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England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 9 wickets

England
154 (48 ov)
South Africa
157/1 (19.2 ov)
Date
Tuesday 17 April 2007 · England in 2007
Venue
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 154 all out (48 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Ian Bell c AG Prince b CK Langeveldt 7 23 1 0 30.4
Michael Vaughan lbw b A Nel 17 38 3 0 44.7
Andrew Strauss c GC Smith b JH Kallis 46 67 2 1 68.7
Kevin Pietersen c GC Smith b A Nel 3 15 0 0 20.0
Paul Collingwood lbw b AJ Hall 30 57 3 0 52.6
Andrew Flintoff b AJ Hall 5 10 0 0 50.0
Ravi Bopara not out 27* 44 4 0 61.4
Paul Nixon c MV Boucher b AJ Hall 1 2 0 0 50.0
Sajid Mahmood b AJ Hall 0 1 0 0 0.0
Monty Panesar c MV Boucher b A Nel 2 28 0 0 7.1
James Anderson lbw b AJ Hall 0 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 5, nb 3) 16
Total 48 overs 154

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (IR Bell, 7.3 ov), 2-37 (MP Vaughan, 12.2 ov), 3-53 (KP Pietersen, 16.2 ov), 4-111 (AJ Strauss, 32.4 ov), 5-115 (PD Collingwood, 33.5 ov), 6-119 (A Flintoff, 35.1 ov), 7-121 (PA Nixon, 35.6 ov), 8-121 (SI Mahmood, 37.1 ov), 9-144 (MS Panesar, 44.3 ov), 10-154 (JM Anderson, 47.6 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
SM Pollock 10 2 17 0 1.70 0 1
CK Langeveldt 7 1 38 1 5.43 0 0
A Nel 10 3 35 3 3.50 4 2
AJ Hall 10 2 18 5 1.80 0 0
JH Kallis 8 0 22 1 2.75 0 0
JM Kemp 3 0 16 0 5.33 1 0

South Africa · Innings 157/1 (19.2 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AB de Villiers c PA Nixon b A Flintoff 42 35 8 0 120.0
GC Smith not out 89* 58 13 0 153.4
JH Kallis not out 17* 25 2 0 68.0
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 3, nb 2) 9
Total 19.2 overs 157/1

Did not bat: HH Gibbs, AG Prince, MV Boucher, JM Kemp, SM Pollock, AJ Hall, A Nel, CK Langeveldt

Fall of wickets: 1-85 (AB de Villiers, 9.5 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 5 0 32 0 6.40 2 0
Sajid Mahmood 4.2 0 49 0 11.31 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 6 0 36 1 6.00 1 1
Monty Panesar 2 0 24 0 12.00 0 0
Paul Collingwood 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: AJ Hall · Umpires: SA Bucknor, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: BF Bowden · Match referee: RS Madugalle. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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