England Vs South Africa 44Th Match Super Eights
ICC World Cup in West Indies - 2007 (2006/07) · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown · 17 April 2007
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 184 balls remaining)
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 184 balls remaining). Graeme Smith top-scored with 89* for South Africa. Andrew Hall took 5/18.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- Date
- 17 April 2007
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 184 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Andrew Hall
- Captains
- Michael Vaughan (England), Graeme Smith (South Africa)
- Umpires
- SJA Taufel and SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
England won the toss and chose to bat.
England batted first and made 154 all out. Andrew Strauss top-scored with 46 off 67 balls, and Paul Collingwood made 30. Andrew Hall took 5 for 18 for South Africa. From 111 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 10 runs, to 121 for 8. That was well below the 2000s average first-innings total at Kensington Oval, 215 across 16 ODIs.
Chasing 155, South Africa made 157 for 1. Graeme Smith top-scored with 89 not out off 58 balls, and AB de Villiers made 42. The innings was built on a 85-run stand for the first wicket between Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers, 54% of the total.
South Africa won by 9 wickets (with 184 balls remaining). Andrew Hall's 5 for 18 are the best innings figures at Kensington Oval.
ENGLAND: 154 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Vaughan | lbw b Andre Nel | 17 | 38 |
| Ian Bell | c Ashwell Prince b Charl Langeveldt | 7 | 23 |
| Andrew Strauss | c Graeme Smith b Jacques Kallis | 46 | 67 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c Graeme Smith b Andre Nel | 3 | 15 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b Andrew Hall | 30 | 57 |
| Andrew Flintoff | b Andrew Hall | 5 | 10 |
| Ravi Bopara | not out | 27 | 44 |
| Paul Nixon | c Mark Boucher b Andrew Hall | 1 | 2 |
| Sajid Mahmood | b Andrew Hall | 0 | 1 |
| Monty Panesar | c Mark Boucher b Andre Nel | 2 | 28 |
| James Anderson | lbw b Andrew Hall | 0 | 6 |
Extras 16 · Total 154 all out
| Bowler (South Africa) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Pollock | 10 | 2 | 17 | 0 |
| Charl Langeveldt | 7 | 1 | 38 | 1 |
| Andre Nel | 10 | 3 | 35 | 3 |
| Andrew Hall | 10 | 2 | 18 | 5 |
| Jacques Kallis | 8 | 0 | 22 | 1 |
| Justin Kemp | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-9 (Ian Bell, 7.3 ov), 2-37 (Michael Vaughan, 12.2 ov), 3-53 (Kevin Pietersen, 16.2 ov), 4-111 (Andrew Strauss, 32.4 ov), 5-115 (Paul Collingwood, 33.5 ov), 6-119 (Andrew Flintoff, 35.1 ov), 7-121 (Paul Nixon, 35.6 ov), 8-121 (Sajid Mahmood, 37.1 ov), 9-144 (Monty Panesar, 44.3 ov), 10-154 (James Anderson, 47.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Michael Vaughan (2) and Ian Bell (7) | 9 | 45 |
| second | Michael Vaughan (15) and Andrew Strauss (11) | 28 | 30 |
| third | Andrew Strauss (13) and Kevin Pietersen (3) | 16 | 24 |
| fourth | Paul Collingwood (29) and Andrew Strauss (22) | 58 | 99 |
| fifth | Paul Collingwood (1) and Andrew Flintoff (3) | 4 | 7 |
| sixth | Andrew Flintoff (2) and Ravi Bopara (1) | 4 | 8 |
| seventh | Paul Nixon (1) and Ravi Bopara (1) | 2 | 5 |
| eighth | Ravi Bopara (0) and Sajid Mahmood (0) | 0 | 7 |
| ninth | Monty Panesar (2) and Ravi Bopara (18) | 23 | 45 |
| tenth | James Anderson (0) and Ravi Bopara (7) | 10 | 21 |
SOUTH AFRICA: 157 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Smith | not out | 89 | 58 |
| AB de Villiers | c Paul Nixon b Andrew Flintoff | 42 | 35 |
| Jacques Kallis | not out | 17 | 25 |
Did not bat: Herschelle Gibbs, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Justin Kemp, Shaun Pollock, Andrew Hall, Andre Nel, Charl Langeveldt
Extras 9 · Total 157 for 1
| Bowler (England) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 4.2 | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 6 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| Monty Panesar | 2 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-85 (AB de Villiers, 9.5 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Smith (35) and AB de Villiers (42) | 85 | 60 |
| second | Jacques Kallis (17) and Graeme Smith (54) | 72 | 58 |
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