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| Venue | Edgbaston, Birmingham on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th July 2003 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | South Africa won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | DJ Harper, S Venkataraghavan |
| TV umpire | JW Lloyds |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Reserve Umpire | JF Steele |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 398/1 (Smith 178*, Kirsten 26*; 91 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | No play |
| Close of play day 3 | England (1) 25/0 (Trescothick 17*, Vaughan 4*; 8 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (1) 374/7 (Giles 9*; 112.5 overs) |
| Player of the Match | GC Smith |
| Articles | Statistical highlights of England v South Africa 1st Test 2003 |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Smith | c Anderson b Giles | 277 | 373 | 541 | 35 | - | |
| HH Gibbs | c Butcher b Vaughan | 179 | 236 | 305 | 29 | 1 | |
| G Kirsten | c Stewart b Giles | 44 | 95 | 105 | 7 | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | c Butcher b Gough | 22 | 62 | 83 | 3 | - | |
| JA Rudolph | c Gough b Harmison | 10 | 35 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| +MV Boucher | not out | 15 | 34 | 49 | 1 | - | |
| SM Pollock | not out | 24 | 39 | 42 | - | 1 | |
| RJ Peterson | did not bat | ||||||
| D Pretorius | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Willoughby | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 11 lb, 4 nb) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 584 minutes, 145 overs) | 594 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-338 (Gibbs, 74.5 ov), 2-438 (Kirsten, 101.5 ov), 3-514 (Dippenaar, 122.4 ov), 4-552 (Rudolph, 132.2 ov), 5-556 (Smith, 133.4 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Anderson | 16 | 2 | 92 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Gough | 25 | 6 | 88 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Flintoff | 25 | 6 | 97 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Harmison | 27 | 2 | 104 | 1 | - | - | |
| Giles | 42 | 2 | 153 | 2 | - | - | |
| Butcher | 2 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Vaughan | 8 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ME Trescothick | b Ntini | 31 | 86 | 124 | 6 | - | |
| MP Vaughan | c Boucher b Pretorius | 156 | 286 | 415 | 24 | 1 | |
| MA Butcher | lbw b Ntini | 13 | 50 | 61 | 2 | - | |
| *N Hussain | lbw b Pollock | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| A McGrath | c Rudolph b Pretorius | 34 | 69 | 98 | 5 | - | |
| +AJ Stewart | b Pretorius | 38 | 87 | 131 | 7 | - | |
| A Flintoff | lbw b Pretorius | 40 | 57 | 75 | 7 | 1 | |
| AF Giles | b Pollock | 41 | 83 | 109 | 8 | - | |
| D Gough | c Rudolph b Ntini | 1 | 18 | 29 | - | - | |
| SJ Harmison | b Ntini | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | |
| JM Anderson | not out | 0 | 4 | 12 | - | - | |
| Extras | (19 b, 6 lb, 17 nb, 11 w) | 53 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 534 minutes, 122.4 overs) | 408 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-66 (Trescothick, 26.6 ov), 2-132 (Butcher, 41.1 ov), 3-133 (Hussain, 42.2 ov), 4-222 (McGrath, 64.6 ov), 5-306 (Vaughan, 94.4 ov), 6-311 (Stewart, 96.4 ov), 7-374 (Flintoff, 112.5 ov), 8-398 (Gough, 119.4 ov), 9-398 (Harmison, 119.6 ov), 10-408 (Giles, 122.4 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 27.4 | 10 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Ntini | 28 | 8 | 114 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Willoughby | 20 | 7 | 46 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| Pretorius | 25 | 2 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Peterson | 22 | 9 | 57 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *GC Smith | b Giles | 85 | 70 | 100 | 10 | 2 | |
| HH Gibbs | b Anderson | 9 | 21 | 32 | - | - | |
| G Kirsten | c McGrath b Harmison | 1 | 10 | 7 | - | - | |
| HH Dippenaar | not out | 28 | 46 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| JA Rudolph | st Stewart b Giles | 8 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| +MV Boucher | did not bat | ||||||
| SM Pollock | did not bat | ||||||
| RJ Peterson | did not bat | ||||||
| D Pretorius | did not bat | ||||||
| M Ntini | did not bat | ||||||
| CM Willoughby | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (2 lb, 1 nb) | 3 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, declared, 113 minutes, 26 overs) | 134 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-30 (Gibbs, 7.2 ov), 2-32 (Kirsten, 8.5 ov), 3-114 (Smith, 23.1 ov), 4-134 (Rudolph, 26 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Harmison | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Anderson | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | - | - | |
