- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.3 caught! Splendidly done by de Villiers! Kallis bowls a slower ball wide outside off stump, Bell chases it and slashes the ball in the air towards point, de Villiers times his jump to perfection and leaps high in the air to take the catch above his head with both hands 77/121.3 caught by de Villiers at point again! Prior slashed at one that was away from his body and hit the ball in the air towards de Villiers who didn't have to jump this time, that was a sitter by his lofty standards 86/228.1 Philander juggles and he'll thank the heavens it actually stuck, flighted on middle and leg, he gets on his knee and gets a big top edge on the slog sweep, Philander at fine leg gets under it, tries to catch it Aussie style, the ball slips through his hands and he holds onto it when it rebounds off his chest 113/349.2 bowled him! Flintoff moves outside off stump and tries to flick Steyn past short fine leg, he did it successfully against Nel but Steyn is significantly quicker, Flintoff misses and the ball hits middle stump 271/4Extras16 (b 4, lb 5, nb 1, w 6)TOTAL275/4 (50 Overs, RR: 5.5)Fall of wickets: 1-77 (Ian Bell, 19.3 ov), 2-86 (Matt Prior, 21.3 ov), 3-113 (Owais Shah, 28.1 ov), 4-271 (Andrew Flintoff, 49.2 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR15.4 England celebrate as Gibbs is bowled! He moved back to cut one that went straight through from Patel, there was no room and the ball was quick, Gibbs missed and Patel hit off stump, the bowling change pays immediate dividends 93/27.4 caught! Harmison strikes in his first over in his comeback match. Harmison pitches the ball on a good length in line with the stumps and seams it across the left-hander, Smith fends at it and gets an edge through to Prior who takes a simple catch 50/128.6 Kallis is run out!! He pushed the ball towards midwicket and was slow in setting off for the single, Bell swooped down on the ball, picked up and turned around to throw at Kallis' end for Duminy was quick, the throw came to Pietersen who collected in front of the stumps but managed to break the stumps with Kallis well short 149/426.6 would you believe it, Pietersen's struck!! He can do little wrong at the moment, de Villiers leans forward and across and flicks a flat delivery in the air towards midwicket where Bell takes a simple catch 142/339.4 caught! Harmison pitches short of a length and slants the ball across Duminy who stays rooted to his crease and reaches out for it, he's looking to run it down to third man but feathers a nick through to Prior who takes a sharp low catch, Harmison delivers in the first over of a spell once again 202/632.3 loud appeal for a stumping! Has Pietersen got another one? Boucher tried to sweep from outside off stump and was beaten, he dragged his back foot outside the crease and took an age to get it back, Prior collected and whipped off the bails, replays showed Boucher's foot to be just on the line, close call but the third umpire's given it out, it didn't look like there was anything grounded behind the line 168/544.1 caught! Something had to give! Botha moved forward and across and swung a length ball towards deep square leg, he didn't get enough on it to clear the boundary and Tim Bresnan, the substitute fielder, ran in to take a well-judged catch 219/748.3 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 245/849.1 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 249/949.4 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 255/10Extras23 (b 4, lb 8, w 11)TOTAL255 all out (49.4 Overs, RR: 5.13)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Graeme Smith, 7.4 ov), 2-93 (Herschelle Gibbs, 15.4 ov), 3-142 (AB de Villiers, 26.6 ov), 4-149 (Jacques Kallis, 28.6 ov), 5-168 (Mark Boucher, 32.3 ov), 6-202 (Jean-Paul Duminy, 39.4 ov), 7-219 (Johan Botha, 44.1 ov), 8-245 (Vernon Philander, 48.3 ov), 9-249 (Andre Nel, 49.1 ov), 10-255 (Makhaya Ntini, 49.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SCJ Broad 10 0 61 1 6.10 25 3 1 3 0 JM Anderson 3 0 18 0 6.00 13 3 0 4 0 SJ Harmison 10 1 43 2 4.30 39 6 0 3 0 A Flintoff 9.4 1 46 2 4.75 33 6 0 0 0 SR Patel 10 0 42 1 4.20 30 2 0 0 0 RS Bopara 2 0 11 0 5.50 5 1 0 0 0 KP Pietersen 5 0 22 2 4.40 15 2 0 0 0
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- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- England: 50 runs in 12.4 overs (79 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 79 balls (IR Bell 22, MJ Prior 25, Ex 4)
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: England - 65/0 in 17.0 overs (IR Bell 30, MJ Prior 29)
- England: 100 runs in 25.2 overs (156 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: England - 130/3 in 33.0 overs (KP Pietersen 26, A Flintoff 7)
- England: 150 runs in 35.5 overs (221 balls), Extras 9
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 63 balls (KP Pietersen 21, A Flintoff 28, Ex 1)
- KP Pietersen: 50 off 55 balls (3 x 4)
- England: 200 runs in 41.6 overs (259 balls), Extras 11
- A Flintoff: 50 off 52 balls (5 x 4)
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 100 balls (KP Pietersen 47, A Flintoff 53, Ex 3)
- England: 250 runs in 47.5 overs (294 balls), Extras 12
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 125 balls (KP Pietersen 66, A Flintoff 78, Ex 8)
- Innings Break: England - 275/4 in 50.0 overs (KP Pietersen 90, LJ Wright 2)
- South Africa: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (51 balls), Extras 11
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 51 balls (HH Gibbs 18, GC Smith 21, Ex 11)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 16.1 - 21.0
- South Africa: 100 runs in 17.1 overs (109 balls), Extras 12
- JH Kallis: 50 off 63 balls (7 x 4)
- South Africa: 150 runs in 29.4 overs (184 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: South Africa - 190/5 in 37.0 overs (JP Duminy 16, J Botha 12)
- South Africa: 200 runs in 38.3 overs (237 balls), Extras 14
- South Africa: 250 runs in 49.2 overs (306 balls), Extras 19
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