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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 80 runs

England
207
South Africa
287/5
Date
Tuesday 28 August 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Southampton
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · Innings 287/5 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
GC Smith c C Kieswetter b TT Bresnan 52 76 5 0 68.4
HM Amla c TT Bresnan b ST Finn 150 124 16 0 121.0
JP Duminy run out (JM Anderson) 14 24 1 0 58.3
D Elgar b GP Swann 15 28 1 0 53.6
AB de Villiers b GP Swann 28 29 1 0 96.6
F du Plessis not out 22* 19 2 0 115.8
WD Parnell not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 1, nb 0) 6
Total 50 overs 287/5

Did not bat: R McLaren, RJ Peterson, M Morkel, LL Tsotsobe

Fall of wickets: 1-89 (GC Smith, 19.2 ov), 2-121 (JP Duminy, 25.6 ov), 3-165 (D Elgar, 33.5 ov), 4-230 (AB de Villiers, 43.4 ov), 5-285 (HM Amla, 49.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 9 0 53 0 5.89 1 0
Steven Finn 10 0 59 1 5.90 0 0
Tim Bresnan 8 0 61 1 7.63 0 0
Graeme Swann 10 0 50 2 5.00 0 0
Samit Patel 10 0 47 0 4.70 0 0
Ravi Bopara 3 0 12 0 4.00 0 0

England · Innings 207 all out (40.4 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b LL Tsotsobe 0 2 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell b RJ Peterson 45 41 5 0 109.8
Jonathan Trott c D Elgar b M Morkel 23 37 2 0 62.2
Ravi Bopara c F du Plessis b RJ Peterson 16 21 2 0 76.2
Eoin Morgan c D Elgar b JP Duminy 27 48 1 0 56.3
Craig Kieswetter c GC Smith b D Elgar 20 20 1 1 100.0
Samit Patel c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 45 51 3 2 88.2
Tim Bresnan c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell 0 1 0 0 0.0
Graeme Swann c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell 0 2 0 0 0.0
James Anderson run out (AB de Villiers/RJ Peterson) 5 13 0 0 38.5
Steven Finn not out 15* 8 3 0 187.5
Extras (b 3, lb 7, w 1, nb 0) 11
Total 40.4 overs 207

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AN Cook, 0.2 ov), 2-64 (IJL Trott, 11.4 ov), 3-77 (IR Bell, 15.5 ov), 4-90 (RS Bopara, 17.6 ov), 5-118 (C Kieswetter, 23.3 ov), 6-159 (EJG Morgan, 33.4 ov), 7-159 (TT Bresnan, 34.1 ov), 8-159 (GP Swann, 34.3 ov), 9-170 (JM Anderson, 37.4 ov), 10-207 (SR Patel, 40.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
LL Tsotsobe 6 0 29 1 4.83 0 0
R McLaren 7 1 31 0 4.43 0 0
M Morkel 5.4 0 29 2 5.12 1 0
WD Parnell 7 1 30 2 4.29 0 0
RJ Peterson 9 0 51 2 5.67 0 0
JP Duminy 3 0 16 1 5.33 0 0
D Elgar 3 1 11 1 3.67 0 0

Player of the match: HM Amla · Umpires: RJ Bailey, SJA Taufel · TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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