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Result
England won by 6 wickets
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c C Kieswetter b JW Dernbach | 29 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 53.7 |
| HM Amla | b RS Bopara | 45 | 73 | 3 | 1 | 61.6 |
| JP Duminy | st C Kieswetter b JC Tredwell | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 81.8 |
| AB de Villiers | st C Kieswetter b JC Tredwell | 39 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 84.8 |
| F du Plessis | b RS Bopara | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| D Elgar | c C Kieswetter b ST Finn | 35 | 59 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 |
| WD Parnell | st C Kieswetter b JC Tredwell | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.5 |
| RJ Peterson | not out | 31* | 20 | 4 | 1 | 155.0 |
| R McLaren | run out (JW Dernbach) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| DW Steyn | not out | 3* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 7, w 6, nb 0) | 13 | ||||
| Total | 50 overs | 220/8 | ||||
Did not bat: LL Tsotsobe
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (GC Smith, 19.1 ov), 2-100 (HM Amla, 24.3 ov), 3-106 (JP Duminy, 25.3 ov), 4-115 (F du Plessis, 28.4 ov), 5-166 (AB de Villiers, 40.4 ov), 6-174 (WD Parnell, 43.2 ov), 7-214 (D Elgar, 48.5 ov), 8-215 (R McLaren, 48.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Finn | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | 3 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 1 | 0 |
| Jade Dernbach | 9 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 5.67 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 9 | 0 | 34 | 2 | 3.78 | 1 | 0 |
| Samit Patel | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| James Tredwell | 8 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 4.38 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | lbw b DW Steyn | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ian Bell | c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn | 88 | 137 | 8 | 1 | 64.2 |
| Jonathan Trott | lbw b D Elgar | 48 | 77 | 4 | 0 | 62.3 |
| Ravi Bopara | c AB de Villiers b R McLaren | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.9 |
| Eoin Morgan | not out | 36* | 36 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Craig Kieswetter | not out | 21* | 12 | 3 | 1 | 175.0 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 7, w 11, nb 2) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 46.4 overs | 224/4 | ||||
Did not bat: JC Tredwell, SR Patel, JM Anderson, JW Dernbach, ST Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AN Cook, 0.6 ov), 2-143 (IJL Trott, 31.5 ov), 3-156 (RS Bopara, 35.4 ov), 4-186 (IR Bell, 43.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 9.4 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.86 | 2 | 0 |
| LL Tsotsobe | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 |
| R McLaren | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.78 | 6 | 0 |
| D Elgar | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| WD Parnell | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 4.88 | 0 | 2 |
| RJ Peterson | 7 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 3.57 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Ian Bell · Umpires: RK Illingworth, 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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