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England men · ODI · International series

South Africa
v England⁠

Result

England won by 7 wickets

South Africa
119
England
121/3
Date
Sunday 29 November 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Gqeberha
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 119 all out (36.5 overs)

South Africa · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
HM Amla c GP Swann b JM Anderson 11 22 2 0 50.0
GC Smith lbw b SCJ Broad 2 4 0 0 50.0
AB de Villiers lbw b TT Bresnan 22 36 4 0 61.1
JP Duminy c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 6 10 1 0 60.0
AN Petersen c LJ Wright b SCJ Broad 51 79 5 0 64.6
MV Boucher b JM Anderson 13 23 2 0 56.5
R McLaren c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
J Botha c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 1 8 0 0 12.5
WD Parnell c AJ Strauss b PD Collingwood 1 14 0 0 7.1
M Morkel lbw b PD Collingwood 7 15 1 0 46.7
CK Langeveldt not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 5, nb 0) 5
Total 36.5 overs 119

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (GC Smith, 1.2 ov), 2-24 (HM Amla, 6.6 ov), 3-35 (JP Duminy, 10.3 ov), 4-55 (AB de Villiers, 13.5 ov), 5-78 (MV Boucher, 20.6 ov), 6-78 (R McLaren, 22.5 ov), 7-84 (J Botha, 26.2 ov), 8-92 (WD Parnell, 29.5 ov), 9-112 (M Morkel, 33.6 ov), 10-119 (AN Petersen, 36.5 ov)

South Africa · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 3 23 5 2.30 3 0
Stuart Broad 9.5 0 30 2 3.05 2 0
Luke Wright 5 0 31 0 6.20 0 0
Tim Bresnan 8 2 15 1 1.88 0 0
Paul Collingwood 4 0 20 2 5.00 0 0

England · Innings 121/3 (31.2 overs)

England · Innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Jonathan Trott not out 52* 77 7 0 67.5
Andrew Strauss lbw b J Botha 32 59 6 0 54.2
Kevin Pietersen c AB de Villiers b J Botha 3 6 0 0 50.0
Paul Collingwood c MV Boucher b R McLaren 2 6 0 0 33.3
Eoin Morgan not out 28* 40 5 0 70.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 3, nb 0) 4
Total 31.2 overs 121/3

Did not bat: MJ Prior, LJ Wright, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, TT Bresnan, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-74 (AJ Strauss, 16.5 ov), 2-80 (KP Pietersen, 18.4 ov), 3-83 (PD Collingwood, 21.4 ov)

England · Innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
WD Parnell 6 0 30 0 5.00 2 0
CK Langeveldt 5 1 24 0 4.80 1 0
M Morkel 6.2 1 19 0 3.00 0 0
R McLaren 6 1 25 1 4.17 0 0
J Botha 8 0 22 2 2.75 0 0

Player of the match: James Anderson · Umpires: BG Jerling, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: JD Cloete · 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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Meetings74In our results database
England wins31England perspective
Draws, ties & NR6Drawn, tied or no result
South Africa wins37South Africa victories

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