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Result
England won by 1 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to field
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Denly | lbw b CK Langeveldt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b R McLaren | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 137.5 |
| Jonathan Trott | run out (GC Smith/RE van der Merwe) | 33 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 132.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | c J Botha b R McLaren | 57 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 178.1 |
| Eoin Morgan | not out | 85* | 45 | 7 | 5 | 188.9 |
| Luke Wright | c AB de Villiers b DW Steyn | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Matt Prior | c JA Morkel b R McLaren | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Tim Bresnan | not out | 3* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 5, w 6, nb 0) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 202/6 | ||||
Did not bat: GP Swann, SI Mahmood, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (JL Denly, 0.1 ov), 2-25 (AN Cook, 3.4 ov), 3-61 (IJL Trott, 6.6 ov), 4-159 (PD Collingwood, 16.1 ov), 5-167 (LJ Wright, 17.4 ov), 6-169 (MJ Prior, 18.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CK Langeveldt | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 2 | 0 |
| R McLaren | 4 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 8.25 | 2 | 0 |
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Morkel | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 16.00 | 0 | 0 |
| RE van der Merwe | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 0 | 0 |
| J Botha | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c EJG Morgan b LJ Wright | 41 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 178.3 |
| LE Bosman | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 58 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 187.1 |
| JP Duminy | lbw b SI Mahmood | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.0 |
| AB de Villiers | not out | 10* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| JA Morkel | not out | 9* | 9 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 13 overs | 127/3 | ||||
Did not bat: MV Boucher, R McLaren, J Botha, RE van der Merwe, DW Steyn, CK Langeveldt
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (GC Smith, 8.3 ov), 2-101 (LE Bosman, 9.2 ov), 3-112 (JP Duminy, 10.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 12.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 3 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 10.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Wright | 2 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 8.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Eoin Morgan · Umpires: M Erasmus, BG Jerling · 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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