a19146 o2759	England v South Africa
	South Africa in England 2008 (4th ODI)
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 31st August 2008 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 7 wickets (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Umpires	MR Benson, SJA Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire	IJ Gould
Referee	RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Scorers	CH Fellows-Smith, DC Kendix
Reserve Umpire	RA Kettleborough
Player of the Match	A Flintoff
Pictures	Andrew Flintoff hits a boundary

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
HH Gibbs	b Broad	74	75	119	9	-	36	98.67
HM Amla	run out (Shah)	34	31	40	8	-	21	109.68
*JH Kallis	c Prior b Flintoff	1	8	12	-	-	7	12.50
AB de Villiers	c Flintoff b Patel	14	34	35	-	-	25	41.18
JP Duminy	c Bell b Flintoff	20	18	26	2	1	10	111.11
+MV Boucher	not out	10	12	24	1	-	5	83.33
VD Philander	c Anderson b Flintoff	10	12	14	1	-	6	83.33
J Botha	not out	2	3	4	-	-	2	66.67
M Morkel	did not bat
DW Steyn	did not bat
A Nel	did not bat
Extras	(11 lb, 7 w)	18
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 32.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-66 (Amla, 9.1 ov), 2-75 (Kallis, 11.2 ov), 3-113 (de Villiers, 20.2 ov), 4-155 (Duminy, 27.2 ov), 5-158 (Gibbs, 28.2 ov), 6-179 (Philander, 31.2 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Anderson	3	0	23	0	-	-	11	4	-	-	7.67
Broad	6.1	0	33	1	1	-	24	5	-	37.00	5.35
Harmison	4	0	35	0	-	-	12	7	-	-	8.75
Flintoff	7	1	21	3	2	-	30	1	-	14.00	3.00
Patel	7	0	34	1	-	-	21	1	1	42.00	4.86
Collingwood	5	0	26	0	-	-	14	3	-	-	5.20

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
IR Bell	c Boucher b Morkel	13	16	23	1	-	10	81.25
+MJ Prior	c Boucher b Steyn	0	4	10	-	-	4	0.00
OA Shah	not out	44	40	69	4	1	15	110.00
*KP Pietersen	c Amla b Botha	40	34	39	5	1	15	117.65
A Flintoff	not out	31	12	17	5	1	2	258.33
PD Collingwood	did not bat
SR Patel	did not bat
LJ Wright	did not bat
SCJ Broad	did not bat
SJ Harmison	did not bat
JM Anderson	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 7 w)	9
Total	(3 wickets, 17.4 overs)	137
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Prior, 2.2 ov), 2-19 (Bell, 4.3 ov), 3-93 (Pietersen, 13.4 ov)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Steyn	3	0	17	1	1	-	8	1	-	18.00	5.67
Nel	2.4	0	11	0	2	-	11	1	-	-	4.12
Morkel	4	0	32	1	3	-	10	4	-	24.00	8.00
Philander	4	0	30	0	-	-	11	5	-	-	7.50
Kallis	1	0	20	0	-	-	-	3	1	-	20.00
Botha	3	0	25	1	-	-	6	1	2	18.00	8.33

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 39 overs per side
--> South Africa innings was reduced to 32.1 overs, England target was 137 runs in 20 overs
--> South Africa powerplay 1: overs 1 to 7
--> South Africa powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 8 to 10 (66/1)
--> South Africa powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 12 to 13
--> England powerplay 1: overs 1 to 4
--> England powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 5 to 6
--> England powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 7 to 8
--> South Africa innings: 50 in 7.6 overs
--> South Africa innings: 100 in 17.1 overs
--> South Africa innings: 150 in 26.4 overs
--> England innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> England innings: 100 in 14.4 overs
--> HH Gibbs 50 in 46 balls with 7 fours
--> A Flintoff passed 6500 runs in List A matches when he reached 7
--> HH Gibbs (27) and HM Amla (18) added 50 in 48 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket
--> OA Shah (18) and KP Pietersen (30) added 50 in 39 balls for the England 3rd wicket

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South Africa innings
Rain: South Africa - 37/0 in 6.0 overs (HH Gibbs 23, HM Amla 9), 6 overs lost
England innings
HH Gibbs (27) and HM Amla (18) added 50 in 48 balls for the South Africa 1st wicket
OA Shah (18) and KP Pietersen (30) added 50 in 39 balls for the England 3rd wicket