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 South African-born wicketkeeper Matt Prior is unable to play due to illness and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara.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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@grootblousmile – Did lunch in town listening to bands…sun shining. No complaints..
@K9-MonsterLeeu – 117 – I know, its our age, I’ve got it BAD!! :-/
@superBul – 120 No offence, but it will be nice to have you lot put in your place just for once!! Hehehehe
Just woke up from a really loooong afternoon nap.
Missed most of the cricket, just watched the final 4 overs. Jeez boys! Proteas need to bat like hell. Will be no problem if they can just keep the wickets alive.
Hallo all
Carol, you need a link for the game?
@Loserer – Hi.
@The-Pill – I also want a smiley personafied!
I have no idea how that smiley would look.
Hellooooooo, has the folks woken now from their Sunday afternoon slumber?
129@The-Pill – :skeleton: ?
Good Afternoon Sportsfans!
@grootblousmile – Hey, GBS ek wou jou nog gevra het of dit ok is om al daai lnks te stuur? Ek wil nie he jy moet my as spam merk ne!
@Loserer – Hi, usually yes please but my computer is a bit kaput, can’t seem to do searches can only access my ‘favorites’!!…..so I am stuck.
I get English :rose: as my smiley!!
133@Loserer – Jy kan maar links stuur… maar die sisteem werk so dat dit meer as 1 link per COMMENT merk as spam… so gooi hulle in afsonderlike comments
@grootblousmile – slumber, chance would be a fine thing, still multi tasking here!!
Do you like vanilla cake, blogging and baking here?
@grootblousmile – Ja. Ek gaap nog so bietjie en vee die :poop: uit my oge.
@carol – Here you go, quality not so great though….
http://iplonlinematch.com/ch1.html
You guys also having insanely great weather that side?
Long and slow lunch service, what makes people arrive at a restaurant at 14h30, drink untill 15h00, then order starters and only order main course at 16h00? They must be Bulls supporters.
134@carol – I can now take control of your PC during a Skype Cession… so sometime, we’ll have a proper look at your PC… OK…
Can I just say ENGLAND HAVE AMASSED THEIR HIGHEST EVER TOTAL AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN A ONE DAY MATCH TODAY……
That sounds SO good… :laugh:
@Loserer – Take it! The closest i think.
@grootblousmile -140 Hey, that would be great, thanks for the offer….you say when!
136@carol – I like :cake: … and vanilla cake sounds gooooooood !
Hehehe
@carol – lol, couple of seasons ago SA chased a total of 366(there about) at Centurion 😛
@carol – The nerve!
But, i worry about SA. They seem so impotent on attack.
145@Loserer – SA have successfully chased 438 from Ozzie in the not too distant past
@Loserer – Wasn`t it more like 438?
By the way, how does the smileys window look like (below the comment box) now to you guys?
@Loserer – meant to say ODI and forgot to add SUCCESSFULLY 😎
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