ICC World Cup - South Africa v England

17 April 2007

RESULT: South Africa won by 9 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

South Africa

1/157

(19.2 overs)

England

154

Current Run Rate	8.12
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	184

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Smith, G	89		93	58	153.45
	Kallis, J	17		47	25	68.00
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Mahmood, S	4.2	0	49	0	11.31
	Anderson, J	5	0	32	0	6.40

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Kensington Oval
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Bucknor, S (WI), Taufel, S (AUS), Bowden, B (NZ), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: England		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

ENG Innings RSA Innings

England		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Bell, I	c. Prince, A b. Langeveldt, C	7	27	23	1	0	30.43
Vaughan, M	lbw b. Nel, A	17	50	38	3	0	44.74
Strauss, A	c. Smith, G b. Kallis, J	46	115	67	2	1	68.66
Pietersen, K	c. Smith, G b. Nel, A	3	22	15	0	0	20.00
Collingwood, P	lbw b. Hall, A	30	76	57	3	0	52.63
Flintoff, A	b. Hall, A	5	14	10	0	0	50.00
Bopara, R	not out	27	67	44	4	0	61.36
Nixon, P	c. Boucher, M b. Hall, A	1	5	2	0	0	50.00
Mahmood, S	b. Hall, A	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
Panesar, M	c. Boucher, M b. Nel, A	2	31	28	0	0	7.14
Anderson, J	lbw b. Hall, A	0	15	6	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4,lb 4,w 5,nb 3)	16
Total	(10 wickets; 48 overs)	154

F.O.W.

1/9 (Bell, I), 2/37 (Vaughan, M), 3/53 (Pietersen, K), 4/111 (Strauss, A), 5/115 (Collingwood, P), 6/119 (Flintoff, A), 7/121 (Nixon, P), 8/121 (Mahmood, S), 9/144 (Panesar, M), 10/154 (Anderson, J)

South Africa - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Pollock, S	10	2	17	0	1.70	(1nb)
Langeveldt, C	7	1	38	1	5.43
Nel, A	10	3	35	3	3.50	(2nb,4w)
Hall, A	10	2	18	5	1.80
Kallis, J	8	0	22	1	2.75
Kemp, J	3	0	16	0	5.33	(1w)

