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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SA 139/1 after 23
52 – Snoek would like to see Amla get a 100. Always seems to get to the 50 mark then go out soon after. He is playing well today. A very good batsman Amla is but think he is suited more to test cricket but today he is playing well in this odi.
Puma 🙂
South Africans like to eat well, doesn’t matter what. And loves meat.
Treehuger, are you laughing at me and Puma? 😉
145/1 after 24
156/1 after 25
If they keep this up, 330 is on the cards. Just keep wickets in hand until the 40th over and then let go.
160/1 after 25.1 overs. AB playing superb. Amla too.
68 – Snoek, Ja, I say so too. Keep the wickets until 40 overs then go for it. If we get 330 they will never get that at night. That Newlands pitch just plays so different at night. During the day it is great for batting.
Polla is in for an exciting match. He should send some picks of Amla celebrating his hundred.
173/1 after 27
Yes i am, was thinking what a great bunch of guys you are.
178/1 after 28
Snoek just see on Voldy someone says that Bakkies it out. Withdrawn.
Now what? Burger to 8, Danie to 4 and damn hoping like crazy that it is Deysel who gets to start and not Potties. Deysel proved himself last week. Can not take a chance against Ireland.
186/1 after 29
Puma, thats bad news. They will probably bring in Kanko at eightman, but his form is bad. Hope for Schalk at 8 and Deysel at 7 with Danie moving to four.
191/1 after 30
This is looking good so far. Go proteas whip some English cream.
Puma hope they put Deysel on
77 – Snoek, Without Bakkies it is like losing a few players. Bad news. Now they MUST select right. Danie to 4. Deysel to 7 and Burger to 8 not Kanko.
Some on Voldy saying Potties to 7 and Deysel on the bench. That would be crazy. Deysel proved himself last week. We need to go with what we know against Ireland and new comers must come from the bench. Deysel should have started at 7 anyhow. That is my feeling. Now hope that Burger goes to 8 and not Kanko. We need some strong okes there for tomorrow. Just hope Burger is not a walking penalty and yellow card for us. They going to target him and maybe the ref too.
198/1 after 31
De villiers 50
This score is looking really good at 198-1 at 31 overs
80 – Treehugs. Me too. Keep those fingers crossed.
Someone read it in Die Burger and the Afrikaans newspapers always have it right. So think Bakkies is out.
200 up in the 32 over.
201/1 after 31 overs. They have been going for about 10 runs a over for the past few. Great stuff these two batsmen.
AG, Amla is gone just as I speak.
Amla gone for 86
Rather amla than De villiers, we need the quick batters now.
Eish Amla gone hope that doesnt slow down the batting, they must carry on spanking the ball.
Amla got 86. Almost got his 100.
Well done Amla. Played very well today.
AB just keep your wicket now. We were going really well there.
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