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England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 6 runs

England
171 (45.4 ov)
South Africa
165 (47.4 ov)
Date
Sunday 6 March 2011 · England in 2011
Venue
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Last checked 24 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 171 all out (45.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c AB de Villiers b RJ Peterson 0 3 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c JH Kallis b RJ Peterson 2 3 0 0 66.7
Jonathan Trott c & b Imran Tahir 52 94 3 0 55.3
Ian Bell c & b RJ Peterson 5 7 1 0 71.4
Ravi Bopara lbw b M Morkel 60 98 3 1 61.2
Matt Prior c MN van Wyk b M Morkel 10 19 1 0 52.6
Michael Yardy c RJ Peterson b Imran Tahir 3 17 0 0 17.6
Tim Bresnan lbw b DW Steyn 1 4 0 0 25.0
Graeme Swann c JP Duminy b Imran Tahir 16 20 3 0 80.0
Stuart Broad lbw b Imran Tahir 0 3 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 2* 6 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 12, nb 0) 20
Total 45.4 overs 171

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AJ Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-3 (KP Pietersen, 0.6 ov), 3-15 (IR Bell, 4.4 ov), 4-114 (IJL Trott, 29.5 ov), 5-134 (MJ Prior, 35.3 ov), 6-148 (RS Bopara, 39.3 ov), 7-149 (TT Bresnan, 40.1 ov), 8-161 (MH Yardy, 43.2 ov), 9-161 (SCJ Broad, 43.5 ov), 10-171 (GP Swann, 45.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Peterson 8 2 22 3 2.75 1 0
DW Steyn 9 0 37 1 4.11 1 0
M Morkel 7 0 16 2 2.29 1 0
JH Kallis 4 1 14 0 3.50 1 0
Imran Tahir 8.4 1 38 4 4.38 1 0
F du Plessis 5 0 16 0 3.20 0 0
JP Duminy 4 0 20 0 5.00 1 0

South Africa · Innings 165 all out (47.4 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla b SCJ Broad 42 51 2 0 82.4
GC Smith c MJ Prior b GP Swann 22 41 2 0 53.7
JH Kallis c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 15 20 3 0 75.0
AB de Villiers b JM Anderson 25 44 0 0 56.8
F du Plessis run out (IR Bell/MJ Prior) 17 38 2 0 44.7
JP Duminy b JM Anderson 0 4 0 0 0.0
MN van Wyk b TT Bresnan 13 37 0 0 35.1
RJ Peterson c MJ Prior b MH Yardy 3 16 0 0 18.8
DW Steyn lbw b SCJ Broad 20 31 3 0 64.5
M Morkel c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 1 3 0 0 33.3
Imran Tahir not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 4, nb 0) 6
Total 47.4 overs 165

Fall of wickets: 1-63 (GC Smith, 14.1 ov), 2-75 (HM Amla, 17.3 ov), 3-82 (JH Kallis, 19.2 ov), 4-124 (AB de Villiers, 31.6 ov), 5-124 (F du Plessis, 32.2 ov), 6-124 (JP Duminy, 33.4 ov), 7-127 (RJ Peterson, 36.6 ov), 8-160 (MN van Wyk, 46.2 ov), 9-164 (DW Steyn, 47.1 ov), 10-165 (M Morkel, 47.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Michael Yardy 9 1 46 1 5.11 0 0
James Anderson 6 0 16 2 2.67 3 0
Tim Bresnan 8 1 27 1 3.38 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 2 29 1 2.90 0 0
Stuart Broad 6.4 0 15 4 2.25 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 8 0 30 0 3.75 0 0

Player of the match: Ravi Bopara · Umpires: AM Saheba, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: EAR de Silva · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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