19.2	Mahmood to Smith, 4 runs! Mahmood pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith hits the delivery straight to the boundary for 4 runs. The score races to 1/157.
19.1	Mahmood to Kallis, 3 runs. Mahmood pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Kallis strikes the ball through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for 3 runs. Bell gathers the ball. South Africa are in a good position in the middle, the score is 1/153.
18.6	Anderson to Smith, no run. Anderson bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Smith hits the delivery square on the offside inside the circle. Collingwood fields the ball. 19 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 32 from his 5 overs.
18.5	Anderson to Smith, 4 runs! Anderson delivers the ball towards leg stump and short of a good length. Smith strikes the ball through mid-on to the boundary for a four. The scoreboard tells us it's 1/150.
18.4	Anderson to Smith, no run. Anderson bowls it short of a good length, wide outside off stump. Smith hits it towards the covers inside the circle. Vaughan collects the ball.
18.3	Anderson to Kallis, 1 run. Anderson pitches the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Kallis hits it in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Bell fields the ball. The score is 1/146.
18.2	Anderson to Kallis, no run. Anderson pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Kallis plays the delivery towards mid-on halfway to the boundary. Gathered by Panesar in the field.
18.1	Anderson to Smith, 1 run. Anderson bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Smith plays it for one run. Bopara fields the ball. South Africa eases to 1 for 145.
17.6	Mahmood to Smith, 1 run. Mahmood pitches the delivery in the corridor, yorker length. Smith strikes it in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Collected by Bell. Mahmood finishes the 18th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 0 for 42 from his 4 overs. The scoreboard says 1 for 144.
17.5	Mahmood to Kallis, 1 run. Mahmood bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Kallis hits it in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Bell collects the ball. The scoreboard displays 1 for 143.
17.4	Mahmood to Kallis, no run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Ball goes through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
17.3	Mahmood to Smith, 1 run. Mahmood delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith strikes the ball in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one. Gathered by Bell. The score advances to 1/142.
17.2	Mahmood to Smith, 4 runs! Mahmood delivers the ball outside off and short. Smith hits it through mid-on to the boundary for a four. South Africa are dominating in the middle, they are 1/141.
17.2	Mahmood to Smith, 1 no ball. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, short. Ball goes through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
17.1	Mahmood to Kallis, 1 run. Mahmood delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Kallis plays the delivery for a single. Fielded by Anderson. The scoreboard tells us it's 1/136.
16.6	Flintoff to Kallis, 1 run. Flintoff bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Kallis strikes the ball through the covers halfway to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Panesar. 17 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 1 for 36 from his 6 overs. South Africa eases to 1 for 135.
16.5	Flintoff to Smith, 1 run. Flintoff pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith strikes the ball through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for one. Bell gathers the ball. South Africa are in a good position in the middle, the score is 1/134.
16.4	Flintoff to Smith, no run. Flintoff pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
16.3	Flintoff to Smith, 4 runs! Flintoff bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Smith plays the ball through mid-off to the boundary for four runs. The score progresses to 1 for 133.
16.2	Flintoff to Smith, 4 runs! Flintoff pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith hits the delivery straight to the boundary for 4 runs. South Africa are in a dominant position in the middle, the score is 1/129.
16.1	Flintoff to Smith, 4 runs! Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Smith hits the ball down the ground to the boundary for 4 runs. The score progresses to 1 for 125.
15.6	Mahmood to Kallis, no run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Kallis plays the delivery square on the offside inside the circle. Collingwood fields it. 16 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 33 from his 3 overs.
15.5	Mahmood to Kallis, no run. Mahmood pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Kallis plays the ball towards mid-off inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Panesar.
15.4	Mahmood to Smith, 1 run. Mahmood pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith strikes the delivery through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by Pietersen. The scoreboard shows 1/121.
15.3	Mahmood to Smith, no run. Mahmood delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Smith plays the delivery towards mid-on not far from the wicket.
15.2	Mahmood to Smith, 4 runs! Mahmood delivers the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Smith plays the delivery through mid-wicket to the boundary for a four. The scoreboard tells us it's 1/120.
15.1	Mahmood to Smith, no run. Mahmood delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Smith strikes it square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Collingwood.
14.6	Flintoff to Kallis, no run. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Play and miss. Straight through to Nixon. The keeper fields the ball. Flintoff finishes his 5th over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 22.
14.5	Flintoff to Kallis, no run. Flintoff pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Kallis hits the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Bopara.
14.4	Flintoff to Kallis, no run. Flintoff delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Kallis plays the ball towards mid-off inside the circle. Fielded by Pietersen.
14.3	Flintoff to Smith, 1 run. Flintoff bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Smith hits it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Mahmood fields it. South Africa are in a strong position with the bat, they are 1 for 116.
14.2	Flintoff to Smith, no run. Flintoff delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith plays the delivery for no run. Fielded by Nixon.
14.1	Flintoff to Smith, no run. Flintoff pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Smith hits the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Pietersen.
13.6	Collingwood to Smith, 1 run. Collingwood bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Smith hits the ball through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for one. Pietersen fields it. Collingwood finishes the 14th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 0 for 12 from his 2 overs. The score eases to 1 for 115.
13.5	Collingwood to Smith, 4 runs! Collingwood pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Smith plays the ball through mid-off to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard says 1 for 114.
13.4	Collingwood to Smith, no run. Collingwood delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Smith hits it towards the covers inside the circle. Vaughan fields it.

South Africa		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
de Villiers, AB	c. Nixon b. Flintoff	42	46	35	8	0	120.00
Smith, G	Not Out	89	93	58	13	0	153.45
Kallis, J	Not Out	17	47	25	2	0	68.00
Gibbs, H
Prince, A
Kemp, J
Boucher, M
Pollock, S
Hall, A
Nel, A
Langeveldt, C
Extras	(b 4,w 3,nb 2)	9
Total	(1 wickets; 19 overs)	157

England - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Anderson, J	5	32	0	6.40	(2w)
Mahmood, S	4.2	49	0	11.31	(1nb)
Flintoff, A	6	36	1	6.00	(1nb,1w)
Panesar, M	2	24	0	12.00
Collingwood, P	2	12	0	6.00

South Africa		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
de Villiers, AB	Smith, G	1st	85	46	61	139.34	1/85
Smith, G	Kallis, J	2nd	72	47	58	124.1