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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

England won by 4 wickets

England
212/6
South Africa
211
Date
Friday 31 August 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
The Oval, London
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 211 all out (46.4 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla b JW Dernbach 43 51 5 0 84.3
GC Smith b JM Anderson 18 25 2 0 72.0
D Elgar b JW Dernbach 42 61 2 0 68.9
AB de Villiers c IR Bell b JC Tredwell 28 31 3 0 90.3
F du Plessis b RS Bopara 1 4 0 0 25.0
JP Duminy c IR Bell b JC Tredwell 33 46 2 0 71.7
WD Parnell c C Kieswetter b JW Dernbach 13 8 3 0 162.5
RJ Peterson not out 23* 35 1 0 65.7
DW Steyn b JM Anderson 1 7 0 0 14.3
M Morkel b JM Anderson 7 11 1 0 63.6
LL Tsotsobe lbw b JM Anderson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 2
Total 46.4 overs 211

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (GC Smith, 8.4 ov), 2-73 (HM Amla, 16.1 ov), 3-120 (AB de Villiers, 25.2 ov), 4-122 (F du Plessis, 26.2 ov), 5-141 (D Elgar, 30.5 ov), 6-155 (WD Parnell, 32.5 ov), 7-195 (JP Duminy, 41.2 ov), 8-203 (DW Steyn, 44.3 ov), 9-211 (M Morkel, 46.3 ov), 10-211 (LL Tsotsobe, 46.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 9.4 0 44 4 4.55 1 0
Steven Finn 8 0 42 0 5.25 0 0
Jade Dernbach 9 0 44 3 4.89 0 0
Ravi Bopara 10 1 31 1 3.10 0 0
James Tredwell 10 0 49 2 4.90 0 0

England · Innings 212/6 (48 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c D Elgar b RJ Peterson 20 47 3 0 42.6
Ian Bell lbw b DW Steyn 12 7 3 0 171.4
Jonathan Trott c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell 71 125 2 0 56.8
Ravi Bopara c AB de Villiers b M Morkel 0 5 0 0 0.0
Eoin Morgan c & b RJ Peterson 73 67 7 2 109.0
Craig Kieswetter run out (WD Parnell/AB de Villiers) 14 18 0 1 77.8
Samit Patel not out 13* 17 1 0 76.5
James Tredwell not out 1* 3 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 6, nb 1) 8
Total 48 overs 212/6

Did not bat: JM Anderson, JW Dernbach, ST Finn

Fall of wickets: 1-14 (IR Bell, 2.3 ov), 2-61 (AN Cook, 16.4 ov), 3-64 (RS Bopara, 17.6 ov), 4-172 (EJG Morgan, 37.5 ov), 5-189 (C Kieswetter, 41.6 ov), 6-207 (IJL Trott, 46.5 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 7 0 32 1 4.57 2 0
LL Tsotsobe 7 0 55 0 7.86 2 0
M Morkel 10 1 41 1 4.10 1 0
WD Parnell 10 1 23 1 2.30 0 1
RJ Peterson 10 0 39 2 3.90 0 0
D Elgar 4 0 21 0 5.25 1 0

Player of the match: Eoin Morgan · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, RA Kettleborough · TV umpire: SJA Taufel · 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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South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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