South Africa v England Cricket Series 2008
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South Africa will play 5 ODIs and one T20 followed by 5 Test matches during the England tour starting June 29, 2008.
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Cricket Matches Schedule
- South Africa v Somerset, Practice Match at Taunton: 29 June 2008
- South Africa v Middlesex, Practice Match at Middx: 04 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 1st Test at Lord's: 10-14 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 2nd Test at Headingley: 18-22 July 2008
- South Africa v England, 3rd Test at Edgbaston: 30 July-03 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 4th Test at The Oval: 07-11 August 2008
- South Africa v England Lions, Practice Match at Leicester: 14 August 2008
- South Africa v England Lions, Practice Match at derby: 16 August 2008
- South Africa v England, Twenty20 at Riverside: 20 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 1st ODI at Headingley: 22 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 2nd ODI at Trent Bridge: 26 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 3rd ODI at The Oval : 29 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 4th ODI at Lord's: 31 August 2008
- South Africa v England, 5th ODI at Cardiff: 03 September 2008
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England Lions ODI at Derby
SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Derby: England Lions beat South Africa by 6 wickets
August 16, 2008
Samit Patel proved his credentials as a potential international one-day batsman, making a fine half-century to guide England Lions to a thumping victory over South Africa.
Although there have been question marks over the 23-year-old Nottinghamshire man's fielding and fitness, it was his batting that did the talking as he built on a good start made by England hopefuls Owais Shah (46) and Matt Prior (33) to complete a comfortable six-wicket win, Middlesex batsman Eoin Morgan also chipping in with 47 not out. Prior, who played his last ODI for England back in September last year, staked his claim to fill the problematic opening spot for England as he got his side off to a flying start, as both he and Shah produced some inventive hitting to get the Lions ahead of the run rate inside the power-plays and from then on they were always favourites for the win
Earlier in the day, South Africa captain, Graeme Smith, hit a fluent half-century, after having been dropped by Lions captain Ed Joyce on 17. Mark Boucher also impressed with the bat for the tourists, the wicketkeeper who has played over 250 ODIs hit an impressive unbeaten 63 at almost a run a ball to ensure a competitive total.
The Lions bowlers rarely allowed the South African batsmen to produce any fluency, bowling consistently tight lines that made scoring very difficult. Hampshire all-rounder Dimitri Mascarenhas was particularly impressive, varying his pace to great effect as he picked up the prize wickets of Jacques Kallis and captain Smith. Mascarenhas only played in one of England's ODIs in the recent series against New Zealand, but after this display with the ball and an average of more than 100 with the bat in this season's Pro 40, he has staked his claim for a more regular place.
This was South Africa's final warm-up before their five-match series against England and a Twenty20 international on Wednesday.
SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Derby: England Lions beat South Africa by 6 wickets
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England Lions ODI at Derby
Score Card
England Lions won the toss and decided to field
209 for 5 (50.0 overs)
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210 for 4 (41.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Smith | b Mascarenhas | 50 |
67 | 6 | 0 | |
Gibbs | b Pattinson | 28 |
57 | 4 | 0 | |
Kallis | lbw | b Mascarenhas | 11 |
18 | 1 | 0 |
de Villiers | b Trott | 5 |
21 | 0 | 0 | |
Duminy | c Prior | b Trott | 6 |
24 | 0 | 0 |
Boucher | not out | 63 |
67 | 5 | 2 | |
Philander | not out | 31 |
47 | 2 | 0 | |
Extras | 1nb 4w 1b 9lb | 15 | ||||
Total | for 5 | 209 | (50.0 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Trott | run out | 2 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
Prior | c Boucher | b Kallis | 33 |
50 | 4 | 1 |
Shah | b Nel | 46 |
48 | 2 | 3 | |
Joyce | hit wicket | b Nel | 10 |
24 | 1 | 0 |
Morgan | not out | 47 |
53 | 5 | 0 | |
Patel | not out | 60 |
71 | 7 | 1 | |
Extras | 2nb 3w 7lb | 12 | ||||
Total | for 4 | 210 | (41.2 ovs) |
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Umpires: N G B Cook, N G C Cowley
England Lions: Prior, Trott, Shah, Joyce, Morgan, Patel, Wright, Mascarenhas, Bresnan, Mahmood, Pattinson
South Africa: Smith, Gibbs, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher, Philander, Botha, M Morkel, Steyn, Nel