South Africa tour of England - tour match
England Lions v South Africans
South Africans won by 4 wickets (with 68 balls remaining)
- List A match | 2008 season
- Played at Grace Road, Leicester
- 14 August 2008 (50-over match)
| England Lions innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| JL Denly | b Steyn | 10 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| OA Shah | c Morkel b Philander | 27 | 54 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| RWT Key* | b Ntini | 51 | 103 | 62 | 7 | 1 | 82.25 | |
| RS Bopara | run out | 23 | 43 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 57.50 | |
| MJ Prior† | lbw b Nel | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| SR Patel | c Duminy b Nel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| LJ Wright | c †de Villiers b Steyn | 29 | 47 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 70.73 | |
| JC Tredwell | not out | 19 | 67 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 37.25 | |
| Kabir Ali | b Ntini | 8 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.33 | |
| CT Tremlett | b Ntini | 2 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| SP Kirby | b Steyn | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 9, nb 3) | 14 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 46.5 overs) | 184 | (3.92 runs per over) | |||||
| Fall of wickets1-21 (Denly), 2-58 (Shah), 3-107 (Bopara), 4-108 (Prior), 5-108 (Patel), 6-136 (Key), 7-150 (Wright), 8-174 (Ali), 9-179 (Tremlett), 10-184 (Kirby, 46.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| DW Steyn | 8.5 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3.05 | (1w) | ||
| M Ntini | 10 | 2 | 48 | 3 | 4.80 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| VD Philander | 8 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4.25 | (2nb) | ||
| A Nel | 10 | 1 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | (1w) | ||
| J Botha | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | (1w) |
| South Africans innings (target: 185 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| HH Gibbs | c †Prior b Wright | 81 | 122 | 104 | 6 | 1 | 77.88 | |
| HM Amla | c Bopara b Kirby | 8 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| JL Ontong | lbw b Ali | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| AB de Villiers† | c Key b Bopara | 24 | 43 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 64.86 | |
| JP Duminy | b Wright | 23 | 51 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 62.16 | |
| JA Morkel | b Kirby | 14 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 77.77 | |
| VD Philander | not out | 4 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 | |
| J Botha* | not out | 6 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46.15 | |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 7, w 12, nb 3) | 24 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 38.4 overs) | 185 | (4.78 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DW Steyn, A Nel, M Ntini |
| Fall of wickets1-31 (Amla), 2-39 (Ontong), 3-88 (de Villiers), 4-154 (Gibbs), 5-171 (Duminy), 6-173 (Morkel) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| Kabir Ali | 7 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 3.14 | (3w) | ||
| SP Kirby | 8 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 4.75 | (2nb, 2w) | ||
| CT Tremlett | 5 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 6.20 | |||
| RS Bopara | 4 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 4.00 | (1nb) | ||
| JC Tredwell | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | |||
| SR Patel | 5 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 5.00 | (1w) | ||
| LJ Wright | 4.4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 4.71 | (2w) |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africans, who chose to field |
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Umpires
RK Illingworth and RA Kettleborough |
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Aug 14, 2008 
Herschelle Gibbs cracked 81 in the South African run chase © Getty Images |
Aug 14, 2008 
Ravi Bopara is run out to begin England Lions' batting collapse © Getty Images |
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