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304 & 205-2 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batRSA
332-9 & 175 RSA flag
Overs: 35.3 RR: 5.77 vs seam: 5.61
 Overs: 50.3 RR: 3.47 vs spin: 5.50
vs seam: 3.28
Thu 18/08/94 England v South Africa, 3rd Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by 8 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 332-9 (92.2; RR: 3.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten c Rhodes b DeFreitas 2 12 0 0 16.67
PN Kirsten b Malcolm 16 30 2 0 53.33
WJ Cronje lbw b Benjamin 38 38 2 0 100.00
KC Wessels lbw b Benjamin 45 84 7 0 53.57
DJ Cullinan c Rhodes b DeFreitas 7 11 1 0 63.64
JN Rhodes retired not out (hurt) 8 14 1 0 57.14
BM McMillan c Hick b DeFreitas 93 193 9 0 48.19
DJ Richardson c Rhodes b Benjamin 58 89 6 0 65.17
CR Matthews c Hick b Benjamin 0 1 0 0 0.00
PS de Villiers c Stewart b DeFreitas 14 50 2 0 28.00
AA Donald not out 14 21 1 0 66.67
Extras (8b, 10lb, 1w, 18nb) 37  
TOTAL 332-9 (92.2 overs; RR: 3.60)

Fall of wickets

2-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 43-2 (PN Kirsten 0.0 ov), 73-3 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 85-4 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 136-5 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 260-6 (DJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 266-7 (CR Matthews 0.0 ov), 301-8 (PS de Villiers 0.0 ov), 332-9 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 26.2 5 93 4 3.58 0 0
DE Malcolm 25.0 5 81 1 3.24 0 0
D Gough 19.0 1 85 0 4.47 0 0
JE Benjamin 17.0 2 42 4 2.47 0 0
GA Hick 5.0 1 13 0 2.60 0 0

England - 1st Inns 304 (77.0; RR: 3.95)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Richardson b Donald 8 43 1 0 18.60
MA Atherton lbw b Villiers 0 1 0 0 0.00
GA Hick b Donald 39 85 4 0 45.88
GP Thorpe b Matthews 79 115 11 0 68.70
AJ Stewart b Villiers 62 106 7 0 58.49
JP Crawley c Richardson b Donald 5 12 1 0 41.67
SJ Rhodes lbw b Villiers 11 33 1 0 33.33
PAJ DeFreitas run out 37 31 4 1 119.35
D Gough not out 42 47 6 1 89.36
JE Benjamin lbw b Villiers 0 7 0 0 0.00
DE Malcolm c b Matthews 4 4 1 0 100.00
Extras (1b, 0lb, 1w, 15nb) 17  
TOTAL 304 all out (77.0 overs; RR: 3.95)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 33-2 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 93-3 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 145-4 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 165-5 (JP Crawley 0.0 ov), 219-6 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 222-7 (SJ Rhodes 0.0 ov), 292-8 (PAJ DeFreitas 0.0 ov), 293-9 (JE Benjamin 0.0 ov), 304-10 (DE Malcolm 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 17.0 2 76 3 4.47 0 0
PS de Villiers 19.0 3 62 4 3.26 0 0
CR Matthews 21.0 4 82 2 3.90 0 0
BM McMillan 12.0 1 67 0 5.58 0 0
WJ Cronje 8.0 3 16 0 2.00 0 0

South Africa - 2nd Inns 175 (50.3; RR: 3.47)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
PN Kirsten c DeFreitas b Malcolm 1 13 0 0 7.69
G Kirsten c & b Malcolm 0 3 0 0 0.00
WJ Cronje b Malcolm 0 7 0 0 0.00
KC Wessels c Rhodes b Malcolm 28 61 4 0 45.90
DJ Cullinan c Thorpe b Gough 94 134 12 0 70.15
BM McMillan c Thorpe b Malcolm 25 63 4 0 39.68
DJ Richardson lbw b Malcolm 3 7 0 0 42.86
CR Matthews c Rhodes b Malcolm 0 3 0 0 0.00
JN Rhodes c Rhodes b Malcolm 10 20 1 0 50.00
PS de Villiers not out 0 2 0 0 0.00
AA Donald b Malcolm 0 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 9nb) 14  
TOTAL 175 all out (50.3 overs; RR: 3.47)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 1-2 (PN Kirsten 0.0 ov), 1-3 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 73-4 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 137-5 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 143-6 (DJ Richardson 0.0 ov), 143-7 (CR Matthews 0.0 ov), 175-8 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 175-9 (JN Rhodes 0.0 ov), 175-10 (AA Donald 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 12.0 3 25 0 2.08 0 0
DE Malcolm 16.3 2 57 9 3.56 0 0
D Gough 9.0 1 39 1 4.33 0 0
JE Benjamin 11.0 1 38 0 3.45 0 0
GA Hick 2.0 0 11 0 5.50 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 205-2 (35.3; RR: 5.77)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch b Matthews 33 20 7 0 165.00
MA Atherton c Richardson b Donald 63 113 12 0 55.75
GA Hick not out 81 81 13 0 100.00
GP Thorpe not out 15 14 3 0 107.14
AJ Stewart  
JP Crawley  
SJ Rhodes  
PAJ DeFreitas  
D Gough  
JE Benjamin  
DE Malcolm  
Extras (0b, 6lb, 0w, 7nb) 13  
TOTAL 205-2 (35.3 overs; RR: 5.77)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 180-2 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 12.0 1 96 1 8.00 0 0
PS de Villiers 12.0 0 66 0 5.50 0 0
CR Matthews 11.3 4 37 1 3.36 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at The Oval, 3rd Test

Date

Thursday August 18, 1994

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

KE Palmer, RS Dunne

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, PAJ DeFreitas, MA Atherton, DE Malcolm, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, SJ Rhodes, D Gough, JP Crawley, JE Benjamin

South Africa Team

Playing XI

KC Wessels, WJ Cronje, AA Donald, PN Kirsten, DJ Richardson, BM McMillan, JN Rhodes, CR Matthews, DJ Cullinan, PS de Villiers, G Kirsten