Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
OA Shah
44(40) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
- Productive Shot
- leg glance
- 17 runs
- 3x4 - 0x6
31/08Result
4th ODI, South Africa tour of England at London, Aug 31 2008
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![South Africa]( "South Africa")
183/6 (32.1/32.1 ov) -
![England]( "England")
137/3 (17.4/20 ov, target 137)
Player of the Match
31/08Result
4th ODI, South Africa tour of England at London, Aug 31 2008
-
![South Africa]( "South Africa")
183/6 (32.1/32.1 ov) -
![England]( "England")
137/3 (17.4/20 ov, target 137)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
England , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
England led the 5-match series 4-0
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.15 start, First Session 13.15-16.25, Interval 16.25-16.45, Second Session 16.45-19.15
Match days
31 August 2008 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
SOUTH AFRICA 183/6 (32.1 OVERS)
- Hashim Amla34 (31)
- Herschelle Gibbs74 (75)
- Stuart Broad1/33 (6.1)
- Andrew Flintoff3/21 (7)
ENGLAND 137/3 (17.4 OVERS)
- Kevin Pietersen40 (34)
- Owais Shah*44 (40)
- Johan Botha1/25 (3)
- Dale Steyn1/17 (3)
Flintoff has been named the Man of the Match. Can England sweep the series 5-0? Or will SA get a consolatory win? Join us on Wednesday. For now, good bye and good luck.
17.4
4
Nel to Flintoff, FOUR, That's the game. Flintoff brings up the victory with a swing to the deep backward square leg boundary. He dashed outside off, got outside the line and lapped it around the corner. England lead the series 4-0. Pietersen is all smiles in the pavilion. A glum Kallis walks out with his players. Huge cheers for Flintoff and Shah.
17.3
0
Nel to Flintoff, no run, another short-pitched delivery, Flintoff moves outside leg, has a waft but can't connect.
17.2
0
Nel to Flintoff, no run, Flintoff charges out and Nel fires in a bouncer and Flintoff falls on his backside to get away from that.
The big dark pregnant cloud is still going through labour pains. Don/'t you push down now! gloom descends on the arena.
17.1
1
Nel to Shah, 1 run, slower one, coming in, turned to midwicket for a single
END OF OVER:17 | 13 Runs | ENG: 132/3 (5 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.76, RRR: 1.66)
- Andrew Flintoff27 (9b)
- Owais Shah43 (39b)
- Vernon Philander4-0-30-0
- Johan Botha3-0-25-1
16.6
2
Philander to Flintoff, 2 runs, thrusts his back foot across, opens his stance and clubs a full pitched delivery over extra cover for couple of runs
16.5
4
Philander to Flintoff, FOUR, Oh another full toss and Flintoff kills it to deep midwicket boundary. Just 7 more.
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
