Result: England won by 2 wickets
Series: South Africa wins the 5-Test series 2-1
Toss: England
Umpires: DB Hair (Aus) and RE Koertzen
TV Umpire: CJ Mitchley
Test Debut: PC Strydom (SA).
Match Referee: BN Jarman (Aus)
Man of the Match: MP Vaughan
Man of the Series: DJ Cullinan
Close of Play:
South Africa 1st innings R M B 4 6 G Kirsten c Adams b Gough 0 4 7 0 0 HH Gibbs c Adams b Caddick 3 35 21 0 0 JH Kallis b Caddick 25 81 61 2 1 DJ Cullinan c & b Mullally 46 153 91 5 0 *WJ Cronje c Maddy b Gough 0 8 6 0 0 PC Strydom c Stewart b Silverwood 30 61 41 5 0 L Klusener not out 61 171 96 7 1 SM Pollock run out (Hussain) 30 70 64 3 0 +MV Boucher b Mullally 22 60 48 4 0 PR Adams not out 4 5 8 1 0 Extras (b 2, lb 11, w 3, nb 11) 27 Total (8 wickets dec, 72 overs, 329 mins) 248 DNB: M Hayward. FoW: 1-1 (Kirsten, 0.6 ov), 2-15 (Gibbs, 7.6 ov), 3-50 (Kallis, 18.1 ov), 4-55 (Cronje, 19.6 ov), 5-102 (Strydom, 33.1 ov), 6-136 (Cullinan, 40.3 ov), 7-196 (Pollock, 56.6 ov), 8-243 (Boucher, 70.3 ov). Bowling O M R W Gough 20 2 92 2 (10nb, 1w) Caddick 19 7 47 2 Mullally 24 10 42 2 (1nb, 1w) Silverwood 7 1 45 1 (1w) Vaughan 2 0 9 0 England 1st innings (forfeited) DNB: MA Butcher, MA Atherton, *N Hussain, MP Vaughan, +AJ Stewart, CJ Adams, DL Maddy, AD Mullally, AR Caddick, D Gough, CEW Silverwood. South Africa 2nd innings (forfeited) DNB: G Kirsten, HH Gibbs, JH Kallis, DJ Cullinan, *WJ Cronje, PC Strydom, L Klusener, SM Pollock, +MV Boucher, M Hayward, PR Adams. England 2nd innings (target: 249 runs) R M B 4 6 MA Butcher lbw b Klusener 36 110 84 6 0 MA Atherton c Boucher b Pollock 7 41 29 1 0 *N Hussain c Gibbs b Pollock 25 94 69 2 0 +AJ Stewart c Boucher b Hayward 73 179 140 10 1 CJ Adams c Boucher b Hayward 1 21 10 0 0 MP Vaughan b Hayward 69 153 108 9 0 DL Maddy run out (Kirsten/Boucher) 3 14 6 0 0 AR Caddick c Boucher b Pollock 0 2 2 0 0 D Gough not out 6 14 3 1 0 CEW Silverwood not out 7 8 7 1 0 Extras (b 4, lb 9, w 4, nb 7) 24 Total (8 wickets, 75.1 overs, 323 mins) 251 DNB: AD Mullally. FoW: 1-28 (Atherton, 10.1 ov), 2-67 (Butcher, 25.5 ov), 3-90 (Hussain, 32.1 ov), 4-102 (Adams, 37.1 ov), 5-228 (Stewart, 69.3 ov), 6-236 (Maddy, 72.2 ov), 7-236 (Caddick, 72.4 ov), 8-240 (Vaughan, 73.5 ov). Bowling O M R W Pollock 20 7 53 3 (3nb) Hayward 17.1 3 61 3 (3nb, 3w) Klusener 14 4 38 1 (1nb) Kallis 13 2 44 0 (1w) Cronje 5 3 15 0 Strydom 6 0 27 0