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ENG vs SA, 1st ODI, Headingley: Pietersen leads England to ODI win over South Africa

Kevin Pietersen's golden start to the England captaincy continued as he hit 90 not out to set up a 20-run win in the first one-day international against South Africa at Headingley on Friday.
Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff, who made 78 from 70 balls, hauled England up from 113-3 after 30 overs to 275-4 from 50 with a stand of 158 for the fourth wicket - a record for 50-over internationals on this ground. And Pietersen's Midas touch returned in the South African innings when four bowling changes - Steve Harmison (twice), Samit Patel and the captain himself - produced wickets in their first over as the tourists were all out for 255.
Pietersen ended with figures of 2-22 with his off-spin and Harmison 2-43 whilst Flintoff knocked over the tail. Pietersen said: "The last time Andrew Fintoff batted like that with me was at Edgbaston against Australia in 2005. We gave him a new role at number five. The man is a superstar - I am fortunate to have a bloke like that who I can throw the ball to say knock over the stumps.' "We asked a lot of the players but we won't be resting on our laurels. The team were brilliant - we started off well and built a good foundation. "And this is the stage where Steve Harmison belongs. He should be playing in front of 30,000, 40,000, 50,000."
South African captain Graeme Smith added: "We know they can hit the ball but if we get our execution right we should never be going for 98 in the last ten. There is a feeling in the dressing room we can do a lot better. "We pride ourselves on being better than that. But England deserved their win - they played with a lot more skill."
In contrast to England, South Africa set off at pace in pursuit of their target with Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith taking the score to 50 before Pietersen called up Harmison for his first one-day international bowl for nearly two years. Four balls later the Durham quick had Smith caught behind and Gibbs was then bowled by Patel to leave South Africa 93-2 in the 15th over. And a steady flow of wickets saw England to victory.
It was with the bat that Pietersen made his most telling contribution. After playing themselves in carefully, Flintoff and Pietersen unleashed a torrent of boundaries to demolarise the South Africans. For Flintoff, it was his highest score in one-day internationals since 2005 and he hit nine fours before being bowled backing away by Sale Steyn in the final over.
Pietersen escaped two big leg before appeals and a close run out when his bat appeared to bounce over the crease when he was on 23 and took 52 balls to hit his first four. But once he had found his range Pietersen and Flintoff took the score from 150 to 200 in just 38 balls before accelerating once more towards the end of the innings.

ENG vs SA, 1st ODI, Headingley: England 275-4 (50 overs) beat South Africa 255 (49.4 overs) by 20 runs

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Score Card

England Innings 275 for 4 (50.0 overs)

South Africa Innings 255 all out (49.4 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Bell	c de Villiers	b Kallis	35	69	0	0
Prior	c de Villiers	b Kallis	42	52	5	1
Shah	c Philander	b Botha	12	26	0	0
Pietersen	not out		90	82	7	1
Flintoff		b Steyn	78	70	9	0
Wright	not out		2	2	0	0
Extras		1nb 6w 4b 5lb	16
Total		for 4	275	(50.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Steyn 10.0 0 67 1 Ntini 9.0 0 38 0 Nel 10.0 1 53 0 Kallis 5.0 0 25 2 Botha 7.0 0 33 1 Philander 9.0 0 50 0

Fall of wicket   77 Bell 86 Prior 113 Shah 271 Flintoff

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gibbs		b Patel	37	44	5	1
Smith	c Prior	b S Harmison	21	21	2	0
Kallis	run out		52	69	7	0
de Villiers	c Bell	b Pietersen	24	35	3	0
Duminy	c Prior	b S Harmison	18	33	0	0
Boucher	st Prior	b Pietersen	16	15	2	0
Botha	c sub	b Broad	26	32	2	0
Philander	run out		23	27	2	0
Nel		b Flintoff	10	17	0	0
Steyn	not out		3	2	0	0
Ntini		b Flintoff	2	3	0	0
Extras		11w 4b 8lb	23
Total		all out	255	(49.4 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Broad 10.0 0 61 1 Anderson 3.0 0 18 0 S Harmison 10.0 1 43 2 Flintoff 9.4 1 46 2 Patel 10.0 0 42 1 Bopara 2.0 0 11 0 Pietersen 5.0 0 22 2

Fall of wicket   50 Smith 93 Gibbs 142 de Villiers 149 Kallis 168 Boucher 202 Duminy 219 Botha 245 Philander 249 Nel 255 Ntini

Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel
England: Prior, Bell, Shah, Pietersen, Flintoff, Bopara, Wright, Patel, Broad, S Harmison, Anderson
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher, Philander, Botha, Nel, Steyn, Ntini

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