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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

South Africa won by 112 runs

South Africa
354/6
England
242
Date
Friday 27 November 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Cape Town
Competition
ODI · International series

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

South Africa v England ODI scorecard

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat

South Africa · Innings 354/6 (50 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 86 92 7 0 93.5
GC Smith b LJ Wright 54 56 6 0 96.4
AB de Villiers c IJL Trott b SCJ Broad 121 85 14 0 142.4
JP Duminy c EJG Morgan b LJ Wright 6 15 0 0 40.0
AN Petersen not out 51* 40 5 0 127.5
MV Boucher c LJ Wright b SCJ Broad 22 11 2 1 200.0
R McLaren b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 8, nb 0) 14
Total 50 overs 354/6

Did not bat: WD Parnell, RE van der Merwe, M Morkel, DW Steyn

Fall of wickets: 1-107 (GC Smith, 18.3 ov), 2-201 (HM Amla, 31.3 ov), 3-217 (JP Duminy, 35.3 ov), 4-312 (AB de Villiers, 45.5 ov), 5-349 (MV Boucher, 49.3 ov), 6-354 (R McLaren, 49.6 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 7 0 55 0 7.86 1 0
Stuart Broad 10 0 71 4 7.10 1 0
Tim Bresnan 10 0 61 0 6.10 1 0
Graeme Swann 9 0 49 0 5.44 0 0
Paul Collingwood 5 0 38 0 7.60 1 0
Luke Wright 8 0 66 2 8.25 0 0
Jonathan Trott 1 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

England · Innings 242 all out (41.3 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MV Boucher b M Morkel 24 24 4 0 100.0
Luke Wright c R McLaren b WD Parnell 24 19 3 1 126.3
Jonathan Trott c GC Smith b WD Parnell 9 14 1 0 64.3
Kevin Pietersen b JP Duminy 45 56 3 1 80.4
Paul Collingwood c HM Amla b WD Parnell 86 82 7 3 104.9
Eoin Morgan c sub (J Botha) b JP Duminy 0 4 0 0 0.0
Matt Prior c GC Smith b M Morkel 16 22 1 0 72.7
Tim Bresnan c GC Smith b M Morkel 7 7 0 0 100.0
Stuart Broad b WD Parnell 10 10 1 0 100.0
Graeme Swann not out 6* 6 0 0 100.0
James Anderson lbw b WD Parnell 1 5 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 10, nb 0) 14
Total 41.3 overs 242

Fall of wickets: 1-41 (LJ Wright, 5.3 ov), 2-58 (AJ Strauss, 8.6 ov), 3-58 (IJL Trott, 9.3 ov), 4-142 (KP Pietersen, 24.6 ov), 5-150 (EJG Morgan, 26.5 ov), 6-214 (MJ Prior, 36.1 ov), 7-223 (PD Collingwood, 37.3 ov), 8-227 (TT Bresnan, 38.4 ov), 9-236 (SCJ Broad, 39.6 ov), 10-242 (JM Anderson, 41.3 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
DW Steyn 6 0 42 0 7.00 0 0
WD Parnell 9.3 1 48 5 5.05 1 0
M Morkel 9 1 39 3 4.33 2 0
R McLaren 5 0 34 0 6.80 0 0
RE van der Merwe 6 0 50 0 8.33 2 0
JP Duminy 6 0 25 2 4.17 1 0

Player of the match: AB de Villiers · Umpires: M Erasmus, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: BG Jerling · Match referee: J Srinath. 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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2008 – 2009

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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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