South Africa v England Cricket Series 2008
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South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa will play 5 ODIs and one T20 followed by 5 Test matches during the England tour starting June 29, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- South Africa v Somerset, Practice Match at Taunton: 29 June 2008
- South Africa v Middlesex, Practice Match at Middx: 04 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 1st Test at Lord's: 10-14 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 2nd Test at Headingley: 18-22 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 3rd Test at Edgbaston: 30 July-03 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 4th Test at The Oval: 07-11 August 2008
- South Africa v England Lions, Practice Match at Leicester: 14 August 2008
- South Africa v England Lions, Practice Match at derby: 16 August 2008
- South Africa v England, Twenty20 at Riverside: 20 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 1st ODI at Headingley: 22 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 2nd ODI at Trent Bridge: 26 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 3rd ODI at The Oval : 29 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 4th ODI at Lord's: 31 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 5th ODI at Cardiff: 03 September 2008
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England 1st Test at Lords
SA v ENG, 1st Test, Lords: South Africa earn a draw against England
July 14, 2008
Neil McKenzie's tour de force hundred and a second three-figure exercise in determination from Hashim Amla completed South Africa's escapology act in the first Test at Lord's.
McKenzie (138) shut out England for nine-and-a-quarter hours, and his second-wicket partner Amla (104no) outlasted him for a five-and-a-half-hour hundred of his own as South Africa secured a draw by closing out the match on 393 for three.
South Africa's safety was a far cry from the peril of following on two days ago 346 runs behind, apparently certain to lose and go 1-0 down in this four-match series. But McKenzie and his captain Graeme Smith responded with an opening stand of 204, and the former was then joined by Amla to add 125 more.
Suffering with a groin strain towards the end of his 447-ball 138 and batting with Smith as a runner, McKenzie eventually went when he was unable to move his feet towards an attempted cut shot and edged a ball from James Anderson behind. By that time, though, the tourists knew the job was almost done - and even after Jacques Kallis had been yorked by Ryan Sidebottom to go cheaply, Amla still would not be moved. He reached a 231-ball hundred and was still in situ, in company with first-innings centurion Ashwell Prince when the umpires unexpectedly offered the batsmen the opportunity of going off for bad light. It appeared an expedient decision which found little favour with the last-day crowd.
When the players returned shortly afterwards, there was a farcical epilogue as - with the third new ball only four overs old - part-time off-spinners Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen completed bowling duties until the stalemate was confirmed at 4.50pm. England batsman Ian Bell was named as man of the match after his superb innings of 199.
SA v ENG, 1st Test, Lords: England 593-8 drew with South Africa 247 & 393-3
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England 1st Test at Lords
Score Card
South Africa won the toss and decided to field
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593 for 8 (156.2 overs)
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247 all out (93.3 overs)
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393 for 3 (167.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Strauss | lbw | b M Morkel | 44 |
131 | 6 | 0 |
| Cook | c de Villiers | b M Morkel | 60 |
132 | 9 | 0 |
| Vaughan | b Steyn | 2 |
3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pietersen | c Boucher | b M Morkel | 152 |
181 | 20 | 1 |
| Bell | c and b | Harris | 199 |
336 | 20 | 1 |
| Collingwood | c Amla | b Harris | 7 |
13 | 1 | 0 |
| Ambrose | c Smith | b M Morkel | 4 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Broad | b Harris | 76 |
124 | 10 | 0 | |
| Sidebottom | not out | 1 |
22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 15nb 7w 14b 12lb | 48 | ||||
| Total | for 8 | 593 | (156.2 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Smith | c Bell | b Anderson | 8 |
21 | 1 | 0 |
| McKenzie | b Panesar | 40 |
89 | 5 | 0 | |
| Amla | c Ambrose | b Broad | 6 |
32 | 1 | 0 |
| Kallis | c Strauss | b Sidebottom | 7 |
19 | 1 | 0 |
| Prince | c Ambrose | b Sidebottom | 101 |
184 | 13 | 1 |
| de Villiers | c Anderson | b Panesar | 42 |
119 | 5 | 0 |
| Boucher | b Broad | 4 |
11 | 0 | 0 | |
| M Morkel | b Panesar | 6 |
22 | 1 | 0 | |
| Harris | c Anderson | b Panesar | 6 |
18 | 1 | 0 |
| Steyn | c Sidebottom | b Pietersen | 19 |
46 | 2 | 0 |
| Ntini | not out | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 2w 1b 4lb | 8 | ||||
| Total | all out | 247 | (93.3 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Smith | c Pietersen | b Anderson | 107 |
207 | 11 | 0 |
| McKenzie | c Ambrose | b Anderson | 138 |
447 | 16 | 0 |
| Amla | not out | 104 |
242 | 14 | 0 | |
| Kallis | b Sidebottom | 13 |
52 | 2 | 0 | |
| Prince | not out | 9 |
54 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 5w 8b 8lb | 22 | ||||
| Total | for 3 | 393 | (167.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: B F Bowden, D J Harper
England: Vaughan, Cook, Strauss, Bell, Pietersen, Collingwood, Ambrose, Broad, Sidebottom, Anderson, Panesar
South Africa: Smith, McKenzie, Amla, Prince, Kallis, de Villiers, Boucher, M Morkel, Harris, Steyn, Ntini