Played at SuperSport Park, Centurion, on 14,15,16,17,18 January 2000 (5-day match)

Result England won by 2 wickets

Toss England, who chose to field first
Series South Africa won the 5-match series 2-1

Test debut PC Strydom (South Africa)
Player of the match MP Vaughan (England)
Player of the series DJ Cullinan (South Africa)

Umpires DB Hair (Australia) and RE Koertzen
TV umpire CJ Mitchley
Match referee BN Jarman (Australia)

Close of play
14 Jan day 1 - South Africa 1st innings 155/6 (L Klusener 22*, SM Pollock 9*, 45 ov)
15 Jan day 2 - no play
16 Jan day 3 - no play
17 Jan day 4 - no play
18 Jan day 5 - England 2nd innings 251/8 (75.1 ov) - end of match

• Day 1
• Gibbs goes past 1,000 carreer test runs
• South Africa 50, 77 minutes, 114 balls
• 100 off 194 balls, 147 mins
• Cullinan passes 3,500 career test runs
• Crowd attendance 6,750
• South Africa 150, 187 minutes, 71 balls

• Day 2
• No play due to heavy rain overnight and during the day

• Day 3
• No play due to heavy rain overnight and during the day

• Day 4
• No play due to wet outfield and light rain

• Day 5
• South Africa 200, 281 minutes 368 balls
• Klusener 50, 133 minutes 77 balls
• 50 partnership (Klusener/Pollock) 58 minutes 80 balls
• Klusener goes past 1,000 career test runs
• England have forfeited their 1st innings. The match referee indicated to the scorers to use 0/0d as the laws at the time do not allow forfeitures in the 1st innings
• South Africa have forfeited their 2nd innings
• The Match Referee has decided that England are 0/0d
• England 100, 141 minutes, 221 balls
• Adams has a fractured middle finger, out for +- 4 weeks
• 150 off 324 balls
• 50 partnership, off 96 ball, 69 mins
• Stewart 50 off 108 balls
• Stewart 6500 Test runs
• 200 off 399 balls