| Giles | 8 | 0 | 45 | 2 | - | - | |
| Flintoff | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| ME Trescothick | not out | 52 | 94 | 136 | 9 | - | |
| MP Vaughan | c Pollock b Peterson | 22 | 61 | 89 | 1 | 1 | |
| *N Hussain | not out | 23 | 49 | 47 | 5 | - | |
| MA Butcher | did not bat | ||||||
| A McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| A Flintoff | did not bat | ||||||
| +AJ Stewart | did not bat | ||||||
| AF Giles | did not bat | ||||||
| D Gough | did not bat | ||||||
| SJ Harmison | did not bat | ||||||
| JM Anderson | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 b, 5 lb) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (1 wicket, 136 minutes, 34 overs) | 110 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-72 (Vaughan, 21.2 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Pollock | 7 | 3 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ntini | 4 | 0 | 38 | 0 | - | - | |
| Peterson | 13 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | - | |
| Pretorius | 10 | 6 | 20 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: South Africa (1) 100/0 (Smith 47*, Gibbs 47*; 29 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: South Africa (1) 265/0 (Smith 107*, Gibbs 143*; 58 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: South Africa (1) 398/1 (Smith 178*, Kirsten 26*; 91 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: South Africa (1) 398/1 (Smith 178*, Kirsten 26*; 91 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: South Africa (1) 506/2 (Smith 246*, Dippenaar 20*; 120 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: England (1) 25/0 (Trescothick 17*, Vaughan 4*; 8 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (1) 109/1 (Vaughan 49*, Butcher 9*; 36 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (1) 245/4 (Vaughan 131*, Stewart 9*; 71 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: South Africa (2) 134/4d
--> Day 5 Tea: England (2) 72/1 (Trescothick 45*; 21.2 overs)
--> CM Willoughby made his last appearance in Test matches
--> GC Smith (1) 50 in 115 balls, 154 minutes with 9 fours
--> GC Smith (1) 100 in 161 balls, 224 minutes with 16 fours
--> GC Smith (1) 150 in 231 balls, 321 minutes with 21 fours
--> GC Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in Test matches
--> GC Smith (1) 200 in 285 balls, 413 minutes with 27 fours
--> GC Smith (1) passed his previous highest score of 200 in First-Class matches
--> GC Smith (1) 250 in 346 balls with 32 fours
--> HH Gibbs (1) 50 in 96 balls, 141 minutes with 9 fours
--> HH Gibbs (1) 100 in 138 balls, 194 minutes with 18 fours and 1 six
--> HH Gibbs (1) 150 in 188 balls, 243 minutes with 26 fours and 1 six
--> SM Pollock (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
--> MP Vaughan did not score for 62 minutes when 12 in the England first innings
--> MP Vaughan (1) 50 in 108 balls with 9 fours
--> MP Vaughan (1) 100 in 169 balls, 262 minutes with 15 fours and 1 six
--> MP Vaughan (1) 150 in 271 balls with 23 fours and 1 six
--> MP Vaughan (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 129
--> MP Vaughan (1) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 136
--> MA Butcher (1) passed 13000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> AJ Stewart (1) passed 26000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 17
--> AF Giles (1) passed 4000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 2
--> GC Smith (2) 50 in 49 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> GC Smith (2) passed 3000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 85
--> ME Trescothick (2) 50 in 73 balls with 9 fours
--> GC Smith made his debut in England in Test matches
--> HH Gibbs made his debut in England in Test matches
--> HH Dippenaar made his debut in England in Test matches
--> CM Willoughby made his debut in England in Test matches
--> D Pretorius made his debut in England in Test matches
--> RJ Peterson made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JA Rudolph made his debut in England in Test matches
--> D Pretorius achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed MP Vaughan in the England first innings (previous best was 1-60)
--> M Ntini reached 250 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed MA Butcher, his 2nd wicket in the England first innings
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