England captain Andrew Strauss won the toss and decided to bat first in their vital Champions Trophy match against South Africa at SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday.
It is South Africa’s final Group B match and it is imperative that they win if they are to have any chance of progressing to the semi-finals.
The home side have recalled stalwart opening batsman Herschelle Gibbs, now over his rib muscle strain, to the starting line-up in place of Hashim Amla.
England have been forced to make one change to the side that opened their campaign with a win over Sri Lanka at the Wanderers on Friday. South African-born wicketkeeper Matt Prior is unable to play due to illness and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara.
Eoin Morgan will move behind the stumps to take over the wicketkeeping duties.
England, having batted first posted a formidable 323 / 8 after their 50 overs, leaving SA to score 324 for a win at 6.48 runs per over.
SA batted and fell short by 22 runs, scoring 301 / 9 after 50 overs, effecrively ending their competition.
Teams:
South Africa – Graeme Smith, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha, Roelof van der Merwe, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn.
England – Andrew Strauss, Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, James Anderson, Graham Onions.
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@carol – sorry….he’s gettin nothin from me.
OK, final score was SA 301, not 297… 22 runs short
@KingPaul – See You
@carol – Thank you! :heh: 😀
@Ed_the_Lion – he thinks he’s a :clown:
@Ed_the_Lion – I do…
@KingPaul – cheers King :poop:
@K9-MonsterLeeu – In the mean time he is a :pumpkin:
@carol – Carol now tell your team to win the dam thing , that will make me feel better to lose to the champs. :rose:
@grootblousmile – close but no :cigarette:
OK folks….. mattress time
Goeie nag, slaap sag !
Goooooooooi Mielie !
580@K9-MonsterLeeu – Hehehe
At least the Poms could not bowl us out… grrrrrrr
@Ed_the_ :lion: – CHeers all. I am outta here.
@grootblousmile – Nighty night!! Sleep tight!
@grootblousmile – Asseblief daai nommer
@grootblousmile – cheers GBS……..dont forget to kick the :dog:
@Journo-Lion – No problem….let’s hope we can get you into the BBC sooner rather than later!
Could do with an interesting accent on the sports desk! :-))
@carol – u’ll have to mail me that pic (captain of the women’s bowling team) 🙂
@K9-MonsterLeeu – Don’t say that, you know that :dog: caused a ruction last time!!
@superBul – 579 sorry, I do not have a hotline to the England dressing room, but I know what you mean!!
@K9-MonsterLeeu – I don’t know how to get pictures off facebook!! You will have to ask Journo Lion to check her out he is one of my ‘friends’ and can see the photos! The car does not make an appearance though!
@carol – Haha yeah it would be really cool to be there. I just sent it to you… 🙂
@carol – I know hehehehe
Ahhhhh :poop:
@carol – Haha…will check on his FB. Nite….Im off to bed. The restless lion needs to sleep tonite.
Me off too , Hope someone slaps Dale Steyn before the end of tonight. Hope he learned from this, kid.
Good nite all. Was not a really good night for SA cricket but better luck next time. Over and out
@superBul – our bowlers let us down.
So England win tonight, bad luck South Africa, just take heart that your rugby team is a million times better than the English Team!
OK slight exaggeration!!
Fun as usual, night all….. :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:
@Journo-Lion – Have a quick look at my :mail: !!
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