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)


Bowling
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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

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

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


South Africa skipper Graeme Smith on Saturday declared in-form batsman AB de Villiers fit for Sunday’s World Cup Group B match against England.

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.”

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