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Wills World Cup - 14th match, Group B

England v South Africa

South Africa won by 78 runs

South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
G Kirsten run out 38 86 60 4 0 63.33
SJ Palframan† c †Russell b Martin 28 51 36 3 0 77.77
WJ Cronje* c †Russell b Gough 15 43 31 1 0 48.38
DJ Cullinan b DeFreitas 34 49 42 2 0 80.95
JH Kallis c †Russell b Cork 26 59 42 2 0 61.90
JN Rhodes b Martin 37 37 32 3 0 115.62
BM McMillan b Smith 11 25 17 0 0 64.70
SM Pollock c Fairbrother b Cork 12 17 13 0 0 92.30
PL Symcox c Thorpe b Martin 1 4 4 0 0 25.00
CR Matthews not out 9 20 13 0 0 69.23
PS de Villiers c Smith b Gough 12 13 11 1 0 109.09
Extras (lb 1, w 5, nb 1) 7
Total (all out; 50 overs) 230 (4.60 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-56 (Palframan), 2-85 (Kirsten), 3-88 (Cronje), 4-137 (Cullinan), 5-163 (Kallis), 6-195 (Rhodes), 7-199 (McMillan), 8-202 (Symcox), 9-213 (Pollock), 10-230 (de Villiers)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DG Cork 10 0 36 2 3.60 (1w)
PAJ DeFreitas 10 0 55 1 5.50 (1nb, 1w)
D Gough 10 0 48 2 4.80
PJ Martin 10 0 33 3 3.30 (3w)
NMK Smith 8 0 40 1 5.00
GP Thorpe 2 0 17 0 8.50
England innings (target: 231 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
MA Atherton* c †Palframan b Pollock 0 2 4 0 0 0.00
NMK Smith b de Villiers 11 45 24 1 0 45.83
GA Hick c McMillan b de Villiers 14 24 27 1 0 51.85
GP Thorpe c †Palframan b Symcox 46 101 69 3 0 66.66
AJ Stewart run out 7 41 29 0 0 24.13
NH Fairbrother c †Palframan b Symcox 3 15 10 0 0 30.00
RC Russell† c Rhodes b Pollock 12 30 32 0 0 37.50
DG Cork b Matthews 17 45 33 1 0 51.51
PAJ DeFreitas run out 22 34 24 1 1 91.66
D Gough b Matthews 11 13 12 2 0 91.66
PJ Martin not out 1 7 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (lb 7, w 1) 8
Total (all out; 44.3 overs) 152 (3.41 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Atherton), 2-22 (Hick), 3-33 (Smith), 4-52 (Stewart), 5-62 (Fairbrother), 6-97 (Thorpe), 7-97 (Russell), 8-139 (DeFreitas), 9-141 (Cork), 10-152 (Gough)
Bowling O M R W Econ
SM Pollock 8 1 16 2 2.00
PS de Villiers 7 1 27 2 3.85 (1w)
CR Matthews 9.3 0 30 2 3.15
BM McMillan 6 0 17 0 2.83
PL Symcox 10 0 38 2 3.80
WJ Cronje 4 0 17 0 4.25
Match details
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat
Points South Africa 2, England 0
Player of the match JN Rhodes (South Africa)
Umpires SG Randell (Australia) and ID Robinson (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire K Parthasarathy (India)
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)
Match notes
  • 2nd time South Africa has been all out in World Cup matches. (Other time was v Sri Lanka in 1992).
  • Rawalpindi partnership records (both venues): PS de Villiers and CR Matthews 17 for the 10th wicket; GP Thorpe and RC Russell 35 for the 6th wicket; PAJ DeFretias and DG Cork 42 for the 8th wicket.
  • South Africa 6 straight wins against England. (This year: South Africa 7-1. Before this year: England 4-0).
 
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Photos

Feb 25, 1996

Craig Matthews bowls Darren Gough, South Africa v England, Rawalpindi, February 25, 1996

Craig Matthews bowls Darren Gough

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