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 South African-born wicketkeeper Matt Prior is unable to play due to illness and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara.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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Eng 266 / 4 after 44 overs
Even the guy who doesn’t know anything about cricket was going EEEIIISSSHHH on that one. :-$
Eng 279 / 4 after 45 overs
New Zealand 315/7 (50 ov)
Sri Lanka 277 (46.4 ov)
New Zealand won by 38 runs
Eng 291 / 5 after 46 overs
Wicketttttttttttt
… en die Parra is op… Ravi Bopara
This is BIG batting by England, can someone excuse Gibbs to go get a pull. We need 4 all our guys to clobber the ball tonight. The pitch looks meek, or is it our bowling?
Will see when we start batting.
Wicketttttttttt 295 / 6
… en die Parra loop weer… hehehe
Stuart Broad nou in
Eng 296 / 6 after 47 overs
Wicketttttttttttttt
Broad’s bat was not so braod, after all
… nou kom ‘n voël op… Swann
300 up for the Poms
Updated Log in B Division
Teams Mat Won Lost Tied N/R Pts Net RR
England 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.493
South Africa 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.053
Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0 0 2 -0.085
New Zealand 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.129
Eng 310 / 7 after 48 overs
Geez maar daai laaitie mOER ‘n bal!!!!
Ons gaan moet bat vir die A span om die een te wen. Al is die pitch lekker.
Hi Boys, are we Poms doing OK then?
Eng 319 / 7 after 49 overs
108@carol – Good freegin total by your Poms… eishhhhhh
@carol – seems they r competitive for a change
Wicketttttttttt… Morgan goesssssssss at last
@grootblousmile – Hello ‘Blondie’ you ok?.
Just come in….
England post a formidable 323 / 8 after their 50 overs
@K9-MonsterLeeu – But how long can this last?
You restless today or a bit more mellow?
@superBul – We SO need satelite TV !! :-X
@carol – Lately…restless is my middlename 🙂
Where is Pietman , we are now 1, 2 on Superbru after the NZ win.
113@carol – Hellooooooooo, yip, I’m OK… you?
@carol – With such a big score your joy might last all night, and if we reach that score it will be a nail biter till the last few overs.
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