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14 July 2008, 21:14

Father Time Weather Vane Lords Cricket Ground LondonSout Africa won the toss and put England in to bat.

Wet conditions the previous day must have made the South Africans believe that their bowlers might get some movement.
They didn't.

England after a good start did stutter a little after lunch, but Pieterson and Bell with support from Broad gave England a massive first innings total of 595.
 
Bell missed out on a doublecentury cruelly falling on 199.

South Africa replied with 247 and were made to follow on.

Better resistance saw South Africa batting for over two days on a pitch offering nothing to the bowlers.

Smith, McKenzie and Amla all scored centuries in what turned out to be a bore draw.

South Africa mustbe ruing the decision to put England in to bat ... althoug the Lord's pitch is so benign nowadays that a draw is always a good bet.
 
 
 
 
 
England v South Africa
Lord's
First npower Test Match

Match Drawn

South Africa second innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
GC Smith c Pietersen b Anderson 107 207 11 -
ND McKenzie c Ambrose b Anderson 138 447 16 -
HM Amla   not out 104 242 14 -
JH Kallis   b Sidebottom 13 52 2 -
AG Prince   not out 9 54 - -
Extras 8b 8lb 5w 1nb 22  
TOTAL: 3 wkts , 167 overs 393  
Fall of wickets: 1-204 (204 Smith, 334 mins), 2-329 (125 McKenzie, 210 mins), 3-357 (28 Kallis, 59 mins)
To bat: A B de Villiers, M V Boucher, M Morkel, P L Harris, D W Steyn, M Ntini
Bowler O M R W
M S Panesar 60 15 116 0
K P Pietersen 7 1 21 0
R J Sidebottom 30 9 46 1
J M Anderson 32 7 78 2
S C J Broad 26 7 78 0
P D Collingwood 11 4 37 0
A N Cook 1 0 1 0

South Africa first innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
GC Smith c Bell b Anderson 8 21 1 -
ND McKenzie   b Panesar 40 89 5 -
HM Amla c Ambrose b Broad 6 32 1 -
JH Kallis c Strauss b Sidebottom 7 19 1 -
AG Prince c Ambrose b Sidebottom 101 184 13 1
AB de Villiers c Anderson b Panesar 42 119 5 -
MV Boucher   b Broad 4 11 - -
M Morkel   b Panesar 6 22 1 -
PL Harris c Anderson b Panesar 6 18 1 -
DW Steyn c Sidebottom b Pietersen 19 46 2 -
M Ntini   not out 0 1 - -
Extras 1b 4lb 2w 1nb 8  
TOTAL: all out , 93.3 overs 247  
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (13 Smith, 40 mins), 2-28 (15 Amla, 41 mins), 3-47 (19 Kallis, 34 mins), 4-83 (36 McKenzie, 33 mins), 5-161 (78 de Villiers, 127 mins), 6-166 (5 Boucher, 15 mins), 7-191 (25 M Morkel, 21 mins), 8-203 (12 Harris, 15 mins), 9-245 (42 Prince, 73 mins), 10-247 (2 Steyn, 5 mins)
Bowler O M R W
R J Sidebottom 19 3 41 2
J M Anderson 21 7 36 1
S C J Broad 23 3 88 2
M S Panesar 26 4 74 4
P D Collingwood 4 1 3 0
K P Pietersen 0.3 0 0 1

England first innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
AJ Strauss lbw b M Morkel 44 131 6 -
AN Cook c de Villiers b M Morkel 60 132 9 -
MP Vaughan   b Steyn 2 3 - -
KP Pietersen c Boucher b M Morkel 152 181 20 1
IR Bell c & b Harris 199 336 20 1
PD Collingwood c Amla b Harris 7 13 1 -
TR Ambrose c Smith b M Morkel 4 7 - -
SCJ Broad   b Harris 76 124 10 -
RJ Sidebottom   not out 1 22 - -
Extras 14b 12lb 7w 15nb 48  
TOTAL: 8 wkts , 156.2 overs
(declared)
593  
Fall of wickets: 1-114 (114 Strauss, 177 mins), 2-117 (3 Vaughan, 4 mins), 3-117 (0 Cook, 9 mins), 4-403 (286 Pietersen, 262 mins), 5-413 (10 Collingwood, 20 mins), 6-422 (9 Ambrose, 14 mins), 7-574 (152 Broad, 157 mins), 8-593 (19 Bell, 68 mins)
Did not bat: J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Bowler O M R W
D W Steyn 35 8 117 1
M Ntini 29 2 130 0
M Morkel 34 3 121 4
J H Kallis 20 3 70 0
P L Harris 38.2 8 129 3

South Africa won the toss and decided to field

Umpires: B F Bowden, D J Harper


England:
M P Vaughan (capt) , A N Cook , A J Strauss , I R Bell , K P Pietersen , P D Collingwood , T R Ambrose (wkt) , S C J Broad , R J Sidebottom , J M Anderson , M S Panesar
South Africa:
G C Smith (capt) , N D McKenzie , H M Amla , A G Prince , J H Kallis , A B de Villiers , M V Boucher (wkt) , M Morkel , P L Harris , D W Steyn , M Ntini

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