England 171 (45.4 overs)
South Africa 165 (47.4 th over)
England won by 6 runs
Protea Innings Highlights
M Morkel c †Prior b Broad 1 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33
DW Steyn lbw b Broad 20 (31b 3×4 0x6) SR: 64.51
MN van Wyk b Bresnan 13 (37b 0x4 0x6) SR: 35.13
Partnership: 33 runs, 9.2 overs, RR: 3.53 (van Wyk 13, Steyn 17)
RJ Peterson c †Prior b Yardy 3 (16b 0x4 0x6) SR: 18.75
Fall of wickets 4-124 (de Villiers, 31.6 ov),5-124 (du Plessis, 32.2 ov), 6-124 (Duminy, 33.4 ov)
JP Duminy b Anderson 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
F du Plessis run out 17 (38b 2×4 0x6) SR: 44.73
AB de Villiers b Anderson 25 (44b 0x4 0x6) SR: 56.8
Partnership: 42 runs, 12.4 overs, RR: 3.31 (de Villiers 23, du Plessis 17
JH Kallis c †Prior b Broad 15 (20b 3×4 0x6) SR: 75.00
HM Amla b Broad 42 (51b 2×4 0x6) SR: 82.35
GC Smith c †Prior b Swann 22 (41b 2×4 0x6) SR: 53.65
Partnership 50 runs in 74 balls (HM Amla 33, GC Smith 19, Ex 1)
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RJ Peterson 8 2 22 3 2.75 (1w) DW Steyn 9 0 37 1 4.11 (1w) M Morkel 7 0 16 2 2.28 (1w) JH Kallis 4 1 14 0 3.50 (1w) Imran Tahir 8.4 1 38 4 4.38 (1w) F du Plessis 5 0 16 0 3.20 JP Duminy 4 0 20 0 5.00 (1w)
England Innings Highlights
Imran Tahir 8.4-1-38-4
GP Swann c Duminy b Imran Tahir 16 (20b 3×4 0x6) SR: 80.00
Imran Tahir 8-1-31-3
SCJ Broad lbw b Imran Tahir 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
MH Yardy c Peterson b Imran Tahir 3 (17b 0x4 0x6) SR: 17.64
M Morkel 7-0-16-2
England: 150 runs in 40.6 overs (246 balls), Extras 17
TT Bresnan lbw b Steyn 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
RS Bopara lbw b Morkel 60 (98b 3×4 1×6) SR: 61.22
MJ Prior c †van Wyk b Morkel 10 (19b 1×4 0×6) SR: 52.63
RS Bopara: 50 off 87 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
IJL Trott c & b Imran Tahir 52 (94b 3×4 0×6) SR: 55.31
IJL Trott: 50 off 87 balls (3 x 4)
England: 100 runs in 25.6 overs (156 balls), Extras 14
Partnership 50 runs, 12.1 overs, RR: 4.10 (Trott 17, Bopara 23)
England: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 12
J Peterson 4-2-4-3
IR Bell c & b Peterson 5 (7b 1×4 0×6) SR: 71.42
KP Pietersen c Kallis b Peterson 2 (3b 0×4 0×6) SR: 66.66
AJ Strauss c du Plessis b Peterson 0 (3b 0×4 0×6) SR: 0.00
England won the toss and elected to bat. Live on SS2
India v Ireland @ 10:30
England squad |
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| AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, A Shahzad, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, LJ Wright, MH Yardy | |
South Africa squad |
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| GC Smith*, HM Amla, J Botha, AB de Villiers†, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, Imran Tahir, CA Ingram, JH Kallis, M Morkel, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, MN van Wyk† | |
De Villiers fit for England showdown
The 27-year-old De Villiers has been in sensational form, hitting back-to-back centuries against West Indies and the Netherlands, but additional wicketkeeping workload has been taking a toll on his body.
After his unbeaten match-winning century against West Indies in Delhi, De Villiers headed straight to the physio’s table, skipping the post-match press conference to get his back treated.
He made rich contribution to Thursday’s 231-run victory with his second successive century but the back problem flared up again, forcing him to hand over the wicketkeeping gloves to Morne van Wyk.
