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316 & 198-4
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194 & 318
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Overs: 52.5 RR: 3.75 vs spin: 2.82
vs seam: 3.91
Overs: 99.2 RR: 3.20 vs spin: 2.11
vs seam: 3.27
Thu 07/08/08 England v South Africa, 4th Test, The Kia Oval, Kennington
ENGLAND WIN England won by 6 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 194 (64.5; RR: 2.99)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GC Smith c Anderson b Harmison 46 103 7 0 44.66
ND McKenzie c Cook b Flintoff 17 55 2 0 30.91
HM Amla b Harmison 36 35 8 0 102.86
JH Kallis lbw b Anderson 2 5 0 0 40.00
AG Prince c Bell b Anderson 4 14 1 0 28.57
AB de Villiers lbw b Panesar 39 53 8 0 73.58
MV Boucher c Ambrose b Anderson 3 13 0 0 23.08
M Morkel c Bell b Broad 17 30 3 0 56.67
PL Harris not out 13 49 1 0 26.53
A Nel c Ambrose b Broad 4 5 1 0 80.00
M Ntini b Panesar 9 29 1 0 31.03
Extras (1b, 1lb, 0w, 2nb) 4  
TOTAL 194 all out (64.5 overs; RR: 2.99)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (ND McKenzie 19.6 ov), 103-2 (GC Smith 31.4 ov), 103-3 (HM Amla 31.5 ov), 105-4 (JH Kallis 32.5 ov), 118-5 (AG Prince 36.6 ov), 132-6 (MV Boucher 42.1 ov), 158-7 (AB de Villiers 49.3 ov), 168-8 (M Morkel 52.5 ov), 172-9 (A Nel 54.4 ov), 194-10 (M Ntini 64.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SJ Harmison 18.0 6 49 2 2.72 0 0
JM Anderson 15.0 1 42 3 2.80 0 2
A Flintoff 15.0 2 37 1 2.47 0 0
SCJ Broad 14.0 3 60 2 4.29 0 0
MS Panesar 2.5 0 4 2 2.00 0 0

England - 1st Inns 316 (95.2; RR: 3.31)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Strauss c Smith b Ntini 6 20 1 0 30.00
AN Cook c Boucher b Ntini 39 102 5 0 38.24
IR Bell c Smith b Ntini 24 41 3 0 58.54
KP Pietersen c Kallis b Ntini 100 137 15 0 72.99
PD Collingwood c & b Kallis 61 124 10 0 49.19
A Flintoff c Boucher b Kallis 9 13 0 1 69.23
TR Ambrose c Smith b Kallis 4 11 0 0 36.36
SCJ Broad c McKenzie b Ntini 1 36 0 0 2.78
SJ Harmison not out 49 59 8 0 83.05
JM Anderson lbw b Harris 13 34 0 0 38.24
MS Panesar run out 0 0 0 0
Extras (0b, 4lb, 1w, 5nb) 10  
TOTAL 316 all out (95.2 overs; RR: 3.31)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (AJ Strauss 3.4 ov), 51-2 (IR Bell 17.4 ov), 111-3 (AN Cook 35.5 ov), 219-4 (KP Pietersen 63.5 ov), 233-5 (A Flintoff 67.6 ov), 241-6 (TR Ambrose 71.6 ov), 248-7 (PD Collingwood 77.2 ov), 263-8 (SCJ Broad 83.2 ov), 316-9 (JM Anderson 94.6 ov), 316-10 (MS Panesar 95.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Morkel 22.0 3 78 0 3.55 0 4
M Ntini 24.0 3 94 5 3.92 0 0
A Nel 19.2 5 56 0 2.95 0 0
JH Kallis 15.0 2 51 3 3.40 1 0
PL Harris 15.0 4 33 1 2.20 0 1

South Africa - 2nd Inns 318 (99.2; RR: 3.20)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GC Smith lbw b Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.00
ND McKenzie b Broad 29 58 4 0 50.00
HM Amla c Ambrose b Harmison 76 99 14 0 76.77
JH Kallis c Collingwood b Harmison 9 57 1 0 15.79
AG Prince c Strauss b Flintoff 24 53 4 0 45.28
AB de Villiers b Panesar 97 170 12 0 57.06
MV Boucher c Collingwood b Anderson 12 44 1 0 27.27
M Morkel c Bell b Panesar 10 22 1 0 45.45
PL Harris c Flintoff b Broad 34 74 3 0 45.95
A Nel not out 3 8 0 0 37.50
M Ntini c Collingwood b Broad 2 9 0 0 22.22
Extras (6b, 8lb, 5w, 3nb) 22  
TOTAL 318 all out (99.2 overs; RR: 3.20)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (GC Smith 0.5 ov), 82-2 (ND McKenzie 20.4 ov), 119-3 (HM Amla 29.6 ov), 138-4 (JH Kallis 39.6 ov), 161-5 (AG Prince 51.2 ov), 201-6 (MV Boucher 68.1 ov), 218-7 (M Morkel 73.4 ov), 313-8 (PL Harris 95.4 ov), 313-9 (AB de Villiers 96.5 ov), 318-10 (M Ntini 99.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 22.0 2 85 2 3.86 0 1
SJ Harmison 25.0 6 84 2 3.36 1 0
A Flintoff 18.0 4 53 1 2.94 0 2
MS Panesar 17.0 5 37 2 2.18 0 0
SCJ Broad 16.2 4 44 3 2.75 0 0
KP Pietersen 1.0 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 198-4 (52.5; RR: 3.75)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AJ Strauss c Smith b Harris 58 107 6 0 54.21
AN Cook c Smith b Ntini 67 106 12 0 63.21
IR Bell b Ntini 4 19 1 0 21.05
KP Pietersen c McKenzie b Harris 13 27 2 0 48.15
PD Collingwood not out 25 50 3 0 50.00
A Flintoff not out 11 14 1 1 78.57
TR Ambrose  
SCJ Broad  
JM Anderson  
SJ Harmison  
MS Panesar  
Extras (6b, 7lb, 1w, 6nb) 20  
TOTAL 198-4 (52.5 overs; RR: 3.75)

Fall of wickets

123-1 (AN Cook 31.2 ov), 147-2 (IR Bell 37.5 ov), 147-3 (AJ Strauss 38.1 ov), 182-4 (KP Pietersen 48.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
M Morkel 13.0 2 43 0 3.31 1 5
M Ntini 14.0 4 55 2 3.93 0 1
PL Harris 19.5 5 56 2 2.95 0 0
A Nel 5.0 0 21 0 4.20 0 0
JH Kallis 1.0 0 10 0 10.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at The Oval, 4th Test

Date

Thursday August 7, 2008

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

The Kia Oval, Kennington

Umpires

SJ Davis, Aleem Dar

England Team

Playing XI

PD Collingwood, A Flintoff, AJ Strauss, SJ Harmison, IR Bell, KP Pietersen, MS Panesar, JM Anderson, TR Ambrose, AN Cook, SCJ Broad

South Africa Team

Playing XI

JH Kallis, MV Boucher, ND McKenzie, M Ntini, AG Prince, A Nel, HM Amla, GC Smith, PL Harris, AB de Villiers, M Morkel