Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	lbw b Giles	92	165	258	15	0	55.75
Herschelle Gibbs	c †GO Jones b Flintoff	14	29	40	3	0	48.27
Jacques Rudolph	c Key b Hoggard	33	83	118	6	0	39.75
Jacques Kallis	b Flintoff	8	23	33	1	0	34.78
Graeme Smith (c)	c Trescothick b Flintoff	25	49	85	3	0	51.02
Mark Boucher †	c Trescothick b SP Jones	25	58	68	2	0	43.10
Shaun Pollock	b Flintoff	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Nicky Boje	c Thorpe b SP Jones	9	27	62	1	0	33.33
Andrew Hall	c Strauss b SP Jones	11	19	42	2	0	57.89
Makhaya Ntini	c Hoggard b SP Jones	6	9	12	1	0	66.66
Andre Nel	not out	1	8	10	0	0	12.50
Extras	(lb 1, nb 19, w 3)	23
Total	75.3 Ov (RR: 3.27, 368 Mins)	247
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Herschelle Gibbs, 8.6 ov), 2-114 (Jacques Rudolph, 33.6 ov), 3-144 (Jacques Kallis, 40.1 ov), 4-187 (AB de Villiers, 53.3 ov), 5-200 (Graeme Smith, 58.4 ov), 6-200 (Shaun Pollock, 58.6 ov), 7-222 (Mark Boucher, 67.3 ov), 8-237 (Nicky Boje, 71.2 ov), 9-245 (Makhaya Ntini, 73.4 ov), 10-247 (Andrew Hall, 75.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	18	4	64	1	3.55	90	11	0	0	6
33.6 to JA Rudolph, . 114/2
Steve Harmison	17	2	79	0	4.64	70	13	0	1	0
Andrew Flintoff	19	6	44	4	2.31	99	5	0	1	8
8.6 to HH Gibbs, . 27/1 40.1 to JH Kallis, . 144/3 58.4 to GC Smith, . 200/5 58.6 to SM Pollock, . 200/6
Simon Jones	15.3	3	47	4	3.03	71	4	0	0	5
67.3 to MV Boucher, . 222/7 71.2 to N Boje, . 237/8 73.4 to M Ntini, . 245/9 75.3 to AJ Hall, . 247/10
Ashley Giles	6	1	12	1	2.00	27	1	0	0	0
53.3 to AB de Villiers, . 187/4

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	run out (Boje)	20	26	29	4	0	76.92
Andrew Strauss	c †Boucher b Nel	44	124	191	5	1	35.48
Rob Key	c †Boucher b Pollock	1	8	11	0	0	12.50
Michael Vaughan (c)	c Rudolph b Pollock	0	4	5	0	0	0.00
Graham Thorpe	b Nel	86	269	339	11	0	31.97
Andrew Flintoff	c †Boucher b Hall	77	144	206	12	1	53.47
Geraint Jones †	c Smith b Nel	50	54	81	5	3	92.59
Ashley Giles	b Nel	39	64	95	6	1	60.93
Matthew Hoggard	c Kallis b Nel	1	24	39	0	0	4.16
Simon Jones	not out	0	17	30	0	0	0.00
Steve Harmison	lbw b Nel	6	8	11	1	0	75.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 22, nb 4, w 8)	35
Total	123 Ov (RR: 2.91, 526 Mins)	359
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Marcus Trescothick, 7.6 ov), 2-29 (Rob Key, 10.2 ov), 3-29 (Michael Vaughan, 10.6 ov), 4-114 (Andrew Strauss, 44.6 ov), 5-255 (Graham Thorpe, 94.4 ov), 6-257 (Andrew Flintoff, 95.4 ov), 7-335 (Geraint Jones, 112.3 ov), 8-351 (Ashley Giles, 116.4 ov), 9-352 (Matthew Hoggard, 120.4 ov), 10-359 (Steve Harmison, 122.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Shaun Pollock	21	11	30	2	1.42	113	4	0	0	0
10.2 to RWT Key, . 29/2 10.6 to MP Vaughan, . 29/3
Makhaya Ntini	28	8	92	0	3.28	130	14	1	2	0
Andre Nel	29	7	81	6	2.79	140	9	1	2	1
44.6 to AJ Strauss, . 114/4 94.4 to GP Thorpe, . 255/5 112.3 to GO Jones, . 335/7 116.4 to AF Giles, . 351/8 120.4 to MJ Hoggard, . 352/9 122.6 to SJ Harmison, . 359/10
Andrew Hall	16	3	58	1	3.62	76	10	1	0	2
95.4 to A Flintoff, . 257/6
Nicky Boje	19	7	59	0	3.10	93	6	3	0	0
Jacques Kallis	2	0	5	0	2.50	9	0	0	0	0
Graeme Smith	8	2	11	0	1.37	42	1	0	0	1

