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252-6 Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlRSA
232-6 RSA flag
Overs: 45.0 RR: 5.60 vs seam: 5.45
 Overs: 43.0 RR: 5.40 vs spin: 4.60
vs seam: 5.12
Sun 22/03/92 England v South Africa, Benson and Hedges World Cup, Semi-Final, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
ENGLAND WIN England won by 19 runs (most productive overs method)
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England - 1st Inns 252-6 (45.0; RR: 5.60)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch c Richardson b Donald 2 9 0 0 22.22
IT Botham b Pringle 21 23 3 0 91.30
AJ Stewart c Richardson b McMillan 33 54 4 0 61.11
GA Hick c Rhodes b Snell 83 90 9 0 92.22
NH Fairbrother b Pringle 28 50 1 0 56.00
AJ Lamb c Richardson b Donald 19 22 1 0 86.36
CC Lewis not out 18 16 2 0 112.50
DA Reeve not out 25 14 4 0 178.57
PAJ DeFreitas  
GC Small  
RK Illingworth  
Extras (1b, 7lb, 9w, 6nb) 23  
TOTAL 252-6 (45.0 overs; RR: 5.60)

Fall of wickets

20-1 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 39-2 (IT Botham 0.0 ov), 110-3 (AJ Stewart 0.0 ov), 183-4 (NH Fairbrother 0.0 ov), 187-5 (GA Hick 0.0 ov), 221-6 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
AA Donald 10.0 0 69 2 6.90 5 2
MW Pringle 9.0 2 36 2 4.00 1 4
RP Snell 8.0 0 52 1 6.50 2 0
BM McMillan 9.0 0 47 1 5.22 0 0
AP Kuiper 5.0 0 26 0 5.20 0 0
WJ Cronje 4.0 0 14 0 3.50 0 0

South Africa - 1st Inns 232-6 (43.0; RR: 5.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
KC Wessels c Lewis b Botham 17 21 1 0 80.95
AC Hudson lbw b Illingworth 46 52 6 0 88.46
PN Kirsten b DeFreitas 11 26 0 0 42.31
AP Kuiper b Illingworth 36 44 5 0 81.82
WJ Cronje c Hick b Small 24 45 1 0 53.33
JN Rhodes c Lewis b Small 43 38 3 0 113.16
BM McMillan not out 21 21 0 0 100.00
DJ Richardson not out 13 10 1 0 130.00
RP Snell  
MW Pringle  
AA Donald  
Extras (0b, 17lb, 4w, 0nb) 21  
TOTAL 232-6 (43.0 overs; RR: 5.40)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (KC Wessels 0.0 ov), 61-2 (PN Kirsten 0.0 ov), 90-3 (AC Hudson 0.0 ov), 131-4 (AP Kuiper 0.0 ov), 176-5 (WJ Cronje 0.0 ov), 206-6 (JN Rhodes 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
IT Botham 10.0 0 52 1 5.20 3 0
CC Lewis 5.0 0 38 0 7.60 0 0
PAJ DeFreitas 8.0 1 28 1 3.50 1 0
RK Illingworth 10.0 1 46 2 4.60 0 0
GC Small 10.0 1 51 2 5.10 0 0

Match Info

Match

England v South Africa at Sydney, Benson and Hedges World Cup, Semi-Final

Date

Sunday March 22, 1992

Toss

South Africa won the toss and elected to field

Time

4:30am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

SG Randell, BL Aldridge

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, IT Botham, AJ Stewart, GA Hick, NH Fairbrother, AJ Lamb, CC Lewis, DA Reeve, PAJ DeFreitas, GC Small, RK Illingworth

South Africa Team

Playing XI

KC Wessels, AC Hudson, PN Kirsten, AP Kuiper, WJ Cronje, JN Rhodes, BM McMillan, DJ Richardson, RP Snell, MW Pringle, AA Donald