England vs South Africa (Chennai) (6th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 6^th March

21^st Match – Group B     (50-over match)

Played at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai,

England won by 6 runs;

England won the toss and decided to bat first;

Scoreboard:

England        171/10    (45.4 over)

England Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
AJ Strauss*	c de Villiers b Peterson	0	3	0	0	0.00
KP Pietersen	c Kallis b Peterson	2	3	0	0	66.66
IJL Trott	c & b Imran Tahir	52	94	3	0	55.31
IR Bell	c & b Peterson	5	7	1	0	71.42
RS Bopara	lbw b Morkel	60	98	3	1	61.22
MJ Prior†	c †van Wyk b Morkel	10	19	1	0	52.63
MH Yardy	c Peterson b Imran Tahir	3	17	0	0	17.64
TT Bresnan	lbw b Steyn	1	4	0	0	25.00
GP Swann	c Duminy b Imran Tahir	16	20	3	0	80.00
SCJ Broad	lbw b Imran Tahir	0	3	0	0	0.00
JM Anderson	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 7, w 12)	20

Total (all out; 45.4 over) 171 (3.74 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-1 (Strauss, 0.3 over), 2-3 (Pietersen, 0.6 over), 3-15 (Bell, 4.4 over), 4-114 (Trott, 29.5 over), 5-134 (Prior, 35.3 over), 6-148 (Bopara, 39.3 over), 7-149 (Bresnan, 40.1 over), 8-161 (Yardy, 43.2 over), 9-161 (Broad, 43.5 over), 10-171 (Swann, 45.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
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)

South Africa            165/10    (47.4 over)    (lost by 6 runs)

South Africa Innings	(target: 172 runs from 50 overs)	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
HM Amla	b Broad	42	51	2	0	82.35
GC Smith*	c †Prior b Swann	22	41	2	0	53.65
JH Kallis	c †Prior b Broad	15	20	3	0	75.00
AB de Villiers	b Anderson	25	44	0	0	56.81
F du Plessis	run out (Bell/†Prior)	17	38	2	0	44.73
JP Duminy	b Anderson	0	4	0	0	0.00
MN van Wyk†	b Bresnan	13	37	0	0	35.13
RJ Peterson	c †Prior b Yardy	3	16	0	0	18.75
DW Steyn	lbw b Broad	20	31	3	0	64.51
M Morkel	c †Prior b Broad	1	3	0	0	33.33
Imran Tahir	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 2, w 4)	6

Total (all out; 47.4 over) 165 (3.46 runs per over)

Did not bat: All batted;

Fall of wickets:

1-63 (Smith, 14.1 over), 2-75 (Amla, 17.3 over), 3-82 (Kallis, 19.2 over), 4-124 (de Villiers, 31.6 over), 5-124 (du Plessis, 32.2 over), 6-124 (Duminy, 33.4 over), 7-127 (Peterson, 36.6 over), 8-160 (van Wyk, 46.2 over), 9-164 (Steyn, 47.1 over), 10-165 (Morkel, 47.4 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
MH Yardy	9	1	46	1	5.11
JM Anderson	6	0	16	2	2.66	(3w)
TT Bresnan	8	1	27	1	3.37
GP Swann	10	2	29	1	2.90
SCJ Broad	6.4	0	15	4	2.25
KP Pietersen	8	0	30	0	3.75

Player of the match:    RS Bopara (England)

Umpires:        AM Saheba (India) and SJA Taufel (Australia)

TV umpire:        EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)

What a contest! English team produced jerky results as first win over Netherlands; second game was tied with India, lost third match with Ireland and today, created thrill for cricket fans after snatched the victory from South Africa by just 6 runs after low scored by English outfit. At one stage in South Africa's chasing, they were 63 for no loss when Amla and Smith were striking all over the ground, but English bowlers took all 10 wickets in just 102 runs through a combination of spin, reverse swing, insistence and the never-say-attitude which is such a mannerism of this team, with Stuart Broad sealing the victory with two wickets in four balls after Dale Steyn's 31-ball 20 had taken his team close to the winning line.

What will please Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower was that it was the much-maligned attack that won the match as Stuart Broad took 4 for 15, Anderson produced a overwhelming burst of reverse swing shortly before the 34-over ball change and Swann bowled with guile and craft to set up the prospect of victory. It means there would be no need to put 300+ runs on the board, just keep a good line & length bowling action. England will now concentrate on next game with Bangladesh on 11^th March at Chittagong.