a7465 o741 wc111	England v South Africa
	Benson and Hedges World Cup 1991/92
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 12th March 1992 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to field
Result	England won by 3 wickets (Highest scoring overs)
Points	England 2; South Africa 0
Umpires	BL Aldridge, DP Buultjens
Referee	JN Edwards
Player of the Match	AJ Stewart

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South Africa innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*KC Wessels	c Smith b Hick	85	126	170	6	-	67.46
AC Hudson	c and b Hick	79	115	132	7	-	68.70
PN Kirsten	c Smith b DeFreitas	11	12	14	-	1	91.67
JN Rhodes	run out	18	23	25	-	-	78.26
AP Kuiper	not out	15	12	17	1	-	125.00
WJ Cronje	not out	13	15	14	-	-	86.67
BM McMillan	did not bat
+DJ Richardson	did not bat
RP Snell	did not bat
MW Pringle	did not bat
AA Donald	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 4 lb, 3 nb, 4 w)	15
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	236
Fall of wickets:
1-151 (Hudson), 2-170 (Kirsten), 3-201 (Wessels), 4-205 (Rhodes)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Pringle	9	2	34	0	2	3	-	3.78
DeFreitas	10	1	41	1	1	-	60.00	4.10
Botham	8	0	37	0	-	-	-	4.62
Small	2	0	14	0	1	-	-	7.00
Illingworth	10	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.30
Reeve	2.4	0	15	0	-	-	-	5.62
Hick	8.2	0	44	2	-	-	25.00	5.28

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England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*+AJ Stewart	run out	77	88	122	7	-	87.50
IT Botham	b McMillan	22	30	54	1	-	73.33
RA Smith	c Richardson b McMillan	0	2	2	-	-	0.00
GA Hick	c Richardson b Snell	1	4	4	-	-	25.00
NH Fairbrother	not out	75	83	133	6	-	90.36
DA Reeve	c McMillan b Snell	10	15	29	-	-	66.67
CC Lewis	run out	33	22	29	4	-	150.00
DR Pringle	c Kuiper b Snell	1	3	11	-	-	33.33
PAJ DeFreitas	not out	1	1	2	-	-	100.00
RK Illingworth	did not bat
GC Small	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, 40.5 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-63 (Botham), 2-63 (Smith), 3-64 (Hick), 4-132 (Stewart), 5-166 (Reeve), 6-216 (Lewis), 7-225 (Pringle)

South Africa bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Donald	9	1	43	0	-	1	-	4.78
Pringle	8	0	44	0	1	1	-	5.50
Snell	7.5	0	42	3	-	-	15.67	5.36
McMillan	8	1	39	2	-	-	24.00	4.88
Kuiper	4	0	32	0	-	-	-	8.00
Cronje	3	0	14	0	-	-	-	4.67
Kirsten	1	0	9	0	-	-	-	9.00

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Notes
--> England target was 226 runs in 41 overs
--> KC Wessels 50 in 92 balls, 114 minutes with 4 fours
--> KC Wessels passed his previous highest score of 81 in World Cup matches
--> AC Hudson 50 in 81 balls, 95 minutes with 6 fours
--> AC Hudson passed his previous highest score of 54 in World Cup matches
--> AC Hudson passed his previous highest score of 54 in ODI matches
--> AJ Stewart 50 in 61 balls, 81 minutes with 6 fours
--> AJ Stewart passed his previous highest score of 59 in World Cup matches
--> AJ Stewart passed his previous highest score of 61 in ODI matches
--> NH Fairbrother 50 in 60 balls, 87 minutes with 4 fours
--> NH Fairbrother passed his previous highest score of 63 in World Cup matches
--> NH Fairbrother passed 500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 23
--> NH Fairbrother passed 6500 runs in List A matches when he reached 27
--> CC Lewis passed his previous highest score of 20 in ODI matches
--> CC Lewis passed his previous highest score of 20 in World Cup matches
--> GA Hick reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed AC Hudson, his 1st wicket in the South Africa innings
--> RP Snell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed DR Pringle in the England innings (previous best was 2-16)
--> RP Snell achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed DR Pringle in the England innings (previous best was 2-16)

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Rain disrupted play in england's innings when they were 62/0 at the end of 12 overs. The target was revised to 226 in 41 overs.

 

 

 

 

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