England 133/4 (34.6 ov)
South Africa
England won the toss and elected to bat
- England RR 3.80
- Last 5 ovs 18/0 RR 3.60
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| Batsmen | Runs | B | 4s | 6s | SR | This bowler | Last 5 ovs | Mat | Runs | HS | Ave | ||||||||
| *Matt Prior(rhb) | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | 4 (4b) | 9 (17b) | 65 | 1224 | 87 | 24.48 | ||||||||
| Ravi Bopara(rhb) | 49 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 57.64 | 5 (17b) | 8 (13b) | 56 | 1219 | 60 | 30.47 | ||||||||
| Bowlers | O | M | R | W | Econ | 0s | 4s | 6s | This spell | Mat | Wkts | BBI | Econ | ||||||
| *Robin Peterson(sla) | 6.6 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 2.71 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 1-0-7-0 | 43 | 29 | 3/19 | 4.78 | ||||||
| Faf du Plessis(lb) | 5.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 3.20 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1-0-4-0 | 6 | 0 | - | 5.25 | ||||||
Recent overs . 1 1 1 1 1b | . . . 1 . 1 | 1 . 1 . 1 1 | 2 1 . 4 . . Current partnership 19 runs, 5.1 overs, RR: 3.67 (Prior 10, Bopara 8) Last Bat IJL Trott c & b Imran Tahir 52 (94b 3x4 0x6) SR: 55.31 Fall of wicket: 114/4 (29.5 ov); Partnership: 99 runs, 25.1 overs, RR: 3.93 (Trott 47, Bopara 41) Umpire reviews remaining England 2 (1 successful, 0 unsuccessful); South Africa 2 (0 successful, 0 unsuccessful) |
34.6 | Peterson to Prior, no run | ||||||||||||||
34.5 | Peterson to Prior, no run | ||||||||||||||
34.4 | Peterson to Prior, FOUR, powerful from Prior. Brings out the sweep and fetches it from outside off, sending it racing forward of square leg | ||||||||||||||
34.3 | Peterson to Prior, no run, leans forward and defends, gets an inside edge into the leg side | ||||||||||||||
34.2 | Peterson to Bopara, 1 run, tossed up, drives down to long off | ||||||||||||||
A slip in place | |||||||||||||||
34.1 | Peterson to Bopara, 2 runs, drags his first balls short and Bopara places it nicely backward of square on the off side, but the sweeper makes good ground | ||||||||||||||
Robin Peterson the latest on the spin merry-go-round | |||||||||||||||
End of over 34 (4 runs) England 126/4 (RR: 3.70)
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Will be interesting to see when England take the batting Powerplay. 34 overs now gone, so time for a ball change | |||||||||||||||
33.6 | du Plessis to Bopara, 1 run, drives through the covers out to the sweeper | ||||||||||||||
33.5 | du Plessis to Prior, 1 run, short and cut out to deep point | ||||||||||||||
33.4 | du Plessis to Prior, no run, defend into the leg side | ||||||||||||||
33.3 | du Plessis to Bopara, 1 run, back foot again against another short ball, this time midwicket parries it with a fine dive that probably prevented a boundary | ||||||||||||||
33.2 | du Plessis to Bopara, no run, rocks back and cuts hard but picks out the man at cover | ||||||||||||||
33.1 | du Plessis to Prior, 1 run, short outside off, Prior punches off the back foot down the ground | ||||||||||||||
Plenty of bowling changes today. du Plessis back into the fray. | |||||||||||||||
End of over 33 (2 runs) England 122/4 (RR: 3.69)
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And that's drinks. South Africa still in control, but England will think something around 220 is reachable | |||||||||||||||
32.6 | Kallis to Prior, 1 run, this time he finds space straight down the ground and keeps the strike | ||||||||||||||
32.5 | Kallis to Prior, no run, punched back down the pitch and Kallis dives to his right to make a good save | ||||||||||||||
32.4 | Kallis to Bopara, 1 run, waits longer this time and opens the face to third man | ||||||||||||||
32.3 | Kallis to Bopara, no run, width outside off but he can't time his cut as there's no pace to work with and it dribbles to cover | ||||||||||||||
32.2 | Kallis to Bopara, no run, hint of inswing, maybe reverse swing, and Bopara turns it to midwicket | ||||||||||||||
32.1 | Kallis to Bopara, no run, full outside off, driven to backward point | ||||||||||||||
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End of over 32 (5 runs) England 120/4 (RR: 3.75)
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31.6 | Imran Tahir to Bopara, 1 bye, wow, what a beauty...that has turned and bounced past Bopara's edge and also eluded the keeper. Plenty in this for the spinners | ||||||||||||||
31.5 | Imran Tahir to Prior, 1 run, another sweep, this time from outside off which means it goes a touch squarer | ||||||||||||||
31.4 | Imran Tahir to Bopara, 1 run, tossed up on middle and leg, Bopara works it down to long on | ||||||||||||||
31.3 | Imran Tahir to Prior, 1 run, gets down for a sweep and works it out to deep square | ||||||||||||||
31.2 | Imran Tahir to Bopara, 1 run, on the back foot and pulled out to deep midwicket | ||||||||||||||
31.1 | Imran Tahir to Bopara, no run, excitement from the bowler as Bopara gets an edge into the leg side but it falls well away from the keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Commentator Andrew McGlashan | Scorer Gopi Rangarajan | |||||||||||||||
