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219-4
Series badge Won toss. Elected to batRSA
215-7
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Overs: 54.0 RR: 4.06 vs spin: 3.50
vs seam: 4.00
Overs: 55.0 RR: 3.91 vs spin: 3.31
vs seam: 4.00
Thu 25/08/94 England v South Africa, 1st ODI, Edgbaston, Birmingham
ENGLAND WIN England won by 6 wickets
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South Africa - 1st Inns 215-7 (55.0; RR: 3.91)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KC Wessels b DeFreitas 4 8 1 0 50.00
G Kirsten c DeFreitas b Lewis 30 48 5 0 62.50
PN Kirsten c Rhodes b DeFreitas 8 27 0 0 29.63
JN Rhodes c Thorpe b Cork 35 52 3 0 67.31
DJ Cullinan b DeFreitas 45 87 4 0 51.72
WJ Cronje b Lewis 36 66 2 1 54.55
DJ Richardson not out 20 18 1 0 111.11
RP Snell c Gough b Lewis 2 4 0 0 50.00
TG Shaw not out 17 22 0 0 77.27
CR Matthews  
PS de Villiers  
Extras (0b, 6lb, 10w, 2nb) 18  
TOTAL 215-7 (55.0 overs; RR: 3.91)

Fall of wickets

5-1 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 30-2 (PN Kirsten 0.0 ov), 58-3 (G Kirsten 0.0 ov), 103-4 (JN Rhodes 0.0 ov), 174-5 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 176-6 (DJ Cullinan 0.0 ov), 182-7 (RP Snell 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 9.0 1 38 3 4.22 0 0
D Gough 11.0 2 40 0 3.64 0 0
CC Lewis 8.0 0 32 3 4.00 0 0
SD Udal 11.0 0 34 0 3.09 0 0
DG Cork 11.0 0 46 1 4.18 0 0
GA Hick 5.0 1 19 0 3.80 0 0

England - 1st Inns 219-4 (54.0; RR: 4.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MA Atherton run out 49 80 7 0 61.25
AJ Stewart c Villiers b Shaw 32 70 4 0 45.71
GA Hick c Shaw b Snell 81 116 5 1 69.83
GP Thorpe run out 26 41 1 0 63.41
NH Fairbrother not out 19 19 3 0 100.00
SJ Rhodes not out 0 0 0 0
CC Lewis  
PAJ DeFreitas  
DG Cork  
D Gough  
SD Udal  
Extras (0b, 9lb, 2w, 1nb) 12  
TOTAL 219-4 (54.0 overs; RR: 4.06)

Fall of wickets

57-1 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 126-2 (MA Atherton 0.0 ov), 181-3 (GP Thorpe 0.0 ov), 215-4 (GA Hick 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PS de Villiers 11.0 2 27 0 2.45 0 0
CR Matthews 11.0 1 42 0 3.82 0 0
TG Shaw 11.0 0 34 1 3.09 0 0
WJ Cronje 9.0 0 50 0 5.56 0 0
RP Snell 11.0 0 49 1 4.45 0 0
G Kirsten 1.0 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Birmingham, 1st ODI

Date

Thursday August 25, 1994

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat

Time

10:00am UTC

Venue

Edgbaston, Birmingham

Umpires

JC Balderstone, HD Bird

England Team

Playing XI

PAJ DeFreitas, NH Fairbrother, MA Atherton, AJ Stewart, CC Lewis, GA Hick, GP Thorpe, SD Udal, SJ Rhodes, D Gough, DG Cork

South Africa Team

Playing XI

KC Wessels, WJ Cronje, PN Kirsten, DJ Richardson, RP Snell, TG Shaw, JN Rhodes, CR Matthews, DJ Cullinan, PS de Villiers, G Kirsten