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http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 211 (46.4 ov) v England 212/6 (48.0 ov) - England won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
Friday saw England level the five-match one-day series against South Africa on winning the third match by four wickets, at Kennington Oval, London.
South Africa chose to bat first on winning the toss, and amassed a staggering total of 211, but perhaps the number-one status in all the formats of the game is beginning to have its toll on the Proteas, who failed to defend this total.
England have http://www.senore.com/Cricket/EJG-Morgan-c1419 (Player of the Match) to thank them for this emphatic victory, as the batsman’s 73-run knock helped the Poms subdue the visitors.
Earlier, South African openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 on a score of 18.
With 73 on the board, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hamisi-Abdallah-c61368 was the second casualty, falling to JW Dernbach after hammering a knock of 43 off 51 deliveries.
Preventing England from basking in glory, D Elgar and skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 forged an intimidating partnership and took the score to 120 runs, before the South African captain became the third wicket of the day, getting caught by Bell after scoring 28 runs.
F du Plessis then fell cheaply, managing to score only a run before finding his way back to the pavilion.
Elgar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JP-Duminy-c1742 then halted the English bowling onslaught for a while, but with 141 on the board, this partnership also met its demise on the departure of Elgar for 42.
Meanwhile, Duminy smashed 33 runs with South Africa managing to post a tough total.
From England, Anderson was phenomenal with a four-wicket haul, backed by JW Dernbach with three wickets.
England had a shaky start to their run chase, losing their first wicket with 14 on the board, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 fell for 12 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 then took charge and raced the side to a tally of 61, after which it was time for Cook to hit the showers. The batsman smacked a knock of 20 runs before getting caught by Elgar.
Nonetheless, the knocks of 71 and 73 by IJL Trott and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707 humbled the South Africans, as England later reached the required target of 212 in 48 overs for the loss of six wickets.
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