“AB has come through, his back is well and he will be fit for tomorrow’s match,” Smith told reporters at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.
De Villiers will have to play a key role if South Africa are to put behind their three World Cup semifinal heartbreaks and gift Smith, who will quit as South Africa’s ODI captain after the tournament, a perfect farewell gift.
Smith said emotion was not running high in the dressing room.
“It’s not affecting us at all, things have been very normal in this squad, probably providing us a little more motivation for the guys, if anything,” he said.
“It was my personal decision, a decision I’m at peace with. I have been in the job for over eight years now which I think is a lot longer than most of the captains tend to last these days,” said Smith, whose serious tone was broken when a reporter’s mobile phone started ringing with a tone resembling a bleating goat.
“From my perspective, I’m very proud of what I have done and I want to give myself the best chance to finish off with a World Cup,” Smith said.
“I’m enjoying the experience, just want to have the opportunity rolled out at the end of the tournament and get on that aeroplane, proud of what I have been able to do. I’m at peace with the decision.”
England have won the toss and will bat.
Bopara is in for Collingwood.
South Africa unchanged.
So there we go, after fluffing their defence last time around, England get another chance. Thrillingly, this means the Steyn v Pietersen battle is just mins away.
Most Runs
Andrew Strauss(Eng) 4* 280 158 93.33 105.66
AB de Villiers(SA) 3* 241 134 241.00 118.71
Kumar Sangakkara(SL) 4 241 92 120.50 87.95
Most Wickets
Shahid Afridi(Pak) 3 – 14 – 5/16 – 5.21 – 2.60
Kemar Roach(WI) 3 – 10 – 6/27 – 8.80 – 3.91
Mitchell Johnson(Aus) 3 – 8 – 4/19 – 8.37 – 2.97
Strauss out to spin by Peterson
0.3
Peterson to Strauss, OUT
AJ Strauss c du Plessis b Peterson 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
End of over 1 (3 runs) England 3/2 (RR: 3.00)
Two in the first over
0.6
Peterson to Pietersen, OUT, GONE! Would you believe it. Two in the first over. What an effort from Peterson. KP plays forward the ball turns a fraction and a regulation edge goes low to first slip
KP Pietersen c Kallis b Peterson 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66
End of over 2 (5 runs) England 8/2 (RR: 4.00)
End of over 3 (maiden) England 8/2 (RR: 2.66)
End of over 4 (6 runs) England 14/2 (RR: 3.50)
Peterson to Bell, OUT
IR Bell c & b Peterson 5 (7b 1×4 0x6) SR: 71.42
End of over 5 (1 run) England 15/3 (RR: 3.00)
Pieterson is shutting every one up now.
RJ Peterson 3-1-4-3
End of over 7 (maiden) England 21/3 (RR: 3.00)
RJ Peterson 4-2-4-3
End of over 8 (2 runs) England 23/3 (RR: 2.87)
M Morkel 1-0-2-0
End of over 9 (9 runs) England 32/3 (RR: 3.55)
JH Kallis 1-0-9-0
End of over 10 (1 run) England 33/3 (RR: 3.30)
M Morkel 2-0-3-0
End of over 11 (3 runs) England 36/3 (RR: 3.27)
JH Kallis 2-0-12-0
End of over 12 (8 runs) England 44/3 (RR: 3.66)
End of over 13 (3 runs) England 47/3 (RR: 3.61)
Imran Tahir 1-0-3-0
End of over 14 (4 runs) England 51/3 (RR: 3.64)
Tahir wicket goes to review……
England gets reprieve
14.1
Imran Tahir to Trott, no run, given out! We have a review as Trott misses a sweep and is given lbw. He calls for the DRS. Is it turning enough to miss off stump? Indeed it’s missing, a good review from Trott who survives
End of over 15 (maiden) England 51/3 (RR: 3.40)
Imran Tahir 2-1-3-0
Morne replaced by Steyn
M Morkel 4-0-11-0
End of over 16 (6 runs) England 57/3 (RR: 3.56)
DW Steyn 4-0-21-0
End of over 17 (8 runs) England 65/3 (RR: 3.82)
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