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De Kock, Amla centuries help South Africa sink England
PRETORIA (Reuters) Centuries from openers Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla
Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla launched South Africa’s run-chase with a century stand, South Africa v England, 3rd ODI, Centurion, February 9, 2016 ©AFP
guided South Africa to a seven-wicket victory over England on Tuesday that kept alive their hopes of winning the five-match series of one-day internationals.
Joe Root made a sparkling 125 as England, after winning the toss and electing to bat, piled up 318 for eight in 50 overs.
De Kock (135) and Amla (127) then amassed 239 for the first wicket to lay the platform before South Africa reached the target with 22 balls to spare to cut their series deficit to 2-1.
England, seeking to become the first touring team to win a test and ODI series in South Africa for 14 years, now bid to clinch overall victory in Johannesburg on Friday.
De Kock, 23, was particularly brutal as he became the youngest player to record 10 ODI hundreds. He also made an unbeaten tonne in the first game in Bloemfontein.
Amla cut and pulled his way to a 22nd ODI century, and third in a row at Centurion Park.
Earlier, Root eased to his seventh ODI century with a masterful display of power and placement, hitting 10 fours and five sixes.
Root added 125 for the second wicket with opener Alex Hales (65) and 82 for the fifth with Ben Stokes (53) before being run out following a calamitous mix-up with the latter.
Paceman Kyle Abbott took two for 50 and was the only South African bowler to keep his economy rate under six an over.
Scoreboard
ODI South Africa vs England in Centurion, South Africa
England Innings
- Roy run out (M. Morkel, de Kock) 20
- Hales c M. Morkel b Rabada 65
- Root run out (Wiese, de Kock) 125
- Buttler c Duminy b Rabada 0
- Morgan c Amla b Wiese 8
- Stokes c Behardien b Abbott 53
- Ali c Amla b M. Morkel 3
- Jordan c Duminy b Abbott 3
- Willey not out 13
- Rashid not out 13
Extras (b-4 lb-3 w-8) 15
Total (for 8 wickets, 50 overs) 318
Fall of wickets: 1-36 J. Roy,2-161 A. Hales, 3-162 J. Buttler, 4-187 E. Morgan,5-269 J. Root, 6-284 M. Ali,7-291 B. Stokes,8-291 C. Jordan
Did not bat: R. Topley
Bowling
- Abbott 10 – 0 – 50 – 2(w-3)
- Rabada 10 – 0 – 65 – 2(w-3)
- Morkel 10 – 0 – 63 – 1(w-1)
- Wiese 10 – 0 – 64 – 1
- Tahir 8 – 0 – 56 – 0(w-1)
- Behardien 2 – 0 – 13 – 0
South Africa Innings
- de Kock c Root b Rashid 135
- Amla c Buttler b Jordan 127
- Wiese b Ali 7
- du Plessis not out 33
- de Villiers not out 0
Extras (lb-5 nb-3 w-9) 17
Total (for 3 wickets, 46.2 overs) 319
Fall of wickets: 1-239 Q. de Kock, 2-249 D. Wiese, 3-311 H. Amla
Did not bat: J. Duminy, F. Behardien,
- Rabada, K. Abbott, M. Morkel, I. Tahir
Bowling
- Willey 5 – 0 – 40 – 0
- Topley 6 – 0 – 46 – 0(w-1)
- Stokes 8.2 – 0 – 54 – 0(nb-1 w-2)
- Jordan 7 – 0 – 54 – 1(nb-1 w-4)
- Ali 10 – 0 – 75 – 1(nb-1 w-1)
- Rashid 10 – 0 – 45 – 1(w-1)
Referees
Umpire: Johan Cloete
Umpire: Chris Gaffaney
TV umpire: Kumar Dharmasena
Match referee: Javagal Srinath
Result: South Africa won by 7 wickets
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