Fri, 17 Dec - Tue, 21 Dec 2004 - 00:00 – 1st Test • St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
England won by 7 wickets
South AfricaSouth Africa
411/0 (20.00) & 229/10 (69.1)
EnglandEngland
423/0 (20.00) & 145/3 (40.4)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4
Most 50s 2 Mark Butcher 2 Andrew Strauss
Best Average 15.6 Simon Jones
Most 50s 2 Jacques Kallis 2 Graeme Smith 2 Jacques Rudolph
Best Average 23.5 Matthew Hoggard 23.8 Andrew Flintoff
Best Bowling Fig 4 Simon Jones
Best Average 24.75 Makhaya Ntini 32.33 Shaun Pollock 48.67 Dale Steyn
Best Bowling Fig 3 Andrew Flintoff 3 Matthew Hoggard
Most Wickets 5 Andrew Flintoff 5 Simon Jones 4 Matthew Hoggard
Best Economy 2.55 Ashley Giles
Best Bowling Fig 3 Makhaya Ntini 2 Andrew Hall 2 Shaun Pollock
Best Economy 2.68 Simon Jones 2.94 Matthew Hoggard
Most Runs Conceed 142 Steve Harmison
Best Bowling Fig 2 Dale Steyn
Most Wickets 4 Makhaya Ntini 3 Shaun Pollock
Most Runs Conceed 119 Andrew Flintoff 108 Ashley Giles
Most Runs 220 Andrew Strauss
Most Wickets 3 Dale Steyn 2 Andrew Hall 1 Graeme Smith
Most Runs 79 Mark Butcher 47 Marcus Trescothick
Best Strike Rate 0.94 Steve Harmison 0.67 Geraint Jones 0.67 Ashley Giles
Most Fours 29 Andrew Strauss
Best Economy 2.26 Shaun Pollock 2.88 Makhaya Ntini 3.44 Zander de Bruyn
Most Fours 12 Mark Butcher 4 Andrew Flintoff
Highest Score 126 Andrew Strauss
Most Runs Conceed 146 Dale Steyn 109 Andrew Hall
Most Runs 121 Jacques Rudolph
Highest Score 79 Mark Butcher 47 Marcus Trescothick
Best Averages 220 Andrew Strauss 39.5 Mark Butcher 35 Andrew Flintoff
Most Wickets 4 Ashley Giles
Most Runs 120 Boeta Dippenaar 61 Jacques Kallis
Best Strike Rate 0.83 Dale Steyn
Most Wickets 1 Steve Harmison
Best Bowling Fig 2 Ashley Giles 1 Steve Harmison
Best Strike Rate 0.62 AB de Villiers
Most Fours 18 Jacques Rudolph 12 Boeta Dippenaar
Most Not Outs 2 Graham Thorpe
Best Economy 3.22 Andrew Flintoff
Best Strike Rate 34.92 Simon Jones
Most Fours 9 Jacques Kallis 6 AB de Villiers 5 Shaun Pollock
Best Strike Rate 44.4 Andrew Flintoff
Most Not Outs 2 Andrew Strauss 1 Steve Harmison
Most Ducks 2 Marcus Trescothick 2 Mark Butcher 1 Matthew Hoggard
Highest Score 110 Boeta Dippenaar 93 Jacques Rudolph 61 Jacques Kallis
Most Fours 4 Marcus Trescothick
Most Balls Faced 362 Andrew Strauss 201 Mark Butcher
Best Averages 60.5 Jacques Rudolph 60 Boeta Dippenaar 30.5 Jacques Kallis 35 Graham Thorpe
Most 100s 2 Andrew Strauss
Worst Bowling Fig 88 Steve Harmison
Best Strike Rate 48 Matthew Hoggard 63.6 Ashley Giles
Best Strike Rate 0.64 Michael Vaughan
Most Dots 3 Dale Steyn 1 Andrew Hall
Best Bowling Fig 1 Graeme Smith
Best Strike Rate 0.61 Andrew Strauss
Best Average 27 Ashley Giles
Most Dots 1 Ashley Giles
Most Not Outs 2 Makhaya Ntini
Best Strike Rate 51.6 Makhaya Ntini 63 Dale Steyn
Most sixes 1 Andrew Flintoff 1 Michael Vaughan 1 Steve Harmison
Best Strike Rate 86 Shaun Pollock
Most Not Outs 2 Dale Steyn
Best Averages 27.5 Graeme Smith
Worst Bowling Fig 72 Andrew Flintoff 69 Ashley Giles
Most Balls Faced 140 Marcus Trescothick
Most 100s 2 Boeta Dippenaar
Most Runs Conceed 99 Makhaya Ntini 97 Shaun Pollock
Most Runs 55 Graeme Smith
Most Ducks 2 Shaun Pollock 2 Jacques Kallis
Most Balls Faced 107 Graham Thorpe
Most sixes 1 Andrew Strauss
Most Ducks 2 Graeme Smith
Most Fours 5 Graeme Smith
Most Balls Faced 271 Boeta Dippenaar 237 Jacques Rudolph 120 Jacques Kallis
Worst Bowling Fig 117 Dale Steyn 95 Andrew Hall
Most Ducks 2 Thami Tsolekile
Best Strike Rate 0.58 Shaun Pollock
Highest Score 55 Graeme Smith
Most sixes 1 Dale Steyn
Worst Bowling Fig 75 Makhaya Ntini 61 Shaun Pollock
Marcus Trescothick vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 12
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 79.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Marcus Trescothick vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 10
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 37.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vaughan vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 33.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 31.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 8
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 93.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Strauss vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Butcher vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 66.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Michael Vaughan vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 7
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.9
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 38.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 6
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.7
⚠ Bowler dominance
Graeme Smith vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 155.4
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Smith vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 56.2
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Smith vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.2
Balanced matchup
AB de Villiers vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 5
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 27.6
Balanced matchup
AB de Villiers vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 26.3
Balanced matchup
Andrew Hall vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.3
Balanced matchup
Andrew Flintoff vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 48.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Smith vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 36.8
