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| June 29, 2003 | Sunday | Rabi-us-Sani 28,1424 |
Record England stand sinks SAWABI:
LONDON, June 28: Vikram Solanki and Marcus Trescothick scored high-class one-day centuries in a record opening partnership to ruin Jacques Kallis’s day as England beat South Africa by six wickets on Saturday.
Kallis’s 107 out of a team total of 264 for six on a fine batting track looked to have set up a certain South African victory in their triangular series encounter at The Oval.
But Solanki, with a maiden run-a-ball century and the innings of his life, and Trescothick put on an England record of 200 for the first wicket in 32 overs to all but settle the issue.
The South Africans gave England, led by Trescothick after Michael Vaughan suffered back spasms during the warm-up, a late scare with three wickets for three runs.
But big-hitting all rounder Andrew Flintoff clattered 32 off 21 balls, including three fours and two sixes, to ease their nerves as the home side reached 265 for four with 4.1 overs left.
Trescothick, who made 108 not out against Pakistan earlier in the month, ended on 114 not out.
Kallis helped rebuild the innings during a 111-run partnership with Boucher (55 off 65 balls) after England’s front-line seamers had reduced them to 72 for three in the 19th over.
Kallis, who passed 6,000 one-day runs during his innings, drove majestically throughout before all rounder Andrew Flintoff yorked him in the penultimate over.
The right-handed batsman, who hit 12 fours, immediately dedicated his innings to his father, who has just been diagnosed with cancer.
Flintoff ended with three for 46, all his victims bowled by block-hole deliveries.
Fast bowler James Anderson removed both openers cheaply, Herschelle Gibbs the first to go for five when his stumps were shattered as he failed to get forward.
Skipper Graeme Smith, after several attractive back-foot forces, then departed for 15 with the score on 38. Cramped up attempting a cut, he dragged Anderson’s delivery into his stumps.
Scoreboard
SOUTH AFRICA:
G.C. Smith b Anderson 15
H.H. Gibbs b Anderson 5
J.H. Kallis b Flintoff 107
J.A. Rudolph run out 20
M.V. Boucher b Flintoff 55
M. van Jaarsveld b Flintoff 13
S.M. Pollock not out 12
A.J. Hall not out 23
EXTRAS (LB-11, W-3) 14
TOTAL (for six wkts, 50 overs) 264
FALL OF WKTS: 1-5, 2-33, 3-72, 4-183, 5-221, 6-240.
DID NOT BAT: N. Boje, A.C. Dawson, M. Ntini.
BOWLING: Anderson 10-1-54-2 (3w); Gough 10-1-61-0; Flintoff 10-1-46-3; Johnson 10-1-39-0; Giles 8-0-38-0; McGrath 2-0-15-0.
ENGLAND:
M.E. Trescothick not out 114
V.S. Solanki c Kallis b Ntini 106
R.W.T. Key c Boucher b Ntini 0
A. McGrath c Boucher b Kallis 0
A. Flintoff b Hall 32
J.O. Troughton not out 5
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-4, NB-1) 8
TOTAL (for four wkts, 45.5 overs) 265
FALL OF WKTS: 1-200, 2-202, 3-203, 4-247.
DID NOT BAT: C.M.W. Read, A.F. Giles, R.L. Johnson, D. Gough, J.M. Anderson.
BOWLING: Pollock 8-0-41-0 (1w); Ntini 10-0-56-2 (1w); Kallis 9-0-54-1; Hall 8.5-0-49-1; Boje 5-0-31-0; Dawson 5-0-31-0;
RESULT: England won by six wickets.
UMPIRES: D.R. Shepherd (England) and S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).
TV UMPIRE: J. Lloyds (England).
MATCH REFEREE: C.H. Lloyd (West Indies).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Vikram Solanki.
NEXT MATCH: South Africa v Zimbabwe at Canterbury on Sunday.—Reuters
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