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 5th ODI at Cardiff
ENG vs SA, 5th ODI, Cardiff: England whitewash washed out
Sept 03, 2008
England's hopes of inflicting a whitewash on South Africa disappeared in the Cardiff rain as the final NatWest Series match was abandoned, with only three overs possible.
Kevin Pietersen's team would have taken England up to an all-time high second in the one-day international rankings if they had been able to complete a 5-0 clean sweep. Instead, they must settle for 4-0 and third in the International Cricket Council ODI table - behind Australia and South Africa.
On a day of blustery showers and with rain always threatening, the match at the SWALEC Stadium was called off at 6.50pm. In the play possible, South Africa - put in to bat first - lost Herschelle Gibbs to a blinding catch behind by Matt Prior off Stuart Broad, on the way to six for one.
That came after a start delayed by wet surrounds, and preceded the first of the many downpours which were eventually to bring the abandonment.
ENG vs SA, 5th ODI, Cardiff: South Africa 6 for 1 (3.0 overs) v England match abandoned
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England 5th ODI at Cardiff
Score Card
England won the toss and decided to field
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6 for 1 (3.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gibbs | c Prior | b Broad | 3 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Amla | not out | 3 |
6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kallis | not out | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 0 | |||||
| Total | for 1 | 6 | (3.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: N J Llong, S J A Taufel
England: Bell, Prior, Shah, Pietersen, Flintoff, Collingwood, Wright, Patel, Broad, Anderson, S Harmison
South Africa: Gibbs, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher, Ontong, Botha, M Morkel, Steyn, Nel