Match Details
Toss
South Africans , elected to field first
Season
Hours of play (local time)
10.45 start, First Session 10.45-14.15, Interval 14.15-15.00, Second Session 15.00-18.30.
Match days
14 August 2008 (50-over match)
14/08Result
Tour Match, South Africa tour of England at Leicester, Aug 14 2008
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![England Lions]( "England Lions")
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![South Africans]( "South Africans")
185/6 (38.4/50 ov)
14/08Result
Tour Match, South Africa tour of England at Leicester, Aug 14 2008
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![England Lions]( "England Lions")
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![South Africans]( "South Africans")
185/6 (38.4/50 ov)
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND LIONS 184 (46.5 OVERS)
- Rob Key51 (62)
- Luke Wright29 (41)
- Makhaya Ntini3/48 (10)
- Dale Steyn3/27 (8.5)
SOUTH AFRICANS 185/6 (38.4 OVERS)
- AB de Villiers24 (37)
- Herschelle Gibbs81 (104)
- Steve Kirby2/38 (8)
- Luke Wright2/22 (4.4)
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Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, has said he should have withdrawn from the England tour a month earlier after suffering a tennis elbow ahead of the one-day series against the hosts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
