Late City Edition Monday 7th March, 2011 English bowlers hit form to beat Proteas BY STUART CONDIE award. South Africa captain Graeme CHENNAI, India (AP) - Stuart Broad Smith was first out in reply, falling took the last two wickets and finished with the score on 63 to a contentious with 4-15 as English bowlers finally hit caught-behind decision that sparked form at the World Cup on Sunday to the loss of the first three wickets for 19 secure an unlikely six-run win over the runs. previously unbeaten South Africa. Broad’s pace forced Hashim Amla South Africa bowled out England (42) to play on to his wicket and his for 171 at Chennai’s Chidambaram accuracy drew Jacques Kallis into an Stadium but a varied and disciplined outside edge to Matt Prior. Sportingly, English attack took full advantage of a Kallis paused only to ask the wicket- deteriorating pitch to dismiss the keeper if he had grasped the low catch Proteas for 165 and secure victory with cleanly before walking back to the 14 balls remaining. pavilion. Having reached 124-3, South Africa AB de Villiers, who scored a centu- lost four wickets for the addition of ry in each of his two previous innings, three runs across five overs. and Faf du Plessis crawled along to add With the tailenders exposed, pace- 42 for the fourth wicket before man Broad took two wickets in four Anderson beat De Villiers with a ball balls to wrap up the win. With spinners that faintly brushed the bails to send Graeme Swann and Michael Yardy them gently dropping to the ground. tying up the batsmen, fast bowler The contact was so faint that it James Anderson was also able to take 2- took a second or two for the England 16. players to celebrate. The jubilation was An eighth victory in nine complet- more immediate as two more wickets ed matches against South Africa should fell with the score still on 124. help England take one of the four quar- Bell fielded the ball quickly at terfinal berths on offer in Group B. short leg and flipped it back to Prior, With three games remaining, South who whipped off the bails to run out Africa is almost certain to advance as the retreating Faf du Plessis for 17. JP well - despite the loss. Duminy successfully referred a caught Andrew Strauss’ decision to bat behind decision before Anderson first looked to have backfired spectacu- bowled him just two balls later. larly when Robin Peterson dismissed Peterson was caught behind off both England openers in the first over. Yardy to make it 127-7 but a 33-run stand between Morne van Wyk and Dale Peterson also removed Ian Bell with a England’s Stuart Broad, right, Matt Prior, Michael Yardy , second, left, and captain Andrew Strauss, left, celebrate as they Steyn held England up for six sluggish full-length diving catch off his own win by 6 runs in the Cricket World Cup match between South Africa and England in Chennai, India, Sunday, March 6, 2011. overs before Bresnan bowled van Wyk bowling for a spell of three wickets for (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) three runs in 16 balls - finishing with for 13. career-best figures of 3-22. seemed a paltry total. South Africa needed 12 from 22 balls Fellow spinner Imran Tahir took 4- But a vastly improved fielding per- SCOREBOARD with two wickets left, but Broad trapped 38 to take his tournament tally to 11 formance and some tight bowling from Steyn lbw with the first ball of the 48th wickets, leaving England’s hitherto all quarters secured an immediate England Innings J. Kallis c Prior b Broad 15 over and had Morne Morkel caught wayward bowlers to defend what recovery from Wednesday’s shock loss A. Strauss c De Villiers b R. Peterson 0 AB de Villiers b Anderson 25 behind three balls later to finish it off. to Ireland. K. Pietersen c Kallis b R. Peterson 2 F. du