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Makhaya Ntini vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.8
⚠ Bowler dominance
Ashley Giles vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Butcher vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 108.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Thorpe vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Steve Harmison vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 21.3
Balanced matchup
Geraint Jones vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 4
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Geraint Jones vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.7
Balanced matchup
Michael Vaughan vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 11.7
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mark Butcher vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 67.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Ashley Giles vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 52.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Ashley Giles vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 24.3
Balanced matchup
Michael Vaughan vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 57.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Boeta Dippenaar vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 109.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 111.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Strauss vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 172.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.7
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 102.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 39.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Rudolph vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Zander de Bruyn vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Smith vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 85.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Strauss vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 53.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 28.0
Balanced matchup
Boeta Dippenaar vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 73.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Flintoff vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 49.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graham Thorpe vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 32.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Ashley Giles vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 40.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Marcus Trescothick vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 93.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Matthew Hoggard vs Makhaya Ntini
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 20.5
Balanced matchup
Simon Jones vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 19.5
Balanced matchup
AB de Villiers vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 101.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Simon Jones vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 60.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Steve Harmison vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Steve Harmison vs Peter Pollock
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Andrew Strauss vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 69.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Strauss vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 9.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Marcus Trescothick vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 41.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Matthew Hoggard vs Alf Hall
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Mark Butcher vs Rudi Steyn
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 25.0
Balanced matchup
Graham Thorpe vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 29.0
Balanced matchup
Andrew Flintoff vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 112.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Boeta Dippenaar vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Makhaya Ntini vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Makhaya Ntini vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 57.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 35.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Jacques Kallis vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 78.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Shaun Pollock vs Dave Smith
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Shaun Pollock vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 60.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Andrew Hall vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
AB de Villiers vs Steve Harmison
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Dale Steyn vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 10.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Dale Steyn vs Andrew Flintoff
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 6.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Dale Steyn vs Matthew Hoggard
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 17.0
Balanced matchup
Thami Tsolekile vs Ashley Giles
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 83.0
✔ Batsman advantage