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Collingwood, Trott steer England to victory in 2nd ODI

BV Swagath — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:06:23 +0000

England won the second One Day International at the Centurion Park in Pretoria by 7 wickets with the visitors comfortably chasing a target of 251. Paul Collingwood struck an unbeaten 105 (from 110 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes) and Opener Jonathan Trott made 87 (from 119 balls with 8 fours) as England cruised to the target with four overs to spare.

South Africa after being put into bat first were restricted to 250 for 9 after losing wickets at the wrong moments of their innings. The top scorer for South Africa was Alviro Petersen who made 64 (from 65 balls with 5 fours and a six) coming in at no.5. Hashim Amla with 57 from 72 balls was the other half centurion. For the visitors, James Anderson picked up 3 for 60 and Bresnan, Collingwood took a couple of wickets each.

For his all-round efforts, Paul Collingwood got the Man of the Match. England lead the 5-ODI Series 1-0 with the first ODI at Wanderers rained out.

South Africa square T20I Series 1-1

BV Swagath — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:03:16 +0000

After a 1-run defeat in the first T20I at the Wanderers, South Africa fought back with a crushing 84-run win in the second match today at Centurion. South Africa batting first plundered 241 for 6 with openers Graeme Smith (88 from 44 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes) and Loots Bosman (94 from 45 balls with 5 fours and 9 sixes) putting up 170 in 13.1 overs.

England in their chase could just come up with 157 for 8 with only Jonathan Trott (51 from 40 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes) scoring anything significant. Loots Bosman got the Man of the Match for his second successive fifty.

South Africa thrash Zimbabwe by 212 runs

BV Swagath — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:03:00 +0000

JP Duminy’s unbeaten 111 from 87 balls (with 9 fours and 2 sixes) set up a massive 212-run win for South Africa against Zimbabwe in the second and final ODI. At the SuperSport Park in Centurion yesterday, South Africa who were put into bat first piled up 331 for 5. Contributions also came from Skipper Graeme Smith (53 from 46) and Jacques Kallis (86 from 105 balls) who put on a century stand for the first wicket.

Zimbabwe in reply were bundled out for 119 in 34.3 overs with Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel and Roelof van der Merwe capturing three wickets each. For the visitors, Tatenda Taibu again kept his head up in pride, this scoring 52 from 71 balls following the first ODI century.