Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 3 · Test
South Africa beat England by 5 wickets - Match Info
Edgbaston, Birmingham, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
England231 & 36398.3 ov
South Africa314 & 283/580 ov
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match 3, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2008
- Date
- (Wed 30 Jul, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 5 wickets
- Player of the match
- Graeme Smith
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Ian Gould (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- Rob Bailey
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · ENG won 66 · SA won 35 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 2 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 203 & 327 v SA 522 & 9/0South Africa won by 10 wickets
- Match 1 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 593/8d v SA 247 & 393/3dMatch drawn
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- W vs ENG · ENG 203 & 327 v SA 522 & 9/0South Africa won by 10 wickets
- D vs ENG · ENG 593/8d v SA 247 & 393/3dMatch drawn
- 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
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 | 22 | 1436 | 162 | 43.52 | 43.14 |
| Graeme Smith SA | 12 | 1145 | 277 | 54.52 | 64.36 |
| Herschelle Gibbs SA | 14 | 1037 | 183 | 43.21 | 54.21 |
| Andrew Flintoff ENG | 17 | 877 | 142 | 32.48 | 62.91 |
| Michael Vaughan ENG | 16 | 791 | 156 | 28.25 | 42.25 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock SA | 23 | 91 | 2.26 |
| Makhaya Ntini SA | 14 | 57 | 3.36 |
| Andrew Flintoff ENG | 17 | 40 | 2.94 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 19 | 37 | 2.66 |
| Matthew Hoggard ENG | 5 | 26 | 3.31 |
Tests at Edgbaston
- Matches
- 12
- Average 1st-innings score
- 339
- Won batting first
- 3
- Won chasing
- 6
- Highest total
- 606 by West Indies ()