| Test 1, 10th Jul 2008 - 14th Jul 2008 |
| South Africa won the toss, elected to field |
| Stadium | : | Lord's |
| Venue | : | London |
| Umpires | : | BF Bowden and DJ Harper |
| TV Umpire | : | NJ Llong |
| Referee | : | JJ Crowe | | Result | : | Match drawn | | Man of the Match | : | I Bell | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Eng: 309/3 | Eng: 593/8; RSA: 7/0 | RSA: 247/10; RSA: 13/0 | RSA: 242/1 | RSA: 293/3d |
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England 593 / 8 (156.2) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Strauss | lbw b M Morkel |  | 44 | 131 | 6 | 0 | 33.59 | | A Cook | c AB De Villiers b M Morkel | | 60 | 132 | 9 | 0 | 45.45 | | M Vaughan | b D Steyn |  | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 | | K Pietersen
| c M Boucher b M Morkel |  | 152 | 182 | 20 | 1 | 83.52 | | I Bell | c and b P Harris | | 199 | 336 | 20 | 1 | 59.23 | | P Collingwood | c H Amla b P Harris |  | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 53.85 | | T Ambrose | c G Smith b M Morkel |  | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 | | S Broad
| b P Harris |  | 76 | 124 | 10 | 0 | 61.29 | | R Sidebottom | not out |  | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 4.55 | | M Panesar | | | | | | | | | J Anderson | | | | | | | |
| Extras: 45 (NB-15, WD-6, B-14, LB-12) | | Total : 593/8 (156.2) |
| Fall of Wickets: 114/1( A Strauss(44)-41.5 overs),117/2( M Vaughan(2)-43 overs),117/3( A Cook(60)-43.5 overs),403/4( K Pietersen
(152)-107.1 overs),413/5( P Collingwood(7)-110.5 overs),422/6( T Ambrose(4)-113.3 overs),574/7( S Broad
(76)-150.3 overs),593/8( I Bell(199)-156.2 overs) |
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