Poms seal series
South Africa slumped to their third consecutive defeat as England took an unassailable 3-0 lead to clinch the ODI series.
Stand in skipper Jacques Kallis won the toss and elected to field. Openers Ian Bell and Matt Prior got off to a flying start for England as they brought up the 100 partnership in just 96 balls before Prior finally fell for 33.
South Africa then started to come back into the contest around the half way mark in the innings taking three quick wickets including danger man Kevin Pietersen.
But with Pietersen gone, Andrew Flintoff took on the added responsibility as he played brilliantly for his 78*, while Samit Patel chipped in with a solid 31 to help lead England to 296-7 off their 50 overs.
In response the Proteas got off to a slow start and were pegged back early when Herschelle Gibbs fell in the sixth over for just 12. Hashim Amla played steadily, but when he fell for 46 the writing was on the wall.
Kallis was once again off the pace as he went for just nine and no one was able to muster any sort of resistance as the wickets continued to fall at regular intervals.
In the end England were a far superior outfit, wrapping up the game with some fine bowling including a brilliant personal performance for Patal, picking up 5-41.
England – 296-7.
Ian Bell 73, Andrew Flintoff 78*, Johan Botha 2-35.
South Africa -170 all out.
Hashim Amla 46, Samit Patel 5-41, Andrew Flintoff 2-33.
England won by 126 runs
For a full scorecard click here.
August 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Draghi sono numero uno
August 29th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
i was watching baseball from the olympics the other day. fark, you think cricket is boring, you should watch that shite.
August 29th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Duminy promised me a century today.
he better deliver.
on a side note- english batsmen are killing the bowlers at the moment
England: 89/0 (12.0 Ovs)
Run Rate : 7.42 Current Partnership: 89(74)
August 29th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
This is getting embarrassing…tough few weeks to be a South African sport fan.
#3 Noodles: I hope he is planning to hit that century off 60 balls…
August 29th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
#4 Kerneels: You got that right,seems like a curse has been placed on sa sports.
August 29th, 2008 at 1:24 pm
cricket is kak, rugby is kak – nothing left to go down the toilet
August 29th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
go home you useless sh*ts….
August 29th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
3 down
August 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
South Africa with a mini-fight back
England: 150/3 (26.0 Ovs)
Run Rate : 5.77 Current Partnership: 4(5)
August 29th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Pietersen out for 5!!!!
England: 155/4 (27.2 Ovs)
Kallis to Pietersen, out Lbw!! Again some swing into the right hander, Pietersen shuffles across and looks to flick it away, rapped on the pads and the finger goes, that was pretty straight forward, the South African skipper has pulled things back. Pietersen lbw b Kallis 5(7)
August 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
We are pinching our way into it! if we just keep our heads up and apply more pressure,things will come for us
August 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
King Kallis!!
August 29th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
I think so far so good after a loose start,our bowlers have turned the screws but need to be consistent
August 29th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
England: 182/5 (34.2 Ovs)
Run Rate : 5.30
Botha to Collingwood, out Caught by Boucher!! delivery looped up down the leg side, Collingwood comes on the frontfoot and looks to defend, inside edge onto the pads and tha ball balloons down the leg side, simple catch for Boucher, end of Collingwood and South Africa are on top here. Collingwood c Boucher b Botha 14(22) [4s-1]
August 29th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Superb come back! Hope Gibbs and Kallis fire today cause we will be facing a target of anything around 280-300
August 29th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
300 at least
August 29th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Yup. Freddie is in good touch! 300 is ON and we will have to rely on out of form Gibbs and Kallis, ABDV and in experienced Duminy
August 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Absolutely fantastic job by our guys to restrict them to less than 300, now if only our batsmen can come to the party…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Sorry to sound negative but with all 4 of the england seamers well quicker than Steyn & Morkel, I doubt that we’ll come close…really hope I am wrong!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
#19 HangkasHarry:
Steyn and Morkel slow?? At what speed did they bowl today?
Then again looking at the stats it seems that the ball travelled faster from the bat.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:08 pm
We’ll get em. WATCH GIBBS
August 29th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
South Africa to take this by 6 wickets with 4 balls to spare…
While I am at it… final score tomorrow.
SA 37 – 17 Aus
The winning lotto numbers is: 14, 15, 27, 31, 32, 49…..bonus 18
Believe it, cause it’s strue!
