a7477 o751 wc121	England v South Africa
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 22nd March 1992 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	South Africa won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 19 runs (Highest scoring overs)
Umpires	BL Aldridge, SG Randell
Referee	FJ Cameron
Player of the Match	GA Hick

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*GA Gooch	c Richardson b Donald	2	9	15	-	-	22.22
IT Botham	b Pringle	21	23	38	3	-	91.30
+AJ Stewart	c Richardson b McMillan	33	54	87	4	-	61.11
GA Hick	c Rhodes b Snell	83	90	133	9	-	92.22
NH Fairbrother	b Pringle	28	50	64	1	-	56.00
AJ Lamb	c Richardson b Donald	19	22	27	1	-	86.36
CC Lewis	not out	18	16	37	2	-	112.50
DA Reeve	not out	25	14	13	4	-	178.57
PAJ DeFreitas	did not bat
GC Small	did not bat
RK Illingworth	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 7 lb, 6 nb, 9 w)	23
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 45 overs)	252
Fall of wickets:
1-20 (Gooch), 2-39 (Botham), 3-110 (Stewart), 4-183 (Fairbrother), 5-187 (Hick), 6-221 (Lamb)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Donald	10	0	69	2	5	2	30.00	6.90
Pringle	9	2	36	2	1	4	27.00	4.00
Snell	8	0	52	1	2	-	48.00	6.50
McMillan	9	0	47	1	-	-	54.00	5.22
Kuiper	5	0	26	0	-	-	-	5.20
Cronje	4	0	14	0	-	-	-	3.50

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*KC Wessels	c Lewis b Botham	17	21	17	1	-	80.95
AC Hudson	lbw b Illingworth	46	52	78	6	-	88.46
PN Kirsten	b DeFreitas	11	26	30	-	-	42.31
AP Kuiper	b Illingworth	36	44	62	5	-	81.82
WJ Cronje	c Hick b Small	24	45	72	1	-	53.33
JN Rhodes	c Lewis b Small	43	38	61	3	-	113.16
BM McMillan	not out	21	21	41	-	-	100.00
+DJ Richardson	not out	13	10	19	1	-	130.00
RP Snell	did not bat
MW Pringle	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(17 lb, 4 w)	21
Total	(6 wickets, innings closed, 43 overs)	232
Fall of wickets:
1-26 (Wessels), 2-61 (Kirsten), 3-90 (Hudson), 4-131 (Kuiper), 5-176 (Cronje), 6-206 (Rhodes)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Botham	10	0	52	1	3	-	60.00	5.20
Lewis	5	0	38	0	-	-	-	7.60
DeFreitas	8	1	28	1	1	-	48.00	3.50
Illingworth	10	1	46	2	-	-	30.00	4.60
Small	10	1	51	2	-	-	30.00	5.10

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Notes
--> England innings was reduced to 45 overs, South Africa target was 252 runs in 43 overs
--> GC Small made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> KC Wessels made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PN Kirsten made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> AP Kuiper made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> DJ Richardson made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RP Snell made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> MW Pringle made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> IT Botham passed 9500 runs in List A matches when he reached 13
--> GA Hick 50 in 55 balls, 84 minutes with 5 fours
--> GA Hick passed his previous highest score of 56 in World Cup matches
--> DA Reeve passed his previous highest score of 21 in World Cup matches
--> PN Kirsten passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 6
--> AP Kuiper passed his previous highest score of 23 in World Cup matches
--> JN Rhodes passed his previous highest score of 28 in World Cup matches
--> JN Rhodes passed his previous highest score of 28 in ODI matches
--> RK Illingworth reached 200 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed AP Kuiper, his 2nd wicket in the South Africa innings

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The innings were shortened when the overs weren't completed by the time for the innings to end.
Rain interrupted play after 5 balls of the 42nd over, 2 overs were lost, the target remained unchanged, 22 were needed from the one ball that remained.