South Africa 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c Hoggard b SP Jones	109	169	276	11	1	64.49
Herschelle Gibbs	c †GO Jones b Flintoff	4	18	24	1	0	22.22
Andrew Hall	b Flintoff	9	19	26	1	0	47.36
Jacques Kallis	not out	136	217	277	16	1	62.67
Graeme Smith (c)	c sub (PD Collingwood) b Harmison	3	7	18	0	0	42.85
Jacques Rudolph	b Harmison	2	8	16	0	0	25.00
Mark Boucher †	c Trescothick b Hoggard	6	8	16	0	0	75.00
Extras	(b 2, lb 14, nb 9, w 2)	27
Total	73 Ov (RR: 4.05, 327 Mins)	296/6d
Did not bat: Shaun Pollock, Nicky Boje, Makhaya Ntini, Andre Nel
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Herschelle Gibbs, 5.4 ov), 2-29 (Andrew Hall, 11.2 ov), 3-256 (AB de Villiers, 64.1 ov), 4-267 (Graeme Smith, 67.4 ov), 5-277 (Jacques Rudolph, 69.6 ov), 6-296 (Mark Boucher, 72.6 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Matthew Hoggard	14	2	51	1	3.64	59	5	1	0	0
72.6 to MV Boucher, . 296/6
Andrew Flintoff	13	2	46	2	3.53	60	7	0	1	3
5.4 to HH Gibbs, . 17/1 11.2 to AJ Hall, . 29/2
Ashley Giles	11	1	50	0	4.54	37	4	1	0	0
Simon Jones	19	2	74	1	3.89	73	6	0	1	4
64.1 to AB de Villiers, . 256/3
Steve Harmison	16	2	59	2	3.68	66	7	0	0	1
67.4 to GC Smith, . 267/4 69.6 to JA Rudolph, . 277/5

England 2nd Innings (T: 185 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Trescothick	b Ntini	7	43	67	0	0	16.27
Andrew Strauss	c Kallis b Ntini	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Rob Key	lbw b Pollock	9	34	41	1	0	26.47
Michael Vaughan (c)	not out	26	86	130	3	0	30.23
Graham Thorpe	c Gibbs b Ntini	8	56	70	1	0	14.28
Andrew Flintoff	not out	14	29	41	3	0	48.27
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2)	9
Total	41.2 Ov (RR: 1.76, 178 Mins)	73/4
Did not bat: Geraint Jones †, Ashley Giles, Simon Jones, Matthew Hoggard, Steve Harmison
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Andrew Strauss, 1.2 ov), 2-16 (Rob Key, 11.1 ov), 3-20 (Marcus Trescothick, 14.6 ov), 4-45 (Graham Thorpe, 31.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Andre Nel	12	5	24	0	2.00	64	3	0	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	11	6	12	3	1.09	60	1	0	0	0
1.2 to AJ Strauss, . 0/1 14.6 to ME Trescothick, . 20/3 31.4 to GP Thorpe, . 45/4
Shaun Pollock	7	3	9	1	1.28	38	1	0	0	1
11.1 to RWT Key, . 16/2
Graeme Smith	3	1	8	0	2.66	14	1	0	0	0
Andrew Hall	5.2	2	9	0	1.68	30	2	0	0	1
Nicky Boje	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	0	0
Jacques Kallis	2	0	4	0	2.00	10	0	0	0	0

