edged past slip for four and that's it. England win by seven wickets with 18.4 overs to spare.
South Africa vs England, 4th ODI at Gqeberha, Nov 29 2009 - Match Result
RESULT
4th ODI, Gqeberha, November 29, 2009, England tour of South Africa
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Scorecard summary
South Africa • 119/10(36.5 overs)
51 (79)
5/23 (10)
22 (36)
2/30 (9.5)
England • 121/3(31.2 overs)
52* (77)
2/22 (8)
32 (59)
1/25 (6)
That's it from me, Sahil and Andrew McGlashan. Thanks for joining us.
Before then India have their third Test against Sri Lanka and Australia play the second Test against West Indies, both start on Wednesday.
Andrew Miller's bulletin is well worth a read and we look forward to bringing you the final game on Friday 4th December at 2.30pm.
Andrew Strauss collects the winning cheque and says it was a good toss to lose. He praised the bowling unit for their all-round effort.
James Anderson takes the man of the match award for his 5 for 23.
Graeme Smith is very disappointed, he says that anything between 220 and 240 would have been competitive. He calls it a battle of the inconsistencies, which is about right for this fluctuating series. Smith praises Alviro Petersen and Johan Botha, who were both impressive.
All that remains is the post-match ceremony
Given the talent of South Africa's top four batsmen, 119 is not good enough. They have questions over their balance and Gibbs waiting in the wings so it will be interesting to see how selection goes for the series finale.
Jimmy Anderson's five-wicket haul pretty much sealed this one and means England can't lose this series.
Slightly tame finish but England were almost as dominant today as South Africa were at Cape Town.
Well, beaten by 112 runs one game and win by 7 wickets in the next. These sides look evenly matched, especially with Kallis missing.
31.2
4
Morkel to Morgan, FOUR runs
31.1
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
good line and pace from Morkel, certainly bowling himself into the Test team here and Morgan defends into the leg side
end of over 314 runs
ENG: 117/3CRR: 3.77 • RRR: 0.15
Jonathan Trott52 (77b 7x4)
Eoin Morgan24 (38b 4x4)
Johan Botha 8-0-22-2
Morne Morkel 6-1-15-0
30.6
•
Botha to Trott, no run
defended watchfully
30.5
2
Botha to Trott, 2 runs
30.4
•
Botha to Trott, no run
worked into the leg side and the fielder runs past it
30.3
1
Botha to Morgan, 1 run
couple of steps, meets it on the full and pushes it to mid off
30.2
•
Botha to Morgan, no run
blocked into the leg side
30.1
1
Botha to Trott, 1 run
and there's his fifty! Knocked into the off-side, and it's 50 from 74 balls. Simple stuff for him it seems
It's all a bit flat out there but at least there's the tension of Trott of 49
end of over 302 runs
ENG: 113/3CRR: 3.76 • RRR: 0.35
Eoin Morgan23 (36b 4x4)
Jonathan Trott49 (73b 7x4)
Morne Morkel 6-1-15-0
Johan Botha 7-0-18-2
29.6
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
slightly fuller and defended to mid-on
29.5
2
Morkel to Morgan, 2 runs
catches a thick outside edge and passes down to third man for a couple
29.4
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
this time it's closer and worked into leg side
29.3
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
another play and miss! Morgan flashes outside off stump and is beaten
29.2
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
too close to cut and Morgan is beaten as the ball flashes between inside edge and off stump
29.1
•
Morkel to Morgan, no run
good line on off stump and defended towards point
Nine more needed and Morkel is back
end of over 296 runs
ENG: 111/3CRR: 3.82 • RRR: 0.42
Jonathan Trott49 (73b 7x4)
Eoin Morgan21 (30b 4x4)
Johan Botha 7-0-18-2
Charl Langeveldt 5-1-24-0
28.6
•
Botha to Trott, no run
blocked solidly to the leg side
Trott on 49 so the field comes in to save the single
28.5
1
Botha to Morgan, 1 run
just waited on it and guided it wide of extra cover for a single
28.4
•
Botha to Morgan, no run
turned into the leg side
28.3
•
Botha to Morgan, no run
defended to off
28.2
4
Botha to Morgan, FOUR runs
another lovely shot from Morgan. Cleared his front leg and just threw his arms through the ball and it rocketed away through cover
28.1
1
Botha to Trott, 1 run
it's not yet. But Trott does works it down to long on
Some of the crowd are leaving the stands, they think it's all over...
Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
ENG
52 runs (77)
7 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
17 runs
3 fours0 six
Control
87%
51 runs (79)
5 fours0 six
Productive shot
leg glance
22 runs
1 four0 six
Control
85%
Match details
| St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | |
| Toss | South Africa, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 2009/10 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | England led the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Match number | ODI no. 2931 |
| Hours of play (local time) | 10.00 start, First Session 10.00-13.30 Interval 13.30-14.15, Second Session 14.15-17.45 |
| Match days | 29 November 2009 - day (50-over match) |
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