22/08Result

1st ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of England at Leeds, Aug 22 2008

England won by 20 runs

Player of the Match

England and South Africa approached their innings with contrasting styles. England were slow at the start but picked up tremendous momentum as both Flintoff and Pietersen fired. South Africa, on the other hand, started quickly but lost quick wickets in the middle and ran out of gas in the end.

Pietersen had a fantastic match and was unsurprisingly named Man of the Match. He paced his 90 splendidly, he hit his first boundary off his 52nd ball but still scored at over a run a ball. He made a smart bowling change by delaying the third Powerplay and bringing on Samit Patel. The move paid off and Gibbs fell in the 16th over. Then he brought himself on and picked up two wickets and was involved in a run out as well.

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49.4

Flintoff to Ntini, OUT, that's the end of that! Flintoff detonates leg stump from the ground with another pinpoint yorker, he flexes his muscles in celebration, England have won the first ODI by 20 runs

M Ntini b Flintoff 2 (2m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

49.3

Flintoff to Ntini, 4 byes, Flintoff bowls an outstanding yorker which beats Ntini and beats Prior as well, the ball races for four byes

49.2

Flintoff to Ntini, 2 runs, low full toss outside off stump, Ntini drives the ball through point towards wide third man where Wright dives to save the boundary

49.1

Flintoff to Nel, OUT, and he's got it! Fintoff fired in the yorker, Nel went across his stumps looking to chip the ball to fine leg, Flintoff was too fast and the ball crashed into the base of middle stump

A Nel b Flintoff 10 (23m 17b 0x4 0x6) SR: 58.82

South Africa need 27 off the final over. Flintoff will be aiming to pick up his first wicket of the match.

END OF OVER:
49 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 249/8 (27 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.08, RRR: 27.00)

Dale Steyn3 (2b)
Andre Nel10 (16b)

Stuart Broad10-0-61-1
Andrew Flintoff9-1-44-0

48.6

Broad to Steyn, 2 runs, Steyn hits a low full toss down the ground for a single

48.5

Broad to Nel, 1 run, Broad goes wide of the crease and bowls a length ball angling into the batsman, Nel makes room and swings hard, he connects with the bottom of the bat and the ball falls between mid-on and long-on

48.4

Broad to Steyn, 1 run, Steyn backs away and swings a length delivery through midwicket

Steyn is the new batsman.

48.3

Broad to Nel, OUT, Philander's run out! Nel tried to pull the ball from outside off and inside edged it on to his leg, the ball fell on the pitch and after some hesitation the batsmen decided to go for the single, Broad ran to the ball and hit the stumps at the batsman's end with an under-arm throw, Philander was just short

VD Philander run out 23 (43m 27b 2x4 0x6) SR: 85.18

South Africa tour of England 2008 News

Remembering 2008
As Mickey Arthur takes charge of Pakistan, he could do worse than look back at successful tours of England and Australia eight years ago, when he coached South Africa
ODI rout in England a blessing in disguise - Arthur
Mickey Arthur has said the heavy defeat to England in the one-day series last year had only made the team stronger
Great at No. 5, slouches elsewhere
Flintoff's remarkable recent form with the bat in ODIs against South Africa continued an extremely successful period for England's No. 5 batsmen
I should have left England earlier - Smith
Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has said he should have withdrawn from the England tour a month earlier after suffering a tennis elbow ahead of the one-day series against the hosts
'You can never throw away experience' - Jennings
Mickey Arthur's comments that senior players may be shunted out of South Africa's ODI team have not found favour with Ray Jennings

South Africa INNINGS		R	B
HH Gibbs	bowled	37	44
GC Smith	caught wk	21	21
JH Kallis	run out	52	69
AB de Villiers	caught	24	35
JP Duminy	caught wk	18	33
MV Boucher	stumped	16	15
J Botha	caught	26	32
VD Philander	run out	23	27
A Nel	bowled	10	17
DW Steyn	not out	3	2
M Ntini	bowled	2	3
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 8, w 11)
TOTAL	255 (all out; 49.4 ovs)

England BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	10.0	0	61	1	6.10	(3w)
JM Anderson	3.0	0	18	0	6.00	(4w)
SJ Harmison	10.0	1	43	2	4.30	(3w)
A Flintoff	9.4	1	46	2	4.75
SR Patel	10.0	0	42	1	4.20
RS Bopara	2.0	0	11	0	5.50
KP Pietersen	5.0	0	22	2	4.40

South Africa 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	50	HH Gibbs	GC Smith
2nd	43	JH Kallis	HH Gibbs
3rd	49	JH Kallis	AB de Villiers
4th	7	JH Kallis	JP Duminy
5th	19	MV Boucher	JP Duminy
6th	34	J Botha	JP Duminy
7th	17	J Botha	VD Philander
8th	26	A Nel	VD Philander
9th	4	A Nel	DW Steyn
10th	6	M Ntini	DW Steyn

END OF OVER:49 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 249/8 (27 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.08, RRR: 27.00)

Remembering 2008

ODI rout in England a blessing in disguise - Arthur

Great at No. 5, slouches elsewhere

I should have left England earlier - Smith

'You can never throw away experience' - Jennings

END OF OVER:
49 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | SA: 249/8 (27 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 5.08, RRR: 27.00)