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England men · ODI · International series

England
v South Africa⁠

Result

South Africa won by 7 wickets

England
182
South Africa
186/3
Date
Wednesday 5 September 2012 · England in 2012
Venue
Nottingham
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v South Africa ODI scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · Innings 182 all out (45.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c & b F du Plessis 51 72 6 0 70.8
Ian Bell lbw b RJ Peterson 10 11 2 0 90.9
Ravi Bopara c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jonny Bairstow c JL Ontong b M Morkel 29 52 4 0 55.8
Eoin Morgan c HM Amla b JP Duminy 0 2 0 0 0.0
Craig Kieswetter c HM Amla b M Morkel 33 53 3 0 62.3
Samit Patel c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn 9 13 1 0 69.2
Chris Woakes not out 33* 44 3 0 75.0
James Tredwell b RJ Peterson 6 19 0 0 31.6
James Anderson c M Morkel b RJ Peterson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Jade Dernbach c AB de Villiers b WD Parnell 2 6 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 3) 9
Total 45.2 overs 182

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (IR Bell, 3.6 ov), 2-24 (RS Bopara, 4.3 ov), 3-79 (JM Bairstow, 18.6 ov), 4-82 (EJG Morgan, 19.5 ov), 5-99 (AN Cook, 25.2 ov), 6-124 (SR Patel, 30.3 ov), 7-156 (C Kieswetter, 37.3 ov), 8-175 (JC Tredwell, 43.2 ov), 9-175 (JM Anderson, 43.3 ov), 10-182 (JW Dernbach, 45.2 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 9 2 24 2 2.67 1 0
RJ Peterson 10 0 37 3 3.70 0 0
M Morkel 8 0 41 2 5.13 2 0
WD Parnell 8.2 0 38 1 4.56 0 2
D Elgar 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 1
JP Duminy 4 0 11 1 2.75 0 0
F du Plessis 2 0 8 1 4.00 0 0

South Africa · Innings 186/3 (34.3 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla not out 97* 107 9 1 90.7
GC Smith c JC Tredwell b JW Dernbach 1 6 0 0 16.7
F du Plessis c C Kieswetter b JM Anderson 3 5 0 0 60.0
D Elgar c C Kieswetter b JM Anderson 1 10 0 0 10.0
AB de Villiers not out 75* 79 10 0 94.9
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 8, nb 0) 9
Total 34.3 overs 186/3

Did not bat: JP Duminy, JL Ontong, WD Parnell, RJ Peterson, M Morkel, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (GC Smith, 1.4 ov), 2-11 (F du Plessis, 2.3 ov), 3-14 (D Elgar, 4.4 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 9 2 41 2 4.56 1 0
Jade Dernbach 7.3 0 56 1 7.47 4 0
Chris Woakes 6 0 35 0 5.83 1 0
James Tredwell 6 0 30 0 5.00 0 0
Samit Patel 2 0 11 0 5.50 0 0
Ravi Bopara 4 0 12 0 3.00 0 0

Player of the match: HM Amla · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, RK Illingworth · 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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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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