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Watch live Scores and live streaming of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009, match between South Africa vs England which will begin in Johannesburg on Sunday 27th September, 2009. Match start time at 2:30 am local, 12:30 GMT , 6-00 pm India time
These two teams have met twice at Centurion Park, once in 1996 and then in 2005, with South Africa winning both the matches.
Formwise england have won there 2 out of there last 5 matches wheras South Africa have won 3 out of there last 5 matches.
England have won there opening match against Srilanka whereas South Africa have lost there opening game against Srilanka.
England have won the toss and elected to bat first
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South Africa: (probable) 1 Graeme Smith, 2 Herschelle Gibbs, 3 Jacques Kallis, 4 AB de Villiers, 5 JP Duminy, 6 Mark Boucher (wk), 7 Albie Morkel, 8 Johan Botha, 9 Roelof van der Merwe, 10 Wayne Parnell, 11 Dale Steyn
England: (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Joe Denly, 3 Owais Shah, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Luke Wright, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Graham Onions.
Quotes
“They have got a very good side. They were number one in the world when the tournament began, we are down at number six. We will have to play above ourselves to beat them.”
Andy Flower on the challenge facing England on Sunday.
“We have had a good record against England in the past apart from last year’s series in England but we will be treating them just like we would any other side in the tournament.”
AB de Villiers is calm going into a crunch game.
Watch out for…
Eoin Morgan was one of the few bright spots to come out of the 6-1 hammering to Australia, but that was based largely on one brisk innings at Trent Bridge. Now he has brought his form to South Africa and shown his expertise in pacing a run chase with 62 off 83 balls. England have lacked someone who can control the middle of an innings since Graham Thorpe and before him Neil Fairbrother. Morgan is viewed as the man for that role and his unorthodox technique makes him difficult to bowl at – although occasionally his dismissals can look ugly
England will be seeing plenty of Wayne Parnell in the next few months. He hasn’t made his Test debut yet, but the Centurion Park meeting between these teams is odds on. In the one-day side he is already a central figure where he has added a new dimension to the attack. He hasn’t been at his best so far, proving expensive in both matches, but has already collected eight wickets including 5 for 57 against New Zealand.
Pitch and conditions
The Centurion surface hasn’t offered the amount of help that England enjoyed at The Wanderers, but there has still be something there for good bowling. As ever in these parts there is a threat of thunderstorms, but so far they have only impacted one match.
Stats and trivia
- These two teams have met twice at Centurion Park, once in 1996 and then in 2005, with South Africa winning on both occasions.
- Andrew Strauss and Paul Collingwood survive from the England side of 2006, while Graeme Smith, Jacques Kallis and Mark Boucher are certain to play for South Africa.
Quotes
“They have got a very good side. They were number one in the world when the tournament began, we are down at number six. We will have to play above ourselves to beat them.”
Andy Flower on the challenge facing England on Sunday.
“We have had a good record against England in the past apart from last year’s series in England but we will be treating them just like we would any other side in the tournament.”
AB de Villiers is calm going into a crunch game.
Andrew McGlashan is assistant editor of Cricinfo
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