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14 Monday 30th November, 2009 Carlton Sevens final day Anderson, Trott star Japan lights up the evening as Proteas humbled by Russell Palipane England cantered to a compre- and wins Cup C’ship trophy hensive seven wicket victory over South Africa, in the fourth ODI of by Ravi Nagahawatte the five match series, to take an unbeatable 2-1 lead, at St. George’s sian Sevens series champions Park, in Port Elizabeth, on Sunday. Japan underscored their superior- England paceman James Aity in the abbreviated form of Anderson, with an outstanding 5 for rugby union, when they beat Malaysia 23 in 10 overs and South African- 26-7, in the Cup Championship final of born opener Jonathan Trott with 52 the Carlton Sevens, at the Sugathadasa not out, were the stars for England, Stadium, Sunday evening. who reached the victory target in Japan came up against a spirited 31.2 overs. challenge by the Malaysians who scored Trott hit seven fours in his first, but lost their way in the second innings, while Eoin Morgan made half, due to a severe onslaught by the 28 not out, inclusive of five bound- winners. aries. The winners ran down four tries in Earlier, South Africa, after skip- an eventful second half, after trailing 7-0 per Graeme Smith won the toss and at half time. opted to bat, were bowled out for President Mahinda Rajapaksa pre- just 119 runs, in 36.5 overs. sented the Cup Championship trophy to Stuart Broad who snared two the Japanese team at the prize distribu- wickets, as did Collingwood, giving tion ceremony.
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