Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 1 · Test
England and South Africa draw - Match Info
Lord's, London, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl.
England593/8d156.2 ov
South Africa247 & 393/3d166.5 ov
Match drawn
Match details
- Match
- Match 1, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2008
- Date
- (Thu 10 Jul, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Lord's, London, England
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bowl
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Ian Bell
- Umpires
- Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Daryl Harper (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Nigel Llong
- Reserve umpire
- Tim Robinson
- Match referee
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · ENG won 66 · SA won 35 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · England tour of South Africa · SA 247 & 296/6 v ENG 359 & 73/4Match drawn
- 4th Test · England tour of South Africa · SA 419 & 247 v ENG 411/8 & 332/9England won by 77 runs
- 3rd Test · England tour of South Africa · SA 441 & 222/8d v ENG 163 & 304South Africa won by 196 runs
- 2nd Test · England tour of South Africa · SA 332 & 290/8 v ENG 139 & 570/7Match drawn
- 1st Test · England tour of South Africa · SA 337 & 229 v ENG 425 & 145/3England won by 7 wickets
Recent results (Test)
- W vs NZ · ENG 364 v NZ 123 & 232England won by an innings and 9 runs
- W vs NZ · ENG 202 & 294/4 v NZ 381/9 & 114/9England won by 6 wickets
- D vs NZ · ENG 319 v NZ 277 & 269/6Match drawn
- W vs NZ · NZ 168 & 431 v ENG 253 & 467/7dEngland won by 121 runs
- W vs NZ · NZ 198 & 311 v ENG 342 & 293England won by 126 runs
- L vs IND · IND 325 & 64/2 v SA 265 & 121India won by 8 wickets
- W vs IND · IND 76 & 328 v SA 494/7dSouth Africa won by an innings and 90 runs
- D vs IND · IND 627 v SA 540 & 331/5dMatch drawn
- W vs BAN · BAN 259/9 & 119/9 v SA 583/7dSouth Africa won by an innings and 205 runs
- W vs BAN · BAN 192 & 182 v SA 170 & 205/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
Top players in this fixture
ENG v SA Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacques Kallis SA | 20 | 1412 | 162 | 47.07 | 43.53 |
| Herschelle Gibbs SA | 14 | 1037 | 183 | 43.21 | 54.21 |
| Graeme Smith SA | 10 | 983 | 277 | 54.61 | 66.37 |
| Michael Vaughan ENG | 14 | 768 | 156 | 30.72 | 42.45 |
| Shaun Pollock SA | 22 | 718 | 66 | 27.62 | 52.99 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock SA | 23 | 91 | 2.26 |
| Makhaya Ntini SA | 12 | 54 | 3.31 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 17 | 34 | 2.61 |
| Matthew Hoggard ENG | 5 | 26 | 3.31 |
| Andrew Hall SA | 6 | 19 | 3.08 |
Tests at Lord's
- Matches
- 111
- Average 1st-innings score
- 299
- Won batting first
- 33
- Won chasing
- 35
- Highest total
- 729/6 by Australia ()