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 Leicester
SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Leicester: South Africa thrash England Lions in warm-up match
August 14, 2008
South Africa warmed up for next week's Twenty20 international against England with a four-wicket win over the England Lions at Grace Road on Thursday.
England Lions face South Africa again at Derby on Saturday, when they will be led by Middlesex's Ed Joyce, before the tourists start the one-day series with a Twenty20 International against England at Chester-le-Street next Wednesday. The tourists, who did not field captain Graeme Smith, all-rounder Jacques Kallis, seamer Morne Morkel and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, got the required runs with 11 overs remaining in this first warm-up match against the Lions.
Lions captain Rob Key, whose side have six members of England's one-day squad, said: "That was pretty much a drubbing really and that's not a true reflection of the two sides - I think we're a better side than that. "Whoever you're playing for, it's always disappointed to get beaten like that when you know you should have done better because you walk off the field thinking we mucked up today and it should have been a lot tighter than that.
"We're probably more used to that sort of pitch than those guys are. It was a little damp in the morning but even so we should have been a little bit smarter with bat and ball."
Put into bat, the Lions were dismissed for a lowly 184 with captain Key top-scoring with 51 and Herschelle Gibbs effectively settled the issue with a patient 81 off 104 balls, which included six fours and a six, for their final score of 185-6.
SA v ENG Lions, Practice Match, Leicester: South Africa 185 for 6 (38.4 overs) beat England Lions 184 all out (46.5 overs) by 4 wickets
South Africa vs England Cricket Series 2008
South Africa v England Lions ODI at Leicester
Score Card
South Africa won the toss and decided to field
184 all out (46.5 overs)
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185 for 6 (38.4 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Denly | b Steyn | 10 |
22 | 1 | 0 | |
Shah | c A Morkel | b Philander | 27 |
36 | 4 | 0 |
Key | b Ntini | 51 |
62 | 7 | 1 | |
Bopara | run out | 23 |
40 | 1 | 0 | |
Prior | lbw | b Nel | 1 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
Patel | c Duminy | b Nel | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
Wright | c de Villiers | b Steyn | 29 |
41 | 5 | 0 |
Tredwell | not out | 19 |
51 | 2 | 0 | |
K Ali | b Ntini | 8 |
15 | 0 | 0 | |
Tremlett | b Ntini | 2 |
8 | 0 | 0 | |
Kirby | b Steyn | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 9w 2lb | 14 | ||||
Total | all out | 184 | (46.5 ovs) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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Gibbs | c Prior | b Wright | 81 |
104 | 6 | 1 |
Amla | c Bopara | b Kirby | 8 |
12 | 1 | 0 |
Ontong | lbw | b K Ali | 1 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
de Villiers | c Key | b Bopara | 24 |
37 | 3 | 0 |
Duminy | b Wright | 23 |
37 | 1 | 0 | |
A Morkel | b Kirby | 14 |
18 | 2 | 0 | |
Philander | not out | 4 |
9 | 0 | 0 | |
Botha | not out | 6 |
13 | 1 | 0 | |
Extras | 3nb 12w 2b 7lb | 24 | ||||
Total | for 6 | 185 | (38.4 ovs) |
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Umpires: R K Illingworth, R A Kettleborough
England Lions: Denly, Shah, Key, Bopara, Prior, Patel, Wright, Tredwell, K Ali, Tremlett, Kirby
South Africa: Gibbs, Amla, Ontong, de Villiers, Duminy, A Morkel, Philander, Botha, Steyn, Nel, Ntini