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22-Nov-2009 15:58:00 GMT
South Africa v England, 2nd ODI, Centurion

Collingwood Inspires England Win in Record Appearance

Centurion: Man of the match Paul Collingwood unbeaten 105 after took two wickets and held a superb catch as England beat South Africa by 7-wickets and lead 1-0 in the 5-match series at SuperSport Park.

England have completed a comprehensive 7-wicket win against South Africa in the second match of the series to take a vital 1-0 lead after the first game was washed out a few days back.

It was a challenging target of 251 but the England top-order came up with a clinical performance, taking their side through quite easily in 46 overs. Just the one big partnership of 162 for the 3rd wicket from Trott (87) and Collingwood (105*) did it for them.

Collingwood completed his 5th ODI ton towards the end while Morgan (27*) played a nice little cameo with the Batting Powerplay in progress.

Paul Collingwood is the Man of the Match for his all-round show in the game. He scored an unbeaten 105, finishing the game with the result on their side. He even bowled an economical spell and bagged a couple of wickets.

Earlier, Paul Collingwood, making a record 171st One-day appearance for England, took two wickets and held a superb catch as South Africa were restricted to 250 for nine in the second One-Day International at SuperSport Park on Sunday.

Despite half-centuries from Hashim Amla (57) and Alviro Petersen (64), South Africa were unable to dominate against steady bowling which was backed by good ground fielding.

South Africa's total was only nine runs higher than they made in a Twenty20 international against the same opponents on the same ground seven days earlier.

After heavy rain in the area, which caused Friday's first one-day international in Johannesburg to be abandoned without a ball bowled, the pitch was slower than usual, making scoring difficult.

Collingwood's slow medium pace proved ideal in the middle stages of the innings as he took two for 24 in six overs. He also took an acrobatic diving catch at backward point to dismiss AB de Villiers as South Africa struggled in the early stages of the innings.

Amla, playing in place of Jacques Kallis, who has been ruled out of the rest of the series because of a cracked rib, put on 73 for the third wicket with JP Duminy in the only significant partnership of the innings.

England dropped four catches but none proved too expensive, while Collingwood and Eoin Morgan, who took a leaping catch on the midwicket boundary to dismiss Albie Morkel, held outstanding efforts.

Part-time seamer Jonathan Trott proved a bonus for captain Andrew Strauss, bowling in tandem with Collingwood and conceding only 21 runs in seven overs.

England were without opening batsman Alastair Cook, who will remain in Pretoria for treatment and rehabilitation of a bulging disc in his back when his teammates move on to Cape Town on Monday.

Brief scores
South Africa: 250 for 9 (Petersen 64, Amla 57)
England: 251 for 3 (Collingwood 105*, Trott 87)
Result: England won by seven wickets
MOM: Paul Collingwood (England)


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