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Test no. 1728

Basil D'Oliveira Trophy - 1st Test South Africa v England

2004/05 season

Played at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, on 17,18,19,20,21 December 2004 (5-day match) Result England won by 7 wickets

	South Africa 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		GC Smith	c Strauss b Hoggard	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		AB de Villiers	lbw b Flintoff	28	81	47	4	0	59.57
		JA Rudolph	c GO Jones b Flintoff	93	253	192	14	0	48.43
		JH Kallis	b Harmison	0	14	7	0	0	0.00
		HH Dippenaar	c Trescothick b SP Jones	110	372	245	11	0	44.89
		Z de Bruyn	b Flintoff	6	24	23	1	0	26.08
		SM Pollock	c Trescothick b Hoggard	31	76	52	5	0	59.61
		AJ Hall	b Hoggard	6	11	10	1	0	60.00
		TL Tsolekile	c Flintoff b Giles	22	106	83	1	0	26.50
		M Ntini	not out	2	16	6	0	0	33.33
		DW Steyn	c Strauss b Giles	8	10	10	0	1	80.00
		Extras	(lb 13, w 4, nb 14)	31
		Total	(all out; 110.4 overs; 486 mins)	337	(3.04 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 (Smith, 0.2 ov), 2-63 (de Villiers, 16.6 ov), 3-66 (Kallis, 19.4 ov), 4-178 (Rudolph, 59.4 ov), 5-192 (de Bruyn, 65.2 ov), 6-253 (Pollock, 82.3 ov), 7-261 (Hall, 84.4 ov), 8-324 (Dippenaar, 107.3 ov), 9-327 (Tsolekile, 108.2 ov), 10-337 (Steyn, 110.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MJ Hoggard	20	4	56	3	2.80	(2nb)
	SJ Harmison	25	2	88	1	3.52	(3w)
	SP Jones	16	4	39	1	2.43	(3nb)
	A Flintoff	22	4	72	3	3.27	(8nb, 1w)
	AF Giles	27.4	8	69	2	2.49

	England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		ME Trescothick	b Steyn	47	189	139	4	0	33.81
		AJ Strauss	c de Villiers b Pollock	126	301	228	17	0	55.26
		MA Butcher	c Tsolekile b Ntini	79	273	193	12	0	40.93
		MP Vaughan	c Smith b Hall	10	20	14	1	1	71.42
		GP Thorpe	b Smith	4	41	29	0	0	13.79
		A Flintoff	c Rudolph b Ntini	35	107	70	4	1	50.00
		GO Jones	c Dippenaar b Ntini	2	9	3	0	0	66.66
		AF Giles	c Hall b Pollock	26	66	39	3	0	66.66
		MJ Hoggard	c Tsolekile b Hall	0	6	5	0	0	0.00
		SP Jones	c & b Steyn	24	86	60	3	0	40.00
		SJ Harmison	not out	15	28	16	0	1	93.75
		Extras	(lb 21, w 1, nb 35)	57
		Total	(all out; 126.5 overs; 567 mins)	425	(3.35 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-152 (Trescothick, 42.4 ov), 2-238 (Strauss, 69.3 ov), 3-249 (Vaughan, 73.5 ov), 4-267 (Thorpe, 83.3 ov), 5-346 (Butcher, 105.5 ov), 6-353 (Flintoff, 107.1 ov), 7-353 (GO Jones, 107.2 ov), 8-358 (Hoggard, 108.2 ov), 9-394 (Giles, 121.1 ov), 10-425 (SP Jones, 126.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SM Pollock	32	14	61	2	1.90	(6nb)
	M Ntini	28	6	75	3	2.67	(1nb, 1w)
	DW Steyn	25.5	2	117	2	4.52	(16nb)
	AJ Hall	22	1	95	2	4.31	(7nb)
	Z de Bruyn	9	1	31	0	3.44	(5nb)
	GC Smith	10	3	25	1	2.50

	South Africa 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AB de Villiers	c & b Hoggard	14	28	21	2	0	66.66
		GC Smith	c SP Jones b Flintoff	55	178	105	5	0	52.38
		JA Rudolph	c Trescothick b Giles	28	43	45	4	0	62.22
		JH Kallis	lbw b SP Jones	61	167	113	9	0	53.98
		HH Dippenaar	b Giles	10	28	26	1	0	38.46
		Z de Bruyn	c Trescothick b Flintoff	19	65	42	2	0	45.23
		SM Pollock	c GO Jones b SP Jones	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		AJ Hall	run out (Thorpe/GO Jones)	17	68	51	2	0	33.33
		TL Tsolekile	b SP Jones	0	18	10	0	0	0.00
		M Ntini	lbw b SP Jones	4	10	5	1	0	80.00
		DW Steyn	not out	2	8	2	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(b 4, lb 3, w 1, nb 6, pen 5)	19
		Total	(all out; 69.1 overs; 312 mins)	229	(3.31 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-26 (de Villiers, 6.3 ov), 2-64 (Rudolph, 16.1 ov), 3-152 (Smith, 39.4 ov), 4-168 (Dippenaar, 46.3 ov), 5-201 (Kallis, 55.2 ov), 6-201 (Pollock, 55.3 ov), 7-217 (de Bruyn, 62.3 ov), 8-218 (Tsolekile, 65.5 ov), 9-224 (Ntini, 67.5 ov), 10-229 (Hall, 69.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	MJ Hoggard	12	2	38	1	3.16
	SJ Harmison	14	1	54	0	3.85	(1nb)
	AF Giles	15	2	39	2	2.60
	A Flintoff	15	2	47	2	3.13	(3nb, 1w)
	SP Jones	13.1	3	39	4	2.96	(2nb)

	England 2nd innings (target: 142 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		ME Trescothick	c Tsolekile b Pollock	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		AJ Strauss	not out	94	173	134	12	1	70.14
		MA Butcher	c Smith b Ntini	0	14	8	0	0	0.00
		MP Vaughan	b Steyn	15	50	25	2	0	60.00
		GP Thorpe	not out	31	105	78	2	0	39.74
		Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5
		Total	(3 wickets; 40.4 overs; 173 mins)	145	(3.56 runs per over)

Did not bat A Flintoff, GO Jones, AF Giles, MJ Hoggard, SP Jones, SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets1-0 (Trescothick, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Butcher, 3.2 ov), 3-50 (Vaughan, 14.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SM Pollock	11	2	36	1	3.27	(1nb)
	M Ntini	6.4	1	24	1	3.60
	AJ Hall	9	1	14	0	1.55	(1nb)
	DW Steyn	6	1	29	1	4.83
	GC Smith	8	0	39	0	4.87

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Series England led the 5-match series 1-0 Test debuts AB de Villiers and DW Steyn (South Africa) Player of the match AJ Strauss (England) Umpires DB Hair (Australia) and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire IL Howell Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies) Close of play 17 Dec day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 273/7 (HH Dippenaar 79*, TL Tsolekile 6*, 90 ov) 18 Dec day 2 - England 1st innings 227/1 (AJ Strauss 120*, MA Butcher 24*, 66 ov) 19 Dec day 3 - South Africa 2nd innings 99/2 (GC Smith 33*, JH Kallis 10*, 23 ov) 20 Dec day 4 - England 2nd innings 93/3 (AJ Strauss 51*, GP Thorpe 23*, 31 ov) 21 Dec day 5 - England 2nd innings 145/3 (40.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

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) Strauss joins a list of players who made 100 debuts in their home and away matches 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)

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