England v South Africa 6.3.2011



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England is facing South Africa in a crucial match in the World Cup Cricket 2011 .After their defeat against the Ireland England will be looking for a must Victory in this match.England won the toss and elected to bat in the A Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai.

England lost their first wicket of the team Captain Andrew StraussAndrew Strauss for a duck.Next goes Keven Peterson for just 2 runs.England were struggling for 2-3.Ian BellIan Bell also went to pavilion for just 5 runs.From 15 for 3 wickets,Jonathan TrottJonathan Trott and Ravi Bopara batted brilliantly till Trott got caught and bowled by Imran TahirImran Tahir for 52 runs.England struggling with 5 of their Top Order batsmen out for just 135 runs.

From South Africa point of view Robin PetersonRobin Peterson got 3 wickets for 20 runs.Interestingly the South African team used total 7 bowlers not giving any chance to the England batsmen to settle down.Seems England is in danger.

But after the wicket of Bopara,England lost total 9 wickets for just 164 runs.England all out for 171 runs.But the Game end dramatically with England winning by 6 runs.South Africa all out for 165 runs.