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| Venue | Kennington Oval, Kennington on 26th, 27th, 28th, 30th, 31st August 1965 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | England won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | JS Buller, WFF Price |
| Close of play day 1 | South Africa (1) 152/5 (Lance 30*, van der Merwe 20*) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 142/6 (Cowdrey 45*) |
| Close of play day 3 | South Africa (2) 163/3 (Bacher 70*, Bland 18*) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 64/1 (Russell 32*, Parfitt 7*) |
| South Africa first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Barlow | lbw b Statham | 18 | 59 | - | - | ||
| +DT Lindsay | lbw b Higgs | 4 | 46 | - | - | ||
| A Bacher | lbw b Higgs | 28 | 86 | 4 | - | ||
| RG Pollock | b Titmus | 12 | 48 | 2 | - | ||
| KC Bland | lbw b Statham | 39 | 66 | 4 | 2 | ||
| HR Lance | lbw b Statham | 69 | 200 | 8 | - | ||
| *PL van der Merwe | c Barrington b Higgs | 20 | 59 | 3 | - | ||
| R Dumbrill | c Smith b Higgs | 14 | 71 | 1 | - | ||
| JT Botten | c Cowdrey b Statham | 0 | 4 | - | - | ||
| PM Pollock | b Statham | 3 | 15 | - | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | not out | 0 | 5 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (1 nb) | 1 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 96.2 overs) | 208 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Lindsay), 2-23 (Barlow), 3-60 (RG Pollock), 4-86 (Bacher), 5-109 (Bland), 6-156 (van der Merwe), 7-196 (Dumbrill), 8-197 (Botten), 9-207 (PM Pollock), 10-208 (Lance, 96.2 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 24.2 | 11 | 40 | 5 | - | 1 | |
| Brown | 22 | 4 | 63 | 0 | - | - | |
| Higgs | 24 | 4 | 47 | 4 | - | - | |
| Titmus | 26 | 12 | 57 | 1 | - | - | |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Barber | st Lindsay b McKinnon | 40 | 137 | 2 | - | ||
| WE Russell | lbw b PM Pollock | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| KF Barrington | b Botten | 18 | 74 | 2 | - | ||
| MC Cowdrey | c Barlow b PM Pollock | 58 | 233 | 4 | - | ||
| PH Parfitt | c and b McKinnon | 24 | 67 | 2 | - | ||
| *MJK Smith | lbw b PM Pollock | 7 | 38 | 1 | - | ||
| DJ Brown | c Dumbrill b McKinnon | 0 | 3 | - | - | ||
| +JM Parks | c Bland b Botten | 42 | 60 | 5 | 1 | ||
| FJ Titmus | not out | 2 | 28 | - | - | ||
| K Higgs | b PM Pollock | 2 | 16 | - | - | ||
| JB Statham | b PM Pollock | 0 | 7 | - | - | ||
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 98.1 overs) | 202 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-1 (Russell), 2-42 (Barrington), 3-76 (Barber), 4-125 (Parfitt), 5-141 (Smith), 6-142 (Brown), 7-198 (Parks), 8-198 (Cowdrey), 9-200 (Higgs), 10-202 (Statham, 98.1 ov) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 25.1 | 7 | 43 | 5 | - | - | |
| Botten | 27 | 6 | 56 | 2 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 11 | 1 | 27 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dumbrill | 6 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 3 | - | |
| McKinnon | 27 | 11 | 50 | 3 | - | - | |
| Lance | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| South Africa second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| EJ Barlow | b Statham | 18 | 63 | 3 | - | ||
| +DT Lindsay | b Brown | 17 | 101 | 1 | - | ||
| A Bacher | c Smith b Statham | 70 | 169 | 5 | - | ||
| RG Pollock | run out | 34 | 86 | 4 | - | ||
| KC Bland | c Titmus b Higgs | 127 | 276 | 16 | - | ||
| HR Lance | b Higgs | 53 | 123 | 4 | - | ||
| *PL van der Merwe | b Higgs | 0 | 2 | - | - | ||
| R Dumbrill | c Barrington b Brown | 36 | 72 | 5 | - | ||
| JT Botten | b Titmus | 4 | 39 | - | - | ||
| PM Pollock | not out | 9 | 26 | 1 | - | ||
| AH McKinnon | b Higgs | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Extras | (1 b, 7 lb, 2 nb) | 10 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 133.1 overs) | 392 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-28 (Barlow), 2-61 (Lindsay), 3-123 (RG Pollock), 4-164 (Bacher), 5-260 (Lance), 6-260 (van der Merwe), 7-343 (Dumbrill), 8-367 (Bland), 9-371 (Botten), 10-392 (McKinnon, 133.1 ov) | |||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Statham | 29 | 1 | 105 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Higgs | 41.1 | 10 | 96 | 4 | - | - | |
| Brown | 23 | 3 | 63 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Titmus | 27 | 3 | 74 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barber | 13 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RW Barber | c and b PM Pollock | 22 | 41 | 2 | - | ||
| WE Russell | c Bacher b McKinnon | 70 | 184 | 6 | - | ||
| PH Parfitt | lbw b Botten | 46 | 153 | 5 | - | ||
| KF Barrington | lbw b PM Pollock | 73 | 155 | 4 | 2 | ||
| MC Cowdrey | not out | 78 | 178 | 7 | - | ||
| *MJK Smith | not out | 10 | 33 | - | - | ||
| DJ Brown | did not bat | ||||||
| +JM Parks | did not bat | ||||||
| FJ Titmus | did not bat | ||||||
| K Higgs | did not bat | ||||||
| JB Statham | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (6 lb, 3 nb) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets, 104.2 overs) | 308 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-39 (Barber), 2-138 (Russell), 3-144 (Parfitt), 4-279 (Barrington) | |||||||
| South Africa bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| PM Pollock | 32.2 | 7 | 93 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Botten | 24 | 4 | 73 | 1 | - | - | |
| McKinnon | 31 | 7 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Barlow | 6 | 1 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dumbrill | 9 | 1 | 30 | 0 | - | - | |
| Lance | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> K Higgs made his debut in Test matches
--> JT Botten made his last appearance in Test matches
--> JB Statham made his last appearance in Test matches
--> KC Bland (1) passed 1500 runs in Test matches when he reached 29
--> HR Lance (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in Test matches
--> HR Lance (1) 50 in 145 balls, 162 minutes
--> KF Barrington (1) passed 5000 runs in Test matches when he reached 16
--> MC Cowdrey (1) 50 in 170 balls, 198 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (1) passed 5500 runs in Test matches when he reached 46
--> A Bacher (2) 50 in 109 balls, 129 minutes
--> A Bacher (2) passed his previous highest score of 67 in Test matches
--> KC Bland (2) 50 in 119 balls
--> KC Bland (2) 100 in 200 balls, 222 minutes with 12 fours
--> HR Lance (2) 50 in 125 balls with 4 fours
--> R Dumbrill (2) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> RW Barber (2) passed 1000 runs in Test matches when he reached 18
--> WE Russell (2) passed his previous highest score of 34 in Test matches
--> WE Russell (2) 50 in 130 balls, 132 minutes
--> WE Russell (2) passed 15000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> KF Barrington (2) 50 in 99 balls, 102 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) 50 in 101 balls, 128 minutes
--> MC Cowdrey (2) passed 2000 runs in First-Class matches for the season when he reached 66
--> K Higgs made his debut for England in First-Class matches
--> WE Russell made his debut in England in Test matches
--> JB Statham reached 250 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed HR Lance, his 5th wicket in the South Africa first innings
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