England v South Africa
3rd Test · Edgbaston, Birmingham · 30 Jul 2008 – 2 Aug 2008
South Africa won by 5 wickets
England 1st innings23177 overs
South Africa 1st innings31490.2 overs
England 2nd innings36398.3 overs
South Africa 2nd innings283/580 overs
England 1st innings 231 (77 ov)
Fall of wickets: 68-1 (AJ Strauss, 22.4 ov), 68-2 (MP Vaughan, 22.5 ov), 74-3 (KP Pietersen, 25.5 ov), 136-4 (AN Cook, 40.6 ov), 158-5 (PD Collingwood, 51.1 ov), 173-6 (IR Bell, 54.5 ov), 212-7 (TR Ambrose, 73.6 ov), 215-8 (RJ Sidebottom, 74.6 ov), 230-9 (JM Anderson, 76.5 ov), 231-10 (MS Panesar, 76.6 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 68 | 136 | AJ Strauss 20, AN Cook 43 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | AN Cook 0, MP Vaughan 0 |
| 3 | 6 | 18 | AN Cook 1, KP Pietersen 4 |
| 4 | 62 | 91 | AN Cook 32, IR Bell 28 |
| 5 | 22 | 61 | IR Bell 17, PD Collingwood 4 |
| 6 | 15 | 22 | IR Bell 5, A Flintoff 4 |
| 7 | 39 | 115 | A Flintoff 17, TR Ambrose 22 |
| 8 | 3 | 6 | A Flintoff 1, RJ Sidebottom 2 |
| 9 | 15 | 11 | A Flintoff 14, JM Anderson 1 |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | A Flintoff 0, MS Panesar 1 |
South Africa 1st innings 314 (90.2 ov)
Fall of wickets: 17-1 (GC Smith, 7.2 ov), 94-2 (PL Harris, 27.3 ov), 117-3 (HM Amla, 35.1 ov), 135-4 (ND McKenzie, 38.6 ov), 226-5 (JH Kallis, 68.4 ov), 238-6 (AB de Villiers, 72.4 ov), 264-7 (AG Prince, 77.6 ov), 293-8 (M Morkel, 86.6 ov), 298-9 (A Nel, 87.6 ov), 314-10 (MV Boucher, 90.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 17 | 44 | ND McKenzie 5, GC Smith 7 |
| 2 | 77 | 121 | ND McKenzie 42, PL Harris 19 |
| 3 | 23 | 46 | ND McKenzie 13, HM Amla 9 |
| 4 | 18 | 23 | ND McKenzie 12, JH Kallis 5 |
| 5 | 91 | 178 | JH Kallis 59, AG Prince 29 |
| 6 | 12 | 24 | AG Prince 2, AB de Villiers 5 |
| 7 | 26 | 32 | AG Prince 8, MV Boucher 12 |
| 8 | 29 | 54 | MV Boucher 7, M Morkel 18 |
| 9 | 5 | 6 | MV Boucher 5, A Nel 0 |
| 10 | 16 | 14 | MV Boucher 16, M Ntini 0 |
England 2nd innings 363 (98.3 ov)
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (AN Cook, 5.2 ov), 39-2 (MP Vaughan, 10.6 ov), 70-3 (AJ Strauss, 22.1 ov), 104-4 (IR Bell, 30.1 ov), 219-5 (KP Pietersen, 53.1 ov), 221-6 (A Flintoff, 53.5 ov), 297-7 (TR Ambrose, 80.2 ov), 362-8 (RJ Sidebottom, 96.5 ov), 363-9 (JM Anderson, 97.6 ov), 363-10 (PD Collingwood, 98.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 15 | 32 | AJ Strauss 5, AN Cook 9 |
| 2 | 24 | 34 | AJ Strauss 7, MP Vaughan 17 |
| 3 | 31 | 67 | AJ Strauss 13, KP Pietersen 18 |
| 4 | 34 | 48 | KP Pietersen 14, IR Bell 20 |
| 5 | 115 | 138 | KP Pietersen 62, PD Collingwood 50 |
| 6 | 2 | 4 | PD Collingwood 0, A Flintoff 2 |
| 7 | 76 | 159 | PD Collingwood 51, TR Ambrose 19 |
| 8 | 65 | 99 | PD Collingwood 34, RJ Sidebottom 22 |
| 9 | 1 | 8 | PD Collingwood 0, JM Anderson 1 |
| 10 | 0 | 2 | PD Collingwood 0, MS Panesar 0 |
South Africa 2nd innings 283/5 (80 ov)
Did not bat: M Ntini, A Nel, M Morkel, PL Harris
Fall of wickets: 65-1 (ND McKenzie, 17.3 ov), 78-2 (HM Amla, 22.6 ov), 83-3 (JH Kallis, 25.5 ov), 93-4 (AG Prince, 29.2 ov), 171-5 (AB de Villiers, 52.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 65 | 105 | GC Smith 33, ND McKenzie 22 |
| 2 | 13 | 33 | GC Smith 7, HM Amla 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 17 | GC Smith 0, JH Kallis 5 |
| 4 | 10 | 21 | GC Smith 7, AG Prince 2 |
| 5 | 78 | 140 | GC Smith 49, AB de Villiers 27 |
| Unbroken | 112 | 164 | GC Smith 58, MV Boucher 45 |
Match details
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Season
- 2008
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar, SJ Davis
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle