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152
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230
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Overs: 44.3 RR: 3.42 vs spin: 3.80
vs seam: 3.10
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.60 vs spin: 5.00
vs seam: 4.50
Sun 25/02/96 England v South Africa, Wills World Cup, Group B, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
SOUTH AFRICA WIN South Africa won by 78 runs
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South Africa - 1st Inns 230 (50.0; RR: 4.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
G Kirsten run out 38 60 4 0 63.33
SJ Palframan c Russell b Martin 28 36 3 0 77.78
WJ Cronje c Russell b Gough 15 31 1 0 48.39
DJ Cullinan b DeFreitas 34 42 2 0 80.95
JH Kallis c Russell b Cork 26 42 2 0 61.90
JN Rhodes b Martin 37 32 3 0 115.63
BM McMillan b Smith 11 17 0 0 64.71
SM Pollock c Fairbrother b Cork 12 13 0 0 92.31
PL Symcox c Thorpe b Martin 1 4 0 0 25.00
CR Matthews not out 9 13 0 0 69.23
PS de Villiers c Smith b Gough 12 11 1 0 109.09
Extras (0b, 1lb, 5w, 1nb) 7  
TOTAL 230 all out (50.0 overs; RR: 4.60)

Fall of wickets

56-1 (SJ Palframan 0.0 ov), 85-2 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 88-3 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 137-4 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 163-5 (JH Kallis 0.0 ov), 195-6 (JN Rhodes 0.0 ov), 199-7 (BM McMillan 0.0 ov), 202-8 (PL Symcox 0.0 ov), 213-9 (SM Pollock 0.0 ov), 230-10 (PS de Villiers 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
DG Cork 10.0 0 36 2 3.60 1 0
PAJ DeFreitas 10.0 0 55 1 5.50 1 1
D Gough 10.0 0 48 2 4.80 0 0
PJ Martin 10.0 0 33 3 3.30 3 0
NMK Smith 8.0 0 40 1 5.00 0 0
GP Thorpe 2.0 0 17 0 8.50 0 0

England - 1st Inns 152 (44.3; RR: 3.42)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton c Palframan b Pollock 0 4 0 0 0.00
NMK Smith b Villiers 11 24 1 0 45.83
GA Hick c McMillan b Villiers 14 27 1 0 51.85
GP Thorpe c Palframan b Symcox 46 69 3 0 66.67
AJ Stewart run out 7 29 0 0 24.14
NH Fairbrother c Palframan b Symcox 3 10 0 0 30.00
RC Russell c Rhodes b Pollock 12 32 0 0 37.50
DG Cork b Matthews 17 33 1 0 51.52
PAJ DeFreitas run out 22 24 1 1 91.67
D Gough b Matthews 11 12 2 0 91.67
PJ Martin not out 1 3 0 0 33.33
Extras (0b, 7lb, 1w, 0nb) 8  
TOTAL 152 all out (44.3 overs; RR: 3.42)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 22-2 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 33-3 (NMK Smith 0.0 ov), 52-4 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 62-5 (NH Fairbrother 0.0 ov), 97-6 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 97-7 (RC Russell 0.0 ov), 139-8 (PAJ DeFreitas 0.0 ov), 141-9 (DG Cork 0.0 ov), 152-10 (D Gough 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
SM Pollock 8.0 1 16 2 2.00 0 0
PS de Villiers 7.0 1 27 2 3.86 1 0
CR Matthews 9.3 0 30 2 3.33 0 0
BM McMillan 6.0 0 17 0 2.83 0 0
PL Symcox 10.0 0 38 2 3.80 0 0
WJ Cronje 4.0 0 17 0 4.25 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Rawalpindi, Wills World Cup, Group B

Date

Sunday February 25, 1996

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

6:00am UTC

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi

Umpires

SG Randell, ID Robinson

England Team

Playing XI

PAJ DeFreitas, NH Fairbrother, RC Russell, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, D Gough, PJ Martin, DG Cork, NMK Smith

South Africa Team

Playing XI

WJ Cronje, BM McMillan, JN Rhodes, CR Matthews, DJ Cullinan, PL Symcox, PS de Villiers, G Kirsten, SM Pollock, JH Kallis, SJ Palframan