August 29th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
SA 10/0 after 5 overs…
Jirre, got, kan die mense nie vinniger bat nie.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
#19 HangkasHarry: Morkel bowled around 93 mph – that is around 150.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:28 pm
20 dorff – Steyn has been struggling to hit the 90mph mark throughout the tour, which Flintoff & Harmisson have been able to bowl at will during the tests and well beyond during the ODI’s. Morkel is slightly quicker that Steyn but not as quick as Broad has been in the ODI’s. I was under the impression that Steyn & Morkel are 2 genuine pace bowlers on the international front but the english bowlers are a step ahead, at least in the pace dept. In saying that, if the poms keep this lineup going, they would have the strongest pace attack in world cricket for the next few years.
August 29th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
kerneels, morkel might have had 1 ball at 93mph, but on average well below the pace of Harmisson & Flintoff…same as Steyn in the previous 2 ODI’s…
August 29th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Gibbs out!
August 29th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Oh no! Kallis out!
August 29th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Still optimistic we will get da target but immensel concerned.
August 29th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Still optimistic we will get da target but immensel concerned.oh no Its over!
August 29th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
August 29th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
this is like WP Rugby, SA Rugby and SA olympics….realy good
August 29th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
We need to put in a big fight ABDV and Duminy need to bat sensible..
August 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
its all over..
August 29th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
#32 Tbozknows:
South Africa need 211 runs
South Africa: 86/4 (22.0 Ovs)
Run Rate : 3.91 (Required:7.54)
Flintoff to de Villiers, out de Villiers Run Out!!1 run completed, clipped off the backfoot behind square on the leg side, de Villiers comes back for the second, no chance really, takes on the arm of a quickie from the deep, quick return and on target, Prior removes the bails and de Villiers is way too short, de Villiers is gone, silly cricket! de Villiers run out (Harmison/Prior) 12(23) [4s-1]
August 29th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
Don’t you guys think we are really missing Pollock? Even though he lost pace he tied up one end which meant the batsment had to attack the other and had more chance of losing a wicket. With this attack the batsmen just score at will.
I also cant remember when last our tail was so blady long, Boucher batting at 6?
Mckenzie needs to be in this ODI side in place of Gibbs and to captain. He is solid and that is what we need now.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Sick, sad and ****. This has got to be the weakest Proteas One day side ever.
It’s over…all out.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:39 pm
NZ Black Caps had no trouble beating England in England in their ODI series earlier this year.
August 30th, 2008 at 12:09 am
Kallis is becoming the second Inzaman Ul Haq. Fat and lazy.
August 30th, 2008 at 12:23 am
#37 TheTackler:
As I said, this keeps the coffers full, the purists rate performances in but one form of the game – Tests.
By deduction, the purists reckon the Proteas are good, the Black Caps ****.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Oh, there’s little doubt that the Black Caps aren’t very good.
But they were, however, good enough to thump England in their most recent ODI series. In England.
August 30th, 2008 at 7:05 am
I think that you guys lost it in the first 15 overs with Ntini bowling his usual garbage. He’s been a good servant but time he went. On the pace issue, I think that Morkel has slowed his down because of the side strain but Morkel and Steyn are great prospects. Remember they’re both much younger than Harmison and Flintoff while Broad looked ordinary in the tests.
Also if Kallis could hit it off the square, Broad’s figures would have been a lot worse as he bowled a lot of rubbish outside of off-stump which Kallis left. Kallis’s one day days look gone to me.
August 30th, 2008 at 10:19 am
Our bowling attack is too one dimensional!
Steyn, Ntini and Morkel! Whats the difference? We needed someone like Polly who manages the economy rate well under 4.
It seems the lost of Ryan McLaren will be a major blow!
August 30th, 2008 at 10:20 am
I still feel that Steyn should be kept ONLY for tests and he can bowl full and take wickets in tests but in ODI he would go for plenty!
I miss Andrew Hall!
August 30th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
The Proteas cannot ‘multi-task’.If they a good 5 day team,one day
performances suffer and vice versa.Why are only the Aussies able to
do both equally well?
August 30th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
The Aussies are both mentally and physically very fit! Also they have only 1 aim – to win the game! They would go to any extent to win it…South Africans wont play dirty games to do it…
Also the current SAF team or upcoming SAF players can never match the fitness levels of Late Hansie’s team, i.e., Hansie, ‘FIT’ Kallis, Klusener, Symcox, Rhodes. They were the army trained athletes!
We seriously need to improve our fitnesses or else be prepared for serious downfall.
August 30th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
We should try Abdullah or Tsotsobe as they are lefties…