Plessis run out 17 But the pitch’s unpredictability had been obvious early on. South J. Trott c & b Tahir 52 JP Duminy b Anderson 0 Africa’s collapse Strauss holed out to De Villiers at I. Bell c & b R. Peterson 5 M. van Wyk b Bresnan 13 made Johnathan R. Bopara lbw Morkel 60 deep midwicket without scoring and R. Peterson c Prior b Yardy 3 Kevin Pietersen was caught at slip by Trott and Ravi M. Prior c Van Wyk b Morkel 10 D. Steyn lbw Broad 20 Kallis. Peterson, whose previous one-day Bopara’s 99-run M. Yardy c R. Peterson b Tahir 3 stand for M. Morkel c Prior b Broad 1 best was 3-42, then took a return catch T. Bresnan lbw b Steyn 1 England’s fourth I. Tahir not out 1 off Bell’s forward prod to leave England G. Swann c Duminy b Tahir 16 wicket look even Extras: (2lb, 4w) 6 reeling at 15-3. S. Broad lbw b Tahir 0 more impressive TOTAL: (all out) 165 Trott successfully referred an lbw J. Anderson not out 2 than it already did Overs: 47.4. appeal when he was on 20 and was Extras: (1b, 7lb, 12w) 20 in an innings fea- Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-75, 3-82, 4-124, spilled by Steyn on 51, but fell just three turing only one TOTAL: (all out) 171 balls after the second reprieve, caught Overs: 45.4 5-124, 6-124, 7-127, 8-160, 9-164. other double-digit Bowling: Yardy 9-1-46-1, Anderson 6-0- and bowled by Tahir. Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-3, 3-15, 4-114, 5- Prior edged Morkel to Van Wyk for score. 16-2 (3w), Bresnan 8-1-27-1, Swann 10- While Trott 134, 6-148, 7-149, 8-161, 9-161, 10-171. 10 and Bopara equalled his one-day best 2-29-1, Broad 6.4-0-15-4, K. Pietersen 8- eked his way to 52 Bowling: R. Peterson 8-2-22-3 (1w), score, set against India in Kanpur in 0-30-0. runs, Bopara jus- Steyn 9-0-37-1 (1w), M. Morkel 7-0-16-2 2008, before his 98-ball innings ended tified his selection (1w), Kallis 4-1-14-0 (1w), Tahir 8.4-1-38 Result: England won by six runs. lbw to Morkel. Bresnan went lbw to ahead of Paul (1w), Plessis 5-0-16-0, Duminy 4-0-12-0 Toss: England Steyn, Imran Tahir had Yardy caught by Collingwood with (1w). Umpires: Simon Taufel (Aus), Amiesh Peterson, Broad fell lbw to Tahir and a gritty 60 that South Africa Innings Saheba (Ind) Swann was caught off Tahir as earned the man- H. Amla b Broad 42 TV umpire: Asoka de Silva (SL) England’s last six wickets fell for 37 of-the-match G. Smith c Prior b Swann 22 Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) runs. Yuvraj leads India to 5-wicket win BY C.RAJSHEKHAR RAO Chinnaswamy Stadium as Bangladesh by 87 Ireland was bowled out for runs and was involved BANGALORE, India 207 in 47.5 overs. He then in a high-scoring tie (AP) - Yuvraj Singh took made 50 not out as India with England. five wickets and hit an replied with 210-5 in 46 For Ireland, it was undefeated half century to overs. the second defeat in lead India to a comfortable Captain William three matches. It lost to five-wicket victory over Porterfield top-scored for Bangladesh by 27 runs Ireland in a World Cup Ireland with 75 runs. before pulling off a Group B match on Sunday. This was the second shock three-wicket win Yuvraj finished with a win in three matches for over England. haul of 5-31 at the India, which beat Brief Scores: Ireland 207 all out in 47.5 overs (William Porterfield 75, Niall O’Brien 46; Yuvraj Singh 5-31, Zaheer Khan 3-30) India 210 for 5 in 46 overs (Yuvraj India’s bowler Yuvraj Singh, left, and Virender Sehwag cel- Singh 50 not out, ebrate the dismissal of Ireland’s Alex Cusack, as captain Sachin Tendulkar Mahendra Singh Dhoni, right Virat Kohli look on during an 38; Trent Johnston ICC Cricket World Cup league match between India and 2-16, George Ireland in Bangalore, India, Sunday, March 6, 2011. 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