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 South African-born wicketkeeper Matt Prior is unable to play due to illness and has been replaced by Ravi Bopara.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 – Snap!
@grootblousmile – 148 They are much easier to see now!!
@grootblousmile – Great, although I don’t handle pressure so well when confronted by so many options, what to choose, what to choose… 😀
151@The-Pill – crackle & pop
@grootblousmile – :pill: likes it.
@grootblousmile – 144 Fix my computer and you get :cake:
What do we do with :handcuffs:
156@carol – So, I can have my :cake: and eat it…. hehehe
@grootblousmile –
@149
Much better thx, I can distinguish superBul and skoppie much easier now…. :cowboy: :monkey:
157@Loserer – That ( :handcuffs: ) is the smiley for a BAN
@grootblousmile – :yes:
I am an O:-)
Die verdomde srilankane as hulle moet verloor wen hulle en as hulle moet wen verloor hulle kan iemand hulle gaan reg help asb
Or am I a :dog: ?
GBS, kry tog ‘n boerboel asb man
@grootblousmile – You can have :cake: and a :-* if you fix this ruddy thing.
@Boerboel – Or are you :dog2: ?
I need a :cigarette: and a :liquor:
Where’s the condensed milk smiley… fark??
165@carol – You have :mail:
Weet julle hoe lyk dit op n sel se screen.dit lyk of julle nie kan skryf nie als kom so halflyf uit
SA 3 / 0 after 1 over
I’m off, going to see what Jean can do in a red shirt.
It’s just not right.
*Sigh*
SA 9 / 0 after 2 overs
@grootblousmile – 168 :can: that will have to be the condensed milk smiley…
Too much :liquor: and :cigarette: mixed with :can: = :skeleton:
@Loserer – I hope he can understand his team mates accents!!
174@carol – I like Danger
SA 14 / 0 after 3 overs
@grootblousmile – 169 Replied..
Carol you ask me to give England this game, but you and Paul both had no confidence in your beloved country. See you both picked SA on Superbru.
SIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX from Gibbs
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