South African national cricket team in England in the 2003 season
The tour of the South African national cricket team to England in the 2003 season took place from July 24th to September 8th, 2003. The international cricket tour was part of the 2003 international cricket season and included five tests . The series ended in a 2–2 draw.
prehistory
Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament in England with Zimbabwe . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1999/2000 season in South Africa .
Stages
Tour venues |
The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.
Stadion | city | capacity | Games |
---|---|---|---|
Edgbaston Cricket Ground | Birmingham | 24,803 | 1st test |
Headingley Stadium | Leeds | 17,000 | 4th test |
The oval | London | 23,500 | 5th test |
Lord's Cricket Ground | London | 30,000 | 2nd test |
Trent Bridge | Nottingham | 15,350 | 3rd test |
Squad lists
South Africa named their squad on May 19, 2003. England named their squad on July 18, 2003.
test | |
---|---|
England | South Africa |
Tour matches
July 15-17 scorecard |
Taunton |
South Africans 326-4d (78) & 245-4d (66) |
- |
Somerset 245-7d (51) & 109-3 (25) |
draw |
July 19-21 Scorecard |
Arundel |
India A 319 (89) & 160-3 (43) |
- |
South Africans 463 (121.4) |
draw |
August 7th - 9th scorecard |
Birmingham |
South Africans 325-4d (70.3) & 243-7d (55) |
- |
Kent 235 (73.2) & 232 (68.5) |
South Africans wins with 101 runs |
July 24-28 Scorecard |
Birmingham |
South Africans 460-7d (113.1) |
- |
Derbyshire 136-4d (48) |
draw |
Testing
First test in Birmingham
July 24-28 Scorecard |
Birmingham |
South Africa 594-5d (145) & 134-4d (26) |
- |
England 408 (122.4) & 110-1 (34) |
draw |
Second test in London
July 31st - August 3rd scorecard |
London (Lord's) |
England 173 (48.4) & 417 (107.1) |
- |
South Africa 682-6d (177) |
South Africa wins with one innings and 92 runs |
Third test in Nottingham
August 14-18 Scorecard |
Nottingham |
England 445 (146.3) & 118 (46.4) |
- |
South Africa 362 (119.5) & 131 (56.2) |
England wins with 70 runs |
Fourth test in Leeds
August 21-25 scorecard |
Leeds |
South Africa 342 (114.4) & 365 (100.5) |
- |
England 307 (87.2) & 209 (61.4) |
South Africa wins with 191 runs |
Fifth test in London
September 4-8 scorecard |
London |
South Africa 484 (128) & 229 (69.2) |
- |
England 604-9d (162) & 110-1 (22.2) |
England wins with 9 wickets |
statistics
The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.
Testing | ||||||||
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Batting | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Innings | Runs | Average | HS | 100s | 50s |
Graeme Smith | South Africa | 5 | 9 | 714 | 79.33 | 277 | 2 | 1 |
Marcus Trescothick | England | 5 | 10 | 487 | 60.87 | 219 | 1 | 3 |
Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 5 | 9 | 478 | 53.11 | 183 | 2 | 0 |
Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 4th | 7th | 462 | 66.00 | 130 | 2 | 2 |
Andrew Flintoff | England | 5 | 8th | 423 | 52.87 | 142 | 1 | 3 |
bowling | ||||||||
player | team | Games | Overs | Wickets | Average | BBI | 5W | 10W |
Makhaya Ntini | South Africa | 5 | 196.2 | 23 | 35.39 | 5/75 | 2 | 1 |
Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 4th | 177 | 17th | 24.70 | 6/39 | 1 | 0 |
Andrew Hall | South Africa | 4th | 144.4 | 16 | 26.87 | 3/18 | 0 | 0 |
James Anderson | England | 5 | 161.5 | 15th | 39.86 | 5/102 | 1 | 0 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 3 | 113.3 | 14th | 25.85 | 6/54 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the Series
The following players were honored as Player of the Series .
series | Player of the Series |
---|---|
test |
Andrew Flintoff Graeme Smith
|
Player of the Match
The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .
game | Player of the Match |
---|---|
1st test | Graeme Smith |
2nd test |
Makhaya Ntini Graeme Smith
|
3rd test | James Kirtley |
4th test | Gary Kirsten |
5th test | Marcus Trescothick |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klusener left out of SA squad to tour England ( English ) Cricinfo. May 19, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Gough recalled to England Test squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 18, 2003. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in England Test Series, 2003 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
- ↑ Records / South Africa in England Test Series, 2003 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved February 2, 2017.