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Fri, 21 Jan - day 1 - no play

Sat, 22 Jan - day 2 - South Africa 1st innings 247/9 (Andrew Hall 11*, Andre Nel 1*, 75.1 ov)

Sun, 23 Jan - day 3 - England 1st innings 114/4 (Graham Thorpe 32*, Andrew Flintoff 0*, 46 ov)

Mon, 24 Jan - day 4 - South Africa 2nd innings 59/2 (AB de Villiers 20*, Jacques Kallis 19*, 19 ov)

Tue, 25 Jan - day 5 - England 2nd innings 73/4 (41.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

England 150 runs, 263 mins, 364 balls, 17x4, 1x6
50 P/S (Thorpe 28, Flintoff 14, Extras 8) 89 mins, 132 balls, 6x4
England 200 runs, 348 mins, 517 balls, 24x4, 1x6
100 P/S (Thorpe 47, Flintoff 44, Extras 9) 164 mins, 254 balls, 15x4
Flintoff 50 runs, 170 mins, 123 balls, 9x4
England 250 runs, 385 mins, 566 balls, 32x4, 2x6
England 300, 440 minutes, 631 balls, 38x4 3x6
50 partnership (G Jones 26, Giles 22) 47 minutes, 60 balls, 7x4, 2x6
Jones 50 runs, 80 mins, 52 balls, 5x4, 3x6
England 350 runs, 488 mins, 702 balls, 43 x 4, 6x6
SA 2nd Innings:
SA 50 runs, 75 mins, 104 balls, 7x4, 1x6

Day 5

50 P/S (de Villiers 17, Kallis 29, Extras 4) 54 mins, 81 balls, 6x4, 1x6
South Africa 100 runs, 126 mins, 179 balls, 13x4, 1x6
Kallis 50 runs, 102 mins, 81 balls, 8x4, 1x6
100 P/S (de Villiers 34.allis 60, Extras 8) 106 mins, 151 balls, 11x4, 2x6
de Villiers 50 runs, 167 mins, 100 balls, 5x4, 1x6
SA 150 runs, 171 mins, 238 balls, 17x4, 2x6
150 P/S (de Villiers 58, Kallis 83, Extras 10) 156 mins, 225 balls, 14x4, 2x6
SA 200 runs, 225 mins, 320 balls, 19x4, 2x6
Kallis 100 runs, 193 mins, 164 balls, 12x4, 1x6
200 P/S (de Villiers 83, Kallis 102, Extras 16) 196 mins, 282 balls, 19x4, 2x6
SA 250 runs, 271 mins, 386 balls, 25x4, 2x6
England 2nd Innings:
England 50 runs, 149 mins, 207 balls, 5x4
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers
Man of the Series: AJ Strauss

Match Details

SuperSport Park, Centurion
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	England tour of South Africa
Season	2004/05
Player Of The Match	AB de Villiers
Player Of The Series	Andrew Strauss
Series result	England won the 5-match series 2-1
Match number	Test no. 1736
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Aleem Dar Steve Bucknor
TV Umpire	Karl Hurter
Match Referee	Clive Lloyd

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
ME Trescothick	bowled	7	43
AJ Strauss	caught	0	2
RWT Key	lbw	9	34
MP Vaughan	not out	26	86
GP Thorpe	caught	8	56
A Flintoff	not out	14	29
Extras	(lb 7, nb 2)
Total	73(4 wkts; 41.2 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
A Nel	12	5	24	0	2
M Ntini	11	6	12	3	1.09
SM Pollock	7	3	9	1	1.28 (1 nb)
GC Smith	3	1	8	0	2.66
AJ Hall	5.2	2	9	0	1.68 (1 nb)
N Boje	1	1	0	0	0
JH Kallis	2	0	4	0	2

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	0	Marcus Trescothick	Andrew Strauss
2nd	16	Marcus Trescothick	Rob Key
3rd	4	Marcus Trescothick	Michael Vaughan
4th	24	Graham Thorpe	Michael Vaughan
5th	28	Andrew Flintoff	Michael Vaughan

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