England v South Africa (741)

a7463 o741 wc111	England v South Africa
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 12th March 1992 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 3 wickets (Highest scoring overs)
Points	England 2; South Africa 0
Umpires	BL Aldridge, DP Buultjens
Referee	JN Edwards
Man of the Match	AJ Stewart

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South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *KC Wessels c Smith b Hick 85 126 170 6 - AC Hudson c and b Hick 79 115 132 7 - PN Kirsten c Smith b DeFreitas 11 12 14 - 1 JN Rhodes run out 18 23 25 - - AP Kuiper not out 15 12 17 1 - WJ Cronje not out 13 15 14 - - BM McMillan did not bat +DJ Richardson did not bat RP Snell did not bat MW Pringle did not bat AA Donald did not bat Extras (4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 4 w) 15 Total (4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 236 Fall of wickets: 1-151 (Hudson), 2-170 (Kirsten), 3-201 (Wessels), 4-205 (Rhodes) England bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Pringle 9 2 34 0 2 3 DeFreitas 10 1 41 1 1 - Botham 8 0 37 0 - - Small 2 0 14 0 1 - Illingworth 10 0 43 0 - - Reeve 2.4 0 15 0 - - Hick 8.2 0 44 2 - - England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *+AJ Stewart run out 77 88 122 7 - IT Botham b McMillan 22 30 54 1 - RA Smith c Richardson b McMillan 0 2 2 - - GA Hick c Richardson b Snell 1 4 4 - - NH Fairbrother not out 75 83 133 6 - DA Reeve c McMillan b Snell 10 15 29 - - CC Lewis run out 33 22 29 4 - DR Pringle c Kuiper b Snell 1 3 11 - - PAJ DeFreitas not out 1 1 2 - - RK Illingworth did not bat GC Small did not bat Extras (3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w) 6 Total (7 wickets, 40.5 overs) 226 Fall of wickets: 1-63 (Botham), 2-63 (Smith), 3-64 (Hick), 4-132 (Stewart), 5-166 (Reeve), 6-216 (Lewis), 7-225 (Pringle) South Africa bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Donald 9 1 43 0 - 1 Pringle 8 0 44 0 1 1 Snell 7.5 0 42 3 - - McMillan 8 1 39 2 - - Kuiper 4 0 32 0 - - Cronje 3 0 14 0 - - Kirsten 1 0 9 0 - -

Notes
--> England target was 226 runs in 41 overs
--> AC Hudson passed his previous highest ODIs score of 54
--> AJ Stewart passed his previous highest ODIs score of 61
--> NH Fairbrother passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 23
--> NH Fairbrother passed 6500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 27
--> CC Lewis passed his previous highest ODIs score of 20
--> GA Hick reached 100 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed AC Hudson, his 1st wicket in the South Africa innings
--> RP Snell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed DR Pringle in the England innings (previous best was 2-16)

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Rain disrupted play in england's innings when they were 62/0 at the end of 12 overs. The target was revised to 226 in 41 overs.