Benson & Hedges World Cup - 2nd semi final
England won by 19 runs (revised target)
- ODI no. 751 | 1991/92 season
- Played at Sydney Cricket Ground (neutral venue)
- 22 March 1992 - day/night (50-over match)
| England innings (45 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GA Gooch* | c †Richardson b Donald | 2 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| IT Botham | b Pringle | 21 | 38 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 91.30 | |
| AJ Stewart† | c †Richardson b McMillan | 33 | 87 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 61.11 | |
| GA Hick | c Rhodes b Snell | 83 | 133 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 92.22 | |
| NH Fairbrother | b Pringle | 28 | 64 | 50 | 1 | 0 | 56.00 | |
| AJ Lamb | c †Richardson b Donald | 19 | 27 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 86.36 | |
| CC Lewis | not out | 18 | 37 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| DA Reeve | not out | 25 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 178.57 | |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 9, nb 6) | 23 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 45 overs) | 252 | (5.60 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat PAJ DeFreitas, GC Small, RK Illingworth |
| Fall of wickets1-20 (Gooch), 2-39 (Botham), 3-110 (Stewart), 4-183 (Fairbrother), 5-187 (Hick), 6-221 (Lamb) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| AA Donald | 10 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 6.90 | (3nb, 5w) | ||
| MW Pringle | 9 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 4.00 | (4nb, 2w) | ||
| RP Snell | 8 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 6.50 | (2w) | ||
| BM McMillan | 9 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 5.22 | |||
| AP Kuiper | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 | |||
| WJ Cronje | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3.50 |
| South Africa innings (target: 252 runs from 43 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| KC Wessels* | c Lewis b Botham | 17 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 80.95 | |
| AC Hudson | lbw b Illingworth | 46 | 78 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 88.46 | |
| PN Kirsten | b DeFreitas | 11 | 30 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 42.30 | |
| AP Kuiper | b Illingworth | 36 | 62 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| WJ Cronje | c Hick b Small | 24 | 72 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 52.17 | |
| JN Rhodes | c Lewis b Small | 43 | 61 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 113.15 | |
| BM McMillan | not out | 21 | 41 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| DJ Richardson† | not out | 13 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 130.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 17, w 4) | 21 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 43 overs) | 232 | (5.39 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat RP Snell, MW Pringle, AA Donald |
| Fall of wickets1-26 (Wessels), 2-61 (Kirsten), 3-90 (Hudson), 4-131 (Kuiper), 5-176 (Cronje), 6-206 (Rhodes) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| IT Botham | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 5.20 | (3w) | ||
| CC Lewis | 5 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 7.60 | |||
| PAJ DeFreitas | 8 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 3.50 | (1w) | ||
| RK Illingworth | 10 | 1 | 46 | 2 | 4.60 | |||
| GC Small | 10 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 5.10 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to field Series England advanced |
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Player of the match
GA Hick (England) |
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Umpires
BL Aldridge (New Zealand) and SG Randell Match referee FJ Cameron (New Zealand) |
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