	18	0	1	-

England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	c Rudolph b Ntini	219	374	570	32	2
*MP Vaughan	c Gibbs b Pollock	23	26	36	4	-
MA Butcher	lbw b Hall	32	33	46	6	-
GP Thorpe	b Kallis	124	244	316	16	-
ET Smith	lbw b Hall	16	39	61	3	-
+AJ Stewart	lbw b Pollock	38	81	93	6	-
A Flintoff	b Adams	95	104	132	12	4
AF Giles	c Hall b Kallis	2	21	24	-	-
MP Bicknell	lbw b Pollock	0	4	7	-	-
SJ Harmison	not out	6	40	101	-	-
JM Anderson	not out	0	13	15	-	-
Extras	(11 b, 18 lb, 11 nb, 9 w)	49
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 705 minutes, 162 overs)	604
Fall of wickets:
1-28 (Vaughan, 8.3 ov), 2-78 (Butcher, 19.4 ov), 3-346 (Thorpe, 95.5 ov), 4-379 (Smith, 109.5 ov), 5-480 (Stewart, 130.5 ov), 6-489 (Trescothick, 133.2 ov), 7-502 (Giles, 138.5 ov), 8-502 (Bicknell, 140.3 ov), 9-601 (Flintoff, 158.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	39	10	111	3	-	6
Ntini	31	4	129	1	2	1
Hall	35	5	111	2	1	-
Kallis	34	5	117	2	2	-
Adams	17	2	79	1	-	-
Rudolph	6	1	28	0	-	-

South Africa second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*GC Smith	lbw b Bicknell	19	36	45	4	-
HH Gibbs	c Stewart b Anderson	9	21	31	2	-
G Kirsten	c Trescothick b Harmison	29	59	78	4	1
JH Kallis	lbw b Harmison	35	43	71	6	-
ND McKenzie	lbw b Flintoff	38	83	96	7	-
JA Rudolph	b Bicknell	8	24	39	1	-
+MV Boucher	c Stewart b Bicknell	25	58	101	3	-
SM Pollock	c Thorpe b Harmison	43	57	75	7	-
AJ Hall	c Smith b Bicknell	0	1	2	-	-
PR Adams	not out	13	18	37	3	-
M Ntini	c Smith b Harmison	1	17	16	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 1 nb)	9
Total	(all out, 301 minutes, 69.2 overs)	229
Fall of wickets:
1-24 (Gibbs, 7.4 ov), 2-34 (Smith, 10.5 ov), 3-92 (Kirsten, 25.5 ov), 4-93 (Kallis, 27.2 ov), 5-118 (Rudolph, 36.3 ov), 6-150 (McKenzie, 47.3 ov), 7-193 (Boucher, 60.3 ov), 8-193 (Hall, 60.4 ov), 9-215 (Pollock, 65.1 ov), 10-229 (Ntini, 69.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Bicknell	24	5	84	4	-	-
Anderson	10	1	55	1	-	-
Harmison	19.2	8	33	4	-	1
Giles	10	2	36	0	-	-
Flintoff	6	2	13	1	-	-

England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Trescothick	not out	69	66	95	12	-
*MP Vaughan	c Boucher b Kallis	13	41	57	-	-
MA Butcher	not out	20	31	37	3	-
GP Thorpe	did not bat
ET Smith	did not bat
+AJ Stewart	did not bat
A Flintoff	did not bat
MP Bicknell	did not bat
AF Giles	did not bat
SJ Harmison	did not bat
JM Anderson	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 4 nb)	8
Total	(1 wicket, 95 minutes, 22.2 overs)	110
Fall of wickets:
1-47 (Vaughan, 12.2 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Pollock	6	0	15	0	-	3
Ntini	8	0	46	0	-	1
Kallis	5.2	0	25	1	-	-
Adams	3	0	20	0	-	-

Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 111/1 (Gibbs 50*, Kirsten 29*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 230/1 (Gibbs 122*, Kirsten 71*; 60 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 432/9 (Pollock 27*; 116.4 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 51/1 (Trescothick 12*, Butcher 14*; 14 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: England (1) 271/2 (Trescothick 103*, Thorpe 86*; 76 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (1) 351/3 (Trescothick 137*, Smith 4*; 97.2 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: South Africa (2) 10/0 (Smith 2*, Gibbs 8*; 2 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: South Africa (2) 101/4 (Rudolph 4*, McKenzie 3*; 30 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 47/0 (Trescothick 26*, Vaughan 13*; 12 overs)
--> South Africa first innings: 100 in 152 balls, 109 minutes
--> South Africa first innings: 200 in 220 minutes
--> South Africa first innings: 300 in 434 balls
--> England first innings: 100 in 167 balls
--> ET Smith made his last appearance in Test matches
--> AJ Stewart made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> AJ Stewart made his last appearance in Test matches
--> MP Bicknell made his last appearance in Test matches
--> HH Gibbs (1) 50 in 93 balls, 121 minutes with 10 fours
--> HH Gibbs (1) 100 in 167 balls, 218 minutes with 20 fours and 1 six
--> HH Gibbs (1) 150 in 215 balls, 268 minutes with 28 fours and 1 six
--> HH Gibbs (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 107
--> G Kirsten (1) 50 in 84 balls, 109 minutes with 9 fours
--> G Kirsten (1) passed 6500 runs in Test matches when he reached 24
--> JH Kallis (1) 50 in 84 balls, 145 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> SM Pollock (1) 50 in 82 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> ME Trescothick (1) 50 in 128 balls, 170 minutes with 9 fours
--> ME Trescothick (1) 100 in 215 balls, 302 minutes with 19 fours
--> ME Trescothick (1) 150 in 315 balls with 25 fours
--> ME Trescothick (1) passed his previous highest score of 161 in Test matches
--> ME Trescothick (1) passed his previous highest score of 190 in First-Class matches
--> ME Trescothick (1) 200 in 356 balls, 534 minutes with 31 fours and 1 six
--> GP Thorpe (1) 50 in 118 balls with 5 fours
--> GP Thorpe (1) 100 in 199 balls, 256 minutes with 11 fours
--> GP Thorpe (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 105
--> A Flintoff (1) 50 in 68 balls, 96 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> A Flintoff (1) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> A Flintoff (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 83
--> ME Trescothick (2) 50 in 56 balls with 8 fours
--> JH Kallis reached 150 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed AF Giles, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> SM Pollock reached 300 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed MP Vaughan, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> AJ Hall reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed ET Smith, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
--> SJ Harmison achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 4-55)
--> MP Bicknell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed AJ Hall in the South Africa second innings (previous best was 3-99)
--> MP Bicknell reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches for the season when he dismissed AJ Hall, his 4th wicket in the South Africa second innings

3rd new ball taken, 160 overs