Basil D'Oliveira TrophyMatch 4 · Test
England beat South Africa by 6 wickets - Match Info
Kennington Oval, London, . South Africa won the toss and chose to bat.
England316 & 198/452.5 ov
South Africa194 & 31899.2 ov
England won by 6 wickets
Match details
- Match
- Match 4, Test · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy 2008
- Date
- (Thu 7 Aug, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Kennington Oval, London, England
- Toss
- South Africa, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 6 wickets
- Player of the match
- Kevin Pietersen
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Davis (Australia)
- TV umpire
- PJ Hartley
- Reserve umpire
- Richard Illingworth
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 156 · ENG won 66 · SA won 35 · Drawn 55
Last 5 meetings
- Match 3 · Basil D'Oliveira Trophy · ENG 231 & 363 v SA 314 & 283/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- L vs SA · ENG 231 & 363 v SA 314 & 283/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
- L vs SA · ENG 203 & 327 v SA 522 & 9/0South Africa won by 10 wickets
- D vs SA · ENG 593/8d v SA 247 & 393/3dMatch drawn
- 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
- W vs ENG · ENG 231 & 363 v SA 314 & 283/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
- 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
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 | 23 | 1505 | 162 | 43.00 | 43.62 |
| Graeme Smith SA | 13 | 1306 | 277 | 59.36 | 63.83 |
| Herschelle Gibbs SA | 14 | 1037 | 183 | 43.21 | 54.21 |
| Andrew Flintoff ENG | 18 | 915 | 142 | 32.68 | 61.99 |
| Michael Vaughan ENG | 17 | 808 | 156 | 26.93 | 42.73 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock SA | 23 | 91 | 2.26 |
| Makhaya Ntini SA | 15 | 61 | 3.37 |
| Andrew Flintoff ENG | 18 | 46 | 2.97 |
| Jacques Kallis SA | 20 | 41 | 2.65 |
| James Anderson ENG | 9 | 27 | 3.40 |
Tests at Kennington Oval
- Matches
- 81
- Average 1st-innings score
- 351
- Won batting first
- 24
- Won chasing
- 22
- Highest total
- 903/7 by England ()