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South Africa won by 7 wickets

Thursday, 11 June 2009 21:54

    Wayne Parnell took three wickets before Jacques Kallis struck an unbeaten half-century as South Africa cruised to a seven wicket win over England in their ICC World Twenty20 Super Eight match at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Thursday.

    Left-arm swing bowler Parnell took three for 14 in 3.5 overs as England were bowled out for 111 with one ball of their innings remaining before Kallis struck 57 not out off 49 balls with five fours and a six as South Africa reached 114 for three with 10 balls of their innings remaining.

    The Proteas turned in a clinical performance in the field after England had won the toss and elected to bat with the 19-year-old Parnell to the fore.

    Parnell, who opened the bowling with Dale Steyn, sent down a probing first spell of 2-0-2-1 as England were reduced to four for two inside two overs. Parnell then returned to bowl at the end of England’s innings and he polished of England’s tail by capturing the last two wickets to fall in consecutive balls.

    England’s total was their lowest in T20 international cricket beating their previous worst of 121 all out versus the West Indies

    So complete was South Africa’s dominance that only three England batsmen reached double figures.

    Kevin Pietersen struck a few lusty blows before a superb catch from a diving Roelof van der Merwe at mid-on, off the bowling of seamer Albie Morkel, saw the back of Pietersen for 19 runs.

    England briefly threatened a revival thanks to a fourth-wicket partnership of 53 off 43 balls between Owais Shah (38) and Paul Collingwood (19) before both men fell to Kallis with Collingwood bowled and Shah caught behind the wicket by keeper Mark Boucher.

    England lost their last seven wickets for the addition of just 33 runs as Kallis turned in figures of two for 20 while left-arm spinner Roelof van der Merwe snared two for 32.

    South Africa were rarely challenged during their run-chase despite the loss of opening batsman Graeme Smith (11), caught by keeper James Foster off the bowling of fast bowler Stuart Broad, with the Proteas score on 17 for one.

    Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs (30) then combined for a second-wicket partnership of 74 runs off 68 balls to set up South Africa’s victory before Gibbs was bowled by off spinner Graeme Swann.

    Fittingly it was Kallis, who had brought up his first international T20 half-century off 46 balls, who ended the match when he cut swing bowler James Anderson for four.

Teams:

South Africa - Graeme Smith (capt), Jacques Kallis, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Mark Boucher (wk), Albie Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Johan Botha, Wayne Parnell, Dale Steyn.

England - Luke Wright, Ravi Bopara, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood (capt), Dimitri Mascarenhas, James Foster (wk), Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Adil Rashid, James Anderson