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South Africa tour of England - 2008 (2008) · Headingley, Leeds · 22 August 2008

England won by 20 runs

England won by 20 runs. Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 90* for England.

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MATCH FACTS

Series
South Africa tour of England - 2008 (2008)
Ground
Headingley, Leeds
Date
22 August 2008
Toss
England, chose to bat
Result
England won by 20 runs
Player of the match
Kevin Pietersen
Captains
Kevin Pietersen (England), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
Umpires
IJ Gould and SJA Taufel
Match referee
RS Mahanama

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat.

England batted first and made 275 for 4. Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 90 not out off 82 balls, and Andrew Flintoff made 78. The innings was built on a 158-run stand for the fourth wicket between Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen, 57% of the total. That was well above the 2000s average first-innings total at Headingley, 220 across 9 ODIs.

Chasing 276, South Africa made 255 all out. Jacques Kallis top-scored with 52 off 69 balls, and Herschelle Gibbs made 37.

England won by 20 runs.

ENGLAND: 275 FOR 4
BatterHow outRB
Ian Bellc AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis3569
Matt Priorc AB de Villiers b Jacques Kallis4252
Owais Shahc Vernon Philander b Johan Botha1226
Kevin Pietersennot out9082
Andrew Flintoffb Dale Steyn7870
Luke Wrightnot out22

Did not bat: Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Steve Harmison

Extras 16 · Total 275 for 4

Bowler (South Africa)OMRW
Dale Steyn100671
Makhaya Ntini90380
Andre Nel101530
Jacques Kallis50252
Johan Botha70331
Vernon Philander90500

FALL OF WICKETS

1-77 (Ian Bell, 19.3 ov), 2-86 (Matt Prior, 21.3 ov), 3-113 (Owais Shah, 28.1 ov), 4-271 (Andrew Flintoff, 49.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstIan Bell (35) and Matt Prior (36)77117
secondOwais Shah (2) and Matt Prior (6)912
thirdOwais Shah (10) and Kevin Pietersen (16)2740
fourthAndrew Flintoff (78) and Kevin Pietersen (72)158128
fifthKevin Pietersen (2) and Luke Wright (2)44
SOUTH AFRICA: 255 ALL OUT
BatterHow outRB
Herschelle Gibbsb Samit Patel3744
Graeme Smithc Matt Prior b Steve Harmison2121
Jacques Kallisrun out (Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen)5269
AB de Villiersc Ian Bell b Kevin Pietersen2435
Jean-Paul Duminyc Matt Prior b Steve Harmison1833
Mark Boucherst Matt Prior b Kevin Pietersen1615
Johan Bothac Tim Bresnan b Stuart Broad2632
Vernon Philanderrun out (Stuart Broad)2327
Andre Nelb Andrew Flintoff1017
Dale Steynnot out32
Makhaya Ntinib Andrew Flintoff23

Extras 23 · Total 255 all out

Bowler (England)OMRW
Stuart Broad100611
James Anderson30180
Steve Harmison101432
Andrew Flintoff9.41462
Samit Patel100421
Ravi Bopara20110
Kevin Pietersen50222

FALL OF WICKETS

1-50 (Graeme Smith, 7.4 ov), 2-93 (Herschelle Gibbs, 15.4 ov), 3-142 (AB de Villiers, 26.6 ov), 4-149 (Jacques Kallis, 28.6 ov), 5-168 (Mark Boucher, 32.3 ov), 6-202 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 39.4 ov), 7-219 (Johan Botha, 44.1 ov), 8-245 (Vernon Philander, 48.3 ov), 9-249 (Andre Nel, 49.1 ov), 10-255 (Makhaya Ntini, 49.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
WktBattersRunsBalls
firstHerschelle Gibbs (18) and Graeme Smith (21)5046
secondJacques Kallis (23) and Herschelle Gibbs (19)4348
thirdJacques Kallis (25) and AB de Villiers (24)4968
fourthJacques Kallis (4) and Jean-Paul Duminy (3)711
fifthMark Boucher (16) and Jean-Paul Duminy (3)1921
sixthJohan Botha (20) and Jean-Paul Duminy (12)3443
seventhJohan Botha (6) and Vernon Philander (7)1727
eighthAndre Nel (9) and Vernon Philander (16)2626
ninthAndre Nel (1) and Dale Steyn (3)44
tenthMakhaya Ntini (2) and Dale Steyn (0)63
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