English national cricket team in South Africa for the 2004/05 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to South Africa in the 2004/05 season took place from December 17, 2004 to February 13, 2005. The international cricket tour was part of the 2004/05 international cricket season and included five tests and seven ODIs . England won the Test series 2–1, South Africa the ODI series 4–1.

prehistory

South Africa previously played a tour in India , England in Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2003 season in England .

Stages

Bloemfontein Centurion Durban (SSK) East London Johannesburg Cape Town Port Elizabeth

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on March 10, 2004.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	2. ODI
Centurion Park	Centurion	22,000	5. test; 7. ODI
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	2. test; 6. ODI
Buffalo Park	East London	20,000	5. ODI
Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	4. test; 1. ODI
Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	25,000	3rd test; 4. ODI
Sahara Oval St George's	Port Elizabeth	19,000	1st test; 3. ODI

Squad lists

England named their test squad on August 25, 2004. South Africa named their test squad on December 7, 2004 and their ODI squad on January 25, 2005

test		ODI
South Africa	England	South Africa	England
Graeme Smith ( K ) Hashim Amla Nico buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Zander de Bruyn AB de Villiers Boeta Dippenaar Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Charl Langeveldt Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Jacques Rudolph Thami Tsolekile ( wk ) Dale Steyn Martin van Jaarsveld	Michael Vaughan ( K ) James Anderson Mark Butcher Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Robert Key Geraint Jones ( wk ) Simon Jones Andrew Strauss Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick	Graeme Smith ( K ) Adam Bacher Nico buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) AB de Villiers Herschelle Gibbs Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Shaun Pollock Ashwell Prince	Michael Vaughan ( K ) Kabir Ali Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Ashley Giles Darren Gough Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones ( wk ) Kevin Pietersen Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick Alex Wharf

Tour matches

December 8th scorecard	Randjesfontein	Nick Oppenheimer XI 172-4 (39/39)	-	England XI 190-2 (35.3 / 39)
		England XI wins with 8 wickets ( D / L method )

December 11-13 Scorecard	Potchefstroom	England XI 225 (58.1) & 190 (53.1)	-	South Africa A 281 (73) & 135-3 (30)
		South Africa A wins with 7 wickets

January 27th scorecard	East London	South Africa A 251-8 (50)	-	England XI 252-4 (42.2)
		England XI wins with 6 wickets

Testing

First test in Port Elizabeth

December 17-21 Scorecard	Port Elizabeth	South Africa 337 (110.4) & 229 (69.1)	-	England 425 (126.5) & 145-3 (40.4)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Second test in Durban

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Durban	England 139 (57.1) & 570-7d (172.3)	-	South Africa 332 (102) & 290-8 (86)
		draw

Third test in Cape Town

January 2-6 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 441 (142.1) & 222-8d (69.3)	-	England 163 (58) & 304 (123.4)
		South Africa wins with 196 runs

Fourth test in Johannesburg

January 13-17 Scorecard	Johannesburg	England 411-8d (124) & 332-9d (81.1)	-	South Africa 419 (118.1) & 247 (59.3)
		England wins with 77 runs

English captain Michael Vaughan has been fined for public comments on referee decisions.

Fifth test in Centurion

January 21-25 scorecard	Centurion	South Africa 247 (75.3) & 296-6d (73)	-	England 359 (123) & 73-4 (41.2)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Johannesburg

January 30th scorecard	Johannesburg	South Africa 175-9 (50)	-	England 103-3 (25.1 / 25.1)
		England wins with 26 runs ( D / L method )

Second ODI in Bloemfontain

February 2nd scorecard	Bloemfontein	England 270-5 (50)	-	South Africa 270-8 (50)
		draw

Third ODI in Port Elizabeth

February 4th scorecard	Port Elizabeth	England 267-8 (50)	-	South Africa 270-7 (50)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

Fourth ODI in Cape Town

February 6 scorecard	Cape Town	South Africa 291-5 (50)	-	England 183 (41.2)
		South Africa wins with 108 runs

Fifth ODI in East London

February 9 scorecard	East London	South Africa 311-7 (50)	-	England 304-8 (50)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

Sixth ODI in Durban

February 11th scorecard	Durban	South Africa 211 (46.3 / 48)	-	England 7-2 (3.4 / 48)
		No result

Seventh ODI in Centurion

February 13 scorecard	Centurion	England 240 (49.5)	-	South Africa 241-7 (49)
		South Africa wins with 3 wickets

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Andrew Strauss	England	5	10	656	72.88	147	3	1
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	10	625	69.44	162	3	2
Marcus Trescothick	England	5	10	448	44.80	180	2	0
AB de Villiers	South Africa	5	10	362	40.22	109	1	2
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	4th	8th	356	44.50	161	1	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Matthew Hoggard	England	5	200.3	26th	25.50	7/61	2	1
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5	221.3	25th	25.08	4/50	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	201.2	23	24.95	4/44	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	5	222.1	21st	23.95	4/32	0	0
Simon Jones	England	4th	123.1	15th	26.66	4/39	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kevin Pietersen	England	7th	6th	454	151.33	116	3	1
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	7th	7th	356	50.85	118	2	2
Graeme Smith	South Africa	7th	7th	310	51.66	115 *	2	0
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	7th	7th	227	32.42	71	0	2
Justin Kemp	South Africa	7th	7th	206	29.42	80	0	2
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Kabir Ali	England	7th	62.3	13	26.15	3/44	0	0
Darren Gough	England	6th	58.1	11	21.90	3/52	0	0
Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	7th	56.4	11	25.36	3/29	0	0
Andre Nel	South Africa	7th	51	9	30.22	3/49	0	0
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	7th	60	8th	27.87	2/35	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Andrew Strauss
ODI	Kevin Pietersen

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. ODI	Michael Vaughan
2. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
3. ODI	Graeme Smith
4. ODI	Herschelle Gibbs
5. ODI	Justin Kemp
7. ODI	Kevin Pietersen
1st test	Andrew Strauss
2nd test	Jacques Kallis
3rd test	Jacques Kallis
4th test	Matthew Hoggard
5th test	AB de Villiers

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ England agree to gruelling South Africa schedule ( English ) Cricinfo. March 10, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
2. ↑ Steven Lynch: Bell misses out on tour spot ( English ) Cricinfo. August 25, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
3. ↑ Two new faces in South African squad for first test ( English ) Cricinfo. December 7, 2004. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
4. ↑ Bacher back for South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. January 25, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
5. ↑ Andrew Miller: Vaughan blasts umpiring inconsistency ( English ) Cricinfo. January 14, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
6. ^ Vaughan considers suing the ICC ( English ) Cricinfo. January 17, 2005. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
8. ↑ Records / Basil D'Oliveira Trophy, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
9. ↑ Records / England in South Africa ODI Series, 2004/05 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
10. ↑ Records / England in South Africa ODI Series, 2004/05 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 13, 2017.