The 3rd ODI between the Proteas and England took place today at Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape Town. The Proteas won the match by 112 runs after England was bowled out in the 42nd over.
Match began at 14:30 local time (12:30 GMT)
| South Africa squad | |
| GC Smith*, HM Amla, J Botha, MV Boucher†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, CK Langeveldt, R McLaren, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AN Petersen, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, RE van der Merwe |
| England squad | |
| AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, AN Cook, JL Denly, SI Mahmood, EJG Morgan, G Onions, KP Pietersen, LE Plunkett, MJ Prior†, AU Rashid, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, LJ Wright |
| Toss: The Proteas won the toss and chose to bat. The weather is looking good, the pitch looks like a surface for a great contest, but the pitch is very dry and could assist Swann against the Proteas as a bowler and Roelof van der Merwe later against England. |
| Umpires M Erasmus and RJ Tucker TV umpire BG Jerling Match referee J Srinath Reserve umpire JD Cloete |
Here’s a picture of the Cape Town weather today…. thanks Polla…
South Africa 354/6 (50.0 ov)
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
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HM Amla | c †Prior b Broad | 86 | 131 | 92 | 7 | 0 | 93.47 |
| 31.3 Well, out of nowhere England have a wicket. Short again and Amla gets a faint inside edge on a pull shot which is collected eagerly by Prior. Surprise for everyone that. Amla played well again today but will be disappointed not to go on. 201/2 | ||||||||
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GC Smith* | b Wright | 54 | 80 | 56 | 6 | 0 | 96.42 |
| 18.3 there’s the breakthrough, and Smith will be furious with himself. A premeditated step to leg gave him room for a swipe through the covers, but Wright kept his nerve, zeroed in on the top of off, and a faint under-edge takes out the stump! 107/1 | ||||||||
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AB de Villiers | c Trott b Broad | 121 | 117 | 85 | 14 | 0 | 142.35 |
| 45.5 and that, at last, is that. Another drive, but this time he got underneath the lofted stroke, and Jonathan Trott at extra cover settles the issue. 312/4 | ||||||||
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JP Duminy | c Morgan b Wright | 6 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| 35.3 you have to say that was coming. Duminy had been trying to force the pace for several overs without success, and this time he hoisted a short ball straight down the throat of deep square leg. 217/3 | ||||||||
| AN Petersen | not out | 51 | 67 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 127.50 | |
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MV Boucher† | c Wright b Broad | 22 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 200.00 |
| 49.3 well, that’s a jammy dismissal! A horrible full-toss, Boucher takes on the midwicket boundary, but Wright – staring into the sun – clings onto a bullet-like chance, and England have a bonus breakthrough 349/5 | ||||||||
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R McLaren | b Broad | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 49.6 and they won’t beat that total! Broad serves up a yorker to rattle the stumps and wrap up the innings. A first-baller for Ryan McLaren, and a mountain to climb for England 354/6 | ||||||||
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 8 ) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 50 overs; 220 mins) | 354 | (7.08 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-107 (Smith, 18.3 ov), 2-201 (Amla, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (Duminy, 35.3 ov), 4-312 (de Villiers, 45.5 ov), 5-349 (Boucher, 49.3 ov), 6-354 (McLaren, 49.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| JM Anderson | 7 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 7.85 | (1w) | ||
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SCJ Broad | 10 | 0 | 71 | 4 | 7.10 | (1w) | |
| 31.3 to Amla, Well, out of nowhere England have a wicket. Short again and Amla gets a faint inside edge on a pull shot which is collected eagerly by Prior. Surprise for everyone that. Amla played well again today but will be disappointed not to go on. 201/245.5 to de Villiers, and that, at last, is that. Another drive, but this time he got underneath the lofted stroke, and Jonathan Trott at extra cover settles the issue. 312/449.3 to Boucher, well, that’s a jammy dismissal! A horrible full-toss, Boucher takes on the midwicket boundary, but Wright – staring into the sun – clings onto a bullet-like chance, and England have a bonus breakthrough 349/549.6 to McLaren, and they won’t beat that total! Broad serves up a yorker to rattle the stumps and wrap up the innings. A first-baller for Ryan McLaren, and a mountain to climb for England 354/6 | ||||||||
| TT Bresnan | 10 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 6.10 | (1w) | ||
| GP Swann | 9 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 5.44 | |||
| PD Collingwood | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7.60 | (1w) | ||
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LJ Wright | 8 | 0 | 66 | 2 | 8.25 | ||
| 18.3 to Smith, there’s the breakthrough, and Smith will be furious with himself. A premeditated step to leg gave him room for a swipe through the covers, but Wright kept his nerve, zeroed in on the top of off, and a faint under-edge takes out the stump! 107/135.3 to Duminy, you have to say that was coming. Duminy had been trying to force the pace for several overs without success, and this time he hoisted a short ball straight down the throat of deep square leg. 217/3 | ||||||||
| IJL Trott | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |||
| Match notes |
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England
| England innings (target: 355 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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AJ Strauss* | c †Boucher b Morkel | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| 8.6 Morkel strikes! Full and wide and Strauss chased it but could only feather an edge through to Boucher. Strauss looked good but couldn’t make a real impact. It’s a trend that has gone on too long for his liking 58/2 | ||||||||
