The first time skipper of England Kevin Pietersen has tasted victory in his test captaincy debut. He has also joined the club of batsman who have scored century in their test captaincy debut.
Winning the toss and batting first, South Africa were bundled out for 194. With such a good show in the previous two tests, it was tough to believe that they were bowled out for less than 200 especially in the last test. All the bowlers delivered for England and provided an opportunity for England to put a huge total on the board.
Though England got past the total, but the lead was not as big as they would have planned. Except skipper Pietersen's century and Collingwood's 61, they would have struggled to go beyond 200. Nitni sent 5 of the England batsmen to the pavilion.
Trailing by 122 runs in the 2nd innings, South Africa made just 318, not enough to restrict England. DeVilliers scored 97 and gave SA bowlers a chance to go against England.
Chasing 197 on the last day, they reached the target with 6 wickets in hand. Strauss and Cook added 123 for the first wicket. They ensured that they didn't lose their wicket in the first session.
Cook fell in the 3rd over after lunch for 67. Bell was beautifully bowled by Nitni for 4. He shuffled acorss for a ball that pitched on the middle and swung in. He tried to flick it, but missed the line and his leg stump was uprooted.
Strauss fell two balls later for 58. Three quick wickets put England under pressure at 147 for 3. The skipper fell for 13 when they were 15 runs away from victory.
Collingwod and Flintoff completed the formalities with the latter scoring the winning shot with a six over bowlers head.
Pietersen declared man of the match. He also shared the man of the series with counter part Smith.
Match: 4th Test
Venue: London
Date: August 7-11, 2008
Teams: South Africa and England
Captains: GC Smith and KP Pietersen
Toss: South Africa won the toss and decided to bat
Result: England won by 6 wickets
Series: South Africa won the serie by 2-1 with one drawn
Man of the Match: KP Pietersen off England
Man of the Series: KP Pietersen off England and GC Smith of South Africa
Score:
South Africa 1st Innings 194 all out in 64.5 overs (GC Smith 46, ND McKenzie 17, HM Amla 36, JH Kallis 2, AG Prince 4, AB de Villiers 39, MV Boucher 3, M Morkel 17, PL Harris 13 not out, A Nel 4, M Ntini 9, Extras--4 (b 1, lb 1, nb 2), SJ Harmison 2 for 49, JM Anderson 3 for 42, A Flintoff 1 for 37, SCJ Broad 2 for 60, MS Panesar 2/ for 4)
England 1st Innings 316 all out in 95.2 overs (AJ Strauss 6, AN Cook 39, IR Bell 24, KP Pietersen 100, PD Collingwood 61, A Flintoff 9, TR Ambrose 4, SCJ Broad 1, SJ Harmison 49 not out, JM Anderson 13, MS Panesar 0, Extras--10 (lb 4, w 1, nb 5), M M Morkel 0 for 78, M Ntini 5 for 94, A Nel 0 for 56, JH Kallis 3 for 51, PL Harris 1 for 33)
South Africa (trail by 122 runs) 318 allout in 99.2 overs (GC Smith 0, ND McKenzie 29, HM Amla 76, JH Kallis 9, AG Prince 24, AB de Villiers 97, MV Boucher 12, M Morkel 10, PL Harris 34, A Nel 3 not out, M Ntini 2, Extras-22 (b 6, lb 8, w 5, nb 3), JM Anderson 2 for 85, SJ Harmison 2 for 84, A Flintoff 1 for 53, MS Panesar 2 for 37, SCJ Broad 3 for 44, KP Pietersen 0 for 1)
lost to England 2nd Innings (target 197 runs) 198 for 4 in 52.5 overs (AJ Strauss 58, AN Cook 67, IR Bell 4, KP Pietersen 13, PD Collingwood 25 not out, A Flintoff 11 not out, Extras--20 (b 6, lb 7, w 1, nb 6), M Morkel 0 for 43, M Ntini 2 for 55, PL Harris 2 for 56, A Nel 0 for 21, JH Kallis 0 for 10)
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