England v South Africa (751)

a7475 o751 wc121	England v South Africa
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92 (Semi-Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground 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
Man of the Match	GA Hick

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England innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *GA Gooch c Richardson b Donald 2 9 15 - - IT Botham b Pringle 21 23 38 3 - +AJ Stewart c Richardson b McMillan 33 54 87 4 - GA Hick c Rhodes b Snell 83 90 133 9 - NH Fairbrother b Pringle 28 50 64 1 - AJ Lamb c Richardson b Donald 19 22 27 1 - CC Lewis not out 18 16 37 2 - DA Reeve not out 25 14 13 4 - 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 Donald 10 0 69 2 5 2 Pringle 9 2 36 2 1 4 Snell 8 0 52 1 2 - McMillan 9 0 47 1 - - Kuiper 5 0 26 0 - - Cronje 4 0 14 0 - - South Africa innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *KC Wessels c Lewis b Botham 17 21 17 1 - AC Hudson lbw b Illingworth 46 52 78 6 - PN Kirsten b DeFreitas 11 26 30 - - AP Kuiper b Illingworth 36 44 62 5 - WJ Cronje c Hick b Small 24 45 72 1 - JN Rhodes c Lewis b Small 43 38 61 3 - BM McMillan not out 21 21 41 - - +DJ Richardson not out 13 10 19 1 - 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 Botham 10 0 52 1 3 - Lewis 5 0 38 0 - - DeFreitas 8 1 28 1 1 - Illingworth 10 1 46 2 - - Small 10 1 51 2 - -

Notes
--> England innings was reduced to 45 overs, South Africa target was 252 runs in 43 overs
--> IT Botham passed 9500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 13
--> PN Kirsten passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 6
--> JN Rhodes passed his previous highest ODIs score of 28

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Play was delayed by 10 minutes due to early rain, and 10 minutes were removed from the lunch interval - no reduction in the number of overs.
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.