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LJ Wright | c McLaren b Parnell | 24 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 126.31 | |
| 5.3 one shot too many. Short and Wright tries for a maximum but can only top edge and is caught on the deep mid-wicket boundary. Bit of a shame, he gave England a decent start, but it won’t be enough 41/1 | ||||||||
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IJL Trott | c Smith b Parnell | 9 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 64.28 | |
| 9.3 great catch! Trott tries to drive a full delivery through the off side with minimal foot movement and could only edge to Smith’s left where his dive secured an excellent catch 58/3 | ||||||||
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KP Pietersen | b Duminy | 45 | 56 | 3 | 1 | 80.35 | |
| 24.6 oh dear. Pietersen wonders too far across his stumps and a dragged-down delivery comes off the bottom of his glove into leg stump. South Africa will be thrilled, Duminy has done a fine job building pressure and he was rewarded with the prize-wicket of Pietersen 142/4 | ||||||||
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PD Collingwood | c Amla b Parnell | 86 | 82 | 7 | 3 | 104.87 | |
| 37.3 and that’s the end of England’s resistance. Collingwood went for his fourth six of the night, but couldn’t get hold of it, and shovelled a simple chance to Amla at mid-on 223/7 | ||||||||
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EJG Morgan | c sub (J Botha) b Duminy | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 26.5 Morgan stops on the shot and chips it towards long off, where Botha coming in swiftly completes a good catch. A tame end for Morgan but Duminy has done an excellent job 150/5 | ||||||||
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MJ Prior† | c Smith b Morkel | 16 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| 36.1 high, high, but not very handsome. Full length, right up to the bat, and the skipper himself is on hand to pouch the chance at cover as Prior attempts to launch one into the stands 214/6 | ||||||||
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TT Bresnan | c Smith b Morkel | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| 38.4 slower ball, Bresnan has a wipe, Smith backpedals at mid-off, and that’s the end of that 227/8 | ||||||||
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SCJ Broad | b Parnell | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| 39.6 that’s a cracking delivery. If you can’t rely on the fielders, do it with the ball instead. Full length, zipping off the seam, and detonating leg stump as Broad swishes through the line. 236/9 | ||||||||
| GP Swann | not out | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
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JM Anderson | lbw b Parnell | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| 41.3 242/10 | ||||||||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 10) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 41.3 overs) | 242 | (5.83 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | |||
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WD Parnell | 9.3 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 5.05 | (1w) | |
| 5.3 to Wright, one shot too many. Short and Wright tries for a maximum but can only top edge and is caught on the deep mid-wicket boundary. Bit of a shame, he gave England a decent start, but it won’t be enough 41/19.3 to Trott, great catch! Trott tries to drive a full delivery through the off side with minimal foot movement and could only edge to Smith’s left where his dive secured an excellent catch 58/337.3 to Collingwood, and that’s the end of England’s resistance. Collingwood went for his fourth six of the night, but couldn’t get hold of it, and shovelled a simple chance to Amla at mid-on 223/739.6 to Broad, that’s a cracking delivery. If you can’t rely on the fielders, do it with the ball instead. Full length, zipping off the seam, and detonating leg stump as Broad swishes through the line. 236/941.3 to Anderson, 242/10 | ||||||||
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M Morkel | 9 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 4.33 | (2w) | |
| 8.6 to Strauss, Morkel strikes! Full and wide and Strauss chased it but could only feather an edge through to Boucher. Strauss looked good but couldn’t make a real impact. It’s a trend that has gone on too long for his liking 58/236.1 to Prior, high, high, but not very handsome. Full length, right up to the bat, and the skipper himself is on hand to pouch the chance at cover as Prior attempts to launch one into the stands 214/638.4 to Bresnan, slower ball, Bresnan has a wipe, Smith backpedals at mid-off, and that’s the end of that 227/8 | ||||||||
| R McLaren | 5 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 6.80 | |||
| RE van der Merwe | 6 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 8.33 | (2w) | ||
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JP Duminy | 6 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 4.16 | (1w) | |
| Match notes |
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Eng now needs 8.52 per over to win, from hereon in….
YES!!!!!!! Goeie paaltjie Morgan uit
Wicketttttttttttttt
Eoin Morgan walks the Duckie….. hehehe
Bly Morgan is uit – gevaarlike bliksem daai. Nou vir Colliehond
Eng 176 / 5 after 30 overs.
They need 8.95 per over now… steadily climbing….
Run-rate now required over 10 an over….
Eng 196 / 5 after 35 overs
Huge over for Eng… 18 from it
Wickettttttttttt……… Prior goesssssssssss
Nogga wicketttttttt…….. Colliehond goes for 86
Groot paaltjie. Die vet girl maak keel skoon
En daar val nog ‘n modder-otter…
Dis great om te sien ( met die oog op die toetse) dat M Morkel weer goed lyk
Strauss se gesig lyk of hy ‘n poep in ‘n telefoonhokkie ruik
Fark, Botha drops a catch…
Wicketttttt….. Wayne Parnell bowls Broad clean
Great bal Parnell Broad uit!
Eng 236 / 9 after 40 overs… only 10 overs left….
One more wicket needed, run rate at about 12 an over left…. it’s all over bar the shouting!
12.67 needed per over…. now ballooning out…
Come on, put them out of their misery!
Dink ek gaan maar waai nou. Cheers en gn GBS. Sien jou more middag!
Cheers SAB!
Game overrrrrrrrr… LBW… out!!
SA win by 112 runs………. easy peasy!
Baie geluk proteaas, Goeie klinisiese vertoning.
AB en Parnell, great stuff!
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