England v South Africa — Scorecard

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England

154/10

South Africa

157/1

South Africa won by 9 wickets

ICC World Cup · Match 44 · 17 April 2007 · Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Innings 1

England

154/10

48.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
IR Bell	c AG Prince b CK Langeveldt	7	23	1	0	30.4
MP Vaughan	lbw b A Nel	17	38	3	0	44.7
AJ Strauss	c GC Smith b JH Kallis	46	67	2	1	68.7
KP Pietersen	c GC Smith b A Nel	3	15	0	0	20.0
PD Collingwood	lbw b AJ Hall	30	57	3	0	52.6
A Flintoff	b AJ Hall	5	10	0	0	50.0
RS Bopara	not out	27	44	4	0	61.4
PA Nixon	c MV Boucher b AJ Hall	1	2	0	0	50.0
SI Mahmood	b AJ Hall	0	1	0	0	0.0
MS Panesar	c MV Boucher b A Nel	2	28	0	0	7.1
JM Anderson	lbw b AJ Hall	0	6	0	0	0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 5, nb 3, p 0)		16
Total		154/10 (48.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 9-1 (IR Bell, 7.3) · 37-2 (MP Vaughan, 12.2) · 53-3 (KP Pietersen, 16.2) · 111-4 (AJ Strauss, 32.4) · 115-5 (PD Collingwood, 33.5) · 119-6 (A Flintoff, 35.1) · 121-7 (PA Nixon, 36.0) · 121-8 (SI Mahmood, 37.1) · 144-9 (MS Panesar, 44.3) · 154-10 (JM Anderson, 48.0)

Partnerships

1stIR Bell & MP Vaughan9 (45) · RR 1.20
2ndAJ Strauss & MP Vaughan28 (29) · RR 5.79
3rdAJ Strauss & KP Pietersen16 (24) · RR 4.00
4thAJ Strauss & PD Collingwood58 (98) · RR 3.55
5thA Flintoff & PD Collingwood4 (7) · RR 3.43
6thA Flintoff & RS Bopara4 (8) · RR 3.00
7thPA Nixon & RS Bopara2 (5) · RR 2.40
8thSI Mahmood & RS Bopara0 (7) · RR 0.00
9thMS Panesar & RS Bopara23 (44) · RR 3.14
10thJM Anderson & RS Bopara10 (21) · RR 2.86

Boundary Breakdown

AJ Strauss46 · 30% bdy
PD Collingwood30 · 40% bdy
RS Bopara27 · 59% bdy
MP Vaughan17 · 71% bdy
IR Bell7 · 57% bdy
A Flintoff5 · 0% bdy
KP Pietersen3 · 0% bdy
MS Panesar2 · 0% bdy
PA Nixon1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	10.0	2	17	0	1.70
CK Langeveldt	7.0	1	38	1	5.43
A Nel	10.0	3	35	3	3.50
AJ Hall	10.0	2	18	5	1.80
JH Kallis	8.0	0	22	1	2.75
JM Kemp	3.0	0	16	0	5.33

Innings 2

South Africa

157/1

19.2 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AB de Villiers	c PA Nixon b A Flintoff	42	35	8	0	120.0
GC Smith	not out	89	58	13	0	153.4
JH Kallis	not out	17	25	2	0	68.0
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 3, nb 2, p 0)		9
Total		157/1 (19.2 ov)

Fall of wickets: 85-1 (AB de Villiers, 9.5)

Partnerships

1stAB de Villiers & GC Smith85 (59) · RR 8.64
2ndJH Kallis & GC SmithNB72 (57) · RR 7.58

Boundary Breakdown

GC Smith89 · 58% bdy
AB de Villiers42 · 76% bdy
JH Kallis17 · 47% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	5.0	32	0	6.40
SI Mahmood	4.2	49	0	11.31
A Flintoff	6.0	36	1	6.00
MS Panesar	2.0	24	0	12.00
PD Collingwood	2.0	12	0	6.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

AB de Villiers & GC Smith put on 85 runs from 59 balls at 8.64 run rate for the 1st wicket.

South Africa innings

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Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 12 balls — SI Mahmood fell at 121/8 (37.1 ov).

England innings

Turning over

Over 36: AJ Hall took 2 wickets 2 runs.

England innings

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Ball-by-ball replay

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

EnglandSouth Africa

Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

England

154/10 (48.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

28/1· RR 2.80

BatMP Vaughan16 (33)BowlCK Langeveldt1/21 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

106/7· RR 3.53

BatAJ Strauss42 (62)BowlAJ Hall4/16 (8.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

20/2· RR 2.50

BatRS Bopara15 (25)BowlAJ Hall1/2 (2.0)

South Africa

157/1 (19.2)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

85/1· RR 8.50

BatAB de Villiers42 (34)BowlA Flintoff1/22 (3.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

72/0· RR 7.71

BatGC Smith54 (32)BowlPD Collingwood0/12 (2.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

0/0· RR 0.00

Commentary417 balls

End of over 20
34
South Africa 157/1
20.2
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, FOUR!
20.1
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, 3 runs.
End of over 19
1·1·4·
South Africa 150/1
19.6
JM Anderson to GC Smith, no run.
19.5
JM Anderson to GC Smith, FOUR!
19.4
JM Anderson to GC Smith, no run.
19.3
JM Anderson to JH Kallis, 1 run.
19.2
JM Anderson to JH Kallis, no run.
19.1
JM Anderson to GC Smith, 1 run.
End of over 18
1nb41·11
South Africa 144/1
18.7
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, 1 run.
18.6
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, 1 run.
18.5
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, no run.
18.4
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, 1 run.
18.3
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, FOUR!
18.2
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, NO BALL.
18.1
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, 1 run.
End of over 17
444·11
South Africa 135/1
17.6
A Flintoff to JH Kallis, 1 run.
17.5
A Flintoff to GC Smith, 1 run.
17.4
A Flintoff to GC Smith, no run.
17.3
A Flintoff to GC Smith, FOUR!
17.2
A Flintoff to GC Smith, FOUR!
17.1
A Flintoff to GC Smith, FOUR!
End of over 16
·4·1··
South Africa 121/1
16.6
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, no run.
16.5
SI Mahmood to JH Kallis, no run.
16.4
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, 1 run.
16.3
SI Mahmood to GC Smith, no run.