| Test 3, 30th Jul 2008 - 03rd Aug 2008 |
| England won the toss, elected to bat |
| Stadium | : | Edgbaston |
| Venue | : | Birmingham |
| Umpires | : | Aleem Dar and SJ Davis |
| TV Umpire | : | IJ Gould |
| Referee | : | RS Madugalle | | Result | : | South Africa won by 5 wickets | | Man of the Match | : | G Smith | |
| | Days | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | | Score | Eng: 231/10; SA: 38/1 | SA: 256/6 | SA: 314/10; Eng: 297/6 | Eng: 363/10; SA: 283/5 | |
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England 363 / 10 (98.2) Overs
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| Players |
Status |
WW |
Runs |
Balls |
4's |
6's |
S.Rate |
| A Strauss | c J Kallis b M Morkel | | 25 | 65 | 2 | 0 | 38.46 | | A Cook | c M Boucher b M Ntini | | 9 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 75.00 | | M Vaughan | c H Amla b A Nel | | 17 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 94.44 | | K Pietersen
| c Ab de Villiers b P Harris | | 94 | 136 | 13 | 0 | 69.12 | | I Bell | c M Boucher b M Ntini | | 20 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 74.07 | | P Collingwood | c M Boucher b M Morkel | | 135 | 195 | 19 | 1 | 69.23 | | A Flintoff
| c H Amla b P Harris | | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | | T Ambrose | b M Morkel | | 19 | 80 | 2 | 0 | 23.75 | | R Sidebottom | c H Amla b M Morkel | | 22 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 45.83 | | J Anderson | b J Kallis | | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.29 | | M Panesar | not out | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras: 19 (NB-3, WD-6, B-8, LB-2) | | Total : 363/10 (98.2) |
| Fall of Wickets: 1-15 (Cook, 5.2 ov), 2-39 (Vaughan, 10.6 ov), 3-70 (Strauss, 22.1 ov), 4-104 (Bell, 30.1 ov), 5-219 (Pietersen, 53.1 ov), 6-221 (Flintoff, 53.5 ov), 7-297 (Ambrose, 80.2 ov), 8-362 (Sidebottom, 96.5 ov), 9-363 (Anderson, 97.6 ov), 10-363 (Collingwood, 98.2 ov) |
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