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Result
South Africa won by 84 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
South Africa won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | c SI Mahmood b JL Denly | 88 | 44 | 8 | 6 | 200.0 |
| LE Bosman | c JM Anderson b LJ Wright | 94 | 45 | 5 | 9 | 208.9 |
| JA Morkel | c TT Bresnan b KP Pietersen | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 233.3 |
| JP Duminy | c LJ Wright b JM Anderson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| AB de Villiers | run out (EJG Morgan/MJ Prior) | 24 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 184.6 |
| JH Kallis | b SI Mahmood | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 140.0 |
| HG Kuhn | not out | 5* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 |
| R McLaren | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 1, w 1, nb 2) | 6 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 241/6 | ||||
Did not bat: RE van der Merwe, DW Steyn, YA Abdulla
Fall of wickets: 1-170 (GC Smith, 13.1 ov), 2-192 (JA Morkel, 14.4 ov), 3-203 (JP Duminy, 15.5 ov), 4-204 (LE Bosman, 16.1 ov), 5-214 (JH Kallis, 17.3 ov), 6-238 (AB de Villiers, 19.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Tim Bresnan | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | 4 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 15.25 | 0 | 2 |
| Luke Wright | 4 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Adil Rashid | 1 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 13.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Denly | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Denly | b YA Abdulla | 14 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c RE van der Merwe b JA Morkel | 26 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 123.8 |
| Jonathan Trott | c HG Kuhn b JA Morkel | 51 | 40 | 1 | 3 | 127.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b RE van der Merwe | 29 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 152.6 |
| Eoin Morgan | b DW Steyn | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 142.9 |
| Luke Wright | c sub (J Botha) b DW Steyn | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 240.0 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 10* | 8 | 1 | 0 | 125.0 |
| Tim Bresnan | c GC Smith b R McLaren | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Adil Rashid | run out (JH Kallis) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Sajid Mahmood | not out | 1* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 0, w 3, nb 0) | 3 | ||||
| Total | 20 overs | 157/8 | ||||
Did not bat: JM Anderson
Fall of wickets: 1-20 (JL Denly, 3.1 ov), 2-65 (AN Cook, 9.3 ov), 3-117 (IJL Trott, 15.1 ov), 4-132 (KP Pietersen, 16.4 ov), 5-144 (EJG Morgan, 17.3 ov), 6-146 (LJ Wright, 17.6 ov), 7-146 (TT Bresnan, 18.3 ov), 8-150 (AU Rashid, 19.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DW Steyn | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 1 | 0 |
| YA Abdulla | 4 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 7.00 | 1 | 0 |
| R McLaren | 4 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 6.50 | 0 | 0 |
| RE van der Merwe | 4 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Morkel | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 8.75 | 1 | 0 |
Player of the match: LE Bosman · 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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