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ICC World Cup, 1999 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 13th match, Group A

England v South Africa

South Africa won by 122 runs

ODI no. 1455 | 1999 season
Played at Kennington Oval, London
22 May 1999 (50-over match)


South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
G Kirsten	c †Stewart b Ealham	45	105	62	3	0	72.58
26.2 chases takes an inside edge to keeper 112/2
HH Gibbs	c Hick b Ealham	60	99	94	6	1	63.82
24.6 caught Hick 111/1
JH Kallis	b Mullally	0	10	5	0	0	0.00
27.2 great ball beats him all ends up knocks back off peg 112/3
DJ Cullinan	c Fraser b Mullally	10	23	20	2	0	50.00
31.6 tried a similar shot takes the leading edge high to mid off where big gus takes the catch 127/4
WJ Cronje*	c †Stewart b Flintoff	16	39	28	0	0	57.14
36.5 lame footworkless drive takes a thin edge to the keeper 146/5
JN Rhodes	c sub (NV Knight) b Gough	18	38	24	1	0	75.00
40.3 atrocious shot, drives straight to short cover 168/6
L Klusener	not out	48	57	40	3	1	120.00

SM Pollock	b Gough	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
40.4 brilliant yorker knocks over middle stump 168/7
MV Boucher†	not out	16	38	27	0	0	59.25

Extras	(lb 7, w 5)	12

Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs)	225	(4.50 runs per over)

Did not bat S Elworthy, AA Donald

Fall of wickets 1-111 (Gibbs, 24.6 ov), 2-112 (Kirsten, 26.2 ov), 3-112 (Kallis, 27.2 ov), 4-127 (Cullinan, 31.6 ov), 5-146 (Cronje, 36.5 ov), 6-168 (Rhodes, 40.3 ov), 7-168 (Pollock, 40.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
D Gough	10	1	33	2	3.30
40.3 to Rhodes, atrocious shot, drives straight to short cover 168/6 40.4 to Pollock, brilliant yorker knocks over middle stump 168/7
ARC Fraser	10	0	54	0	5.40	(1w)

AD Mullally	10	1	28	2	2.80	(2w)
27.2 to Kallis, great ball beats him all ends up knocks back off peg 112/3 31.6 to Cullinan, tried a similar shot takes the leading edge high to mid off where big gus takes the catch 127/4
RDB Croft	2	0	13	0	6.50	(1w)

MA Ealham	10	2	48	2	4.80
24.6 to Gibbs, caught Hick 111/1 26.2 to Kirsten, chases takes an inside edge to keeper 112/2
A Flintoff	8	0	42	1	5.25	(1w)
36.5 to Cronje, lame footworkless drive takes a thin edge to the keeper 146/5


England innings (target: 226 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
N Hussain	c †Boucher b Kallis	2	14	14	0	0	14.28
2.6 another one straying down the legs, that certainly looked like a wide, while umpire venkat raised his hands for a caught behind, pretty strange decision 6/2
AJ Stewart*†	lbw b Kallis	0	4	1	0	0	0.00

GA Hick	c Gibbs b Elworthy	21	66	50	2	0	42.00
16.1 down the legs, short pitched, tried to hook it on the onside, mistimed it and safe in the hands of gibbs at midwicket 44/4
GP Thorpe	lbw b Donald	14	43	29	1	0	48.27
13.5 straight on, rapped on the pads, and thorpe packs off to the dressing room 39/3
NH Fairbrother	lbw b Donald	21	107	44	1	0	47.72
37.5 straight on, trapped on the pads, and given out 99/9
A Flintoff	c Rhodes b Donald	0	6	9	0	0	0.00
17.5 caught Rhodes 45/5
MA Ealham	c Cullinan b Donald	5	23	17	1	0	29.41
23.3 caught Cullinan 60/6
RDB Croft	c Rhodes b Klusener	12	25	25	2	0	48.00
29.3 caught Rhodes 78/7
D Gough	c Cronje b Elworthy	10	29	34	1	0	29.41
36.2 caught Cronje 97/8
ARC Fraser	c Kirsten b Pollock	3	22	18	0	0	16.66
40.6 caught Kirsten 103/10
AD Mullally	not out	1	14	6	0	0	16.66

Extras	(lb 4, w 9, nb 1)	14

Total	(all out; 41 overs)	103	(2.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-2 (Stewart, 0.6 ov), 2-6 (Hussain, 2.6 ov), 3-39 (Thorpe, 13.5 ov), 4-44 (Hick, 16.1 ov), 5-45 (Flintoff, 17.5 ov), 6-60 (Ealham, 23.3 ov), 7-78 (Croft, 29.3 ov), 8-97 (Gough, 36.2 ov), 9-99 (Fairbrother, 37.5 ov), 10-103 (Fraser, 40.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JH Kallis	8	0	29	2	3.62	(6w)
2.6 to Hussain, another one straying down the legs, that certainly looked like a wide, while umpire venkat raised his hands for a caught behind, pretty strange decision 6/2
SM Pollock	9	3	13	1	1.44	(1nb)
40.6 to Fraser, caught Kirsten 103/10
S Elworthy	10	3	24	2	2.40	(1w)
16.1 to Hick, down the legs, short pitched, tried to hook it on the onside, mistimed it and safe in the hands of gibbs at midwicket 44/4 36.2 to Gough, caught Cronje 97/8
AA Donald	8	1	17	4	2.12	(2w)
13.5 to Thorpe, straight on, rapped on the pads, and thorpe packs off to the dressing room 39/3 17.5 to Flintoff, caught Rhodes 45/5 23.3 to Ealham, caught Cullinan 60/6 37.5 to Fairbrother, straight on, trapped on the pads, and given out 99/9
L Klusener	6	0	16	1	2.66
29.3 to Croft, caught Rhodes 78/7

Match details

Toss England, who chose to field
Points South Africa 2, England 0

Player of the match L Klusener (South Africa)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and S Venkataraghavan (India)
TV umpire Javed Akhtar (Pakistan)
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Match notes

4th (reserve) umpire: AGT Whitehead
South Africa innings: 1x7 ball over (19th over of the innings, 2nd from Ealham)

Tournament Results

Australia v Pakistan at Lord's - Jun 20, 1999
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Birmingham - Jun 17, 1999
Match tied

New Zealand v Pakistan at Manchester - Jun 16, 1999
Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Leeds - Jun 13, 1999
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

India v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 12, 1999
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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May 26, 1999

Lance Klusener pulls