[ Stuart Broad finished the game after dismissing Morne Morkel wickets ]
An unexpected and incredible victory for England cricket team at the 21st matches in world cup 2011. It is the 8th victory for them within last 9th matches against Southafrica. At the beginning of the matches England cricket team had to face complex situation. They lost their valuable 2 wickets in their first over England captain Andrew Strauss [ 0 ] who is the leading scorer of this world cup so far and vital Batsman Kevin Peterson only [ 2 ]. As a result, the spectators and world wide people hoped England team won’t be able to make a good score. The were all-out only 171, which is the 3rd lowest score of this world cup of the first innings so far. In the second innings South African Batsman Hasim Alma [World Ranking 1] and Graeme smith started very much well .Their partnership was broken at 63 runs, but their chance of winning was 100%. But after dismissing of AB DE Villiers the situation was gone a lot in favor of England team. Dale Steyn tried to save the match, but he could not bring victory for their team. In the first innings after losing three wickets at only 15 runs Ravi Bopara [He has been selected player of the match] and Jonathan Trott established a strong partnership 99 runs, which was very needful for the England innings. But one of the most excellences has been able to show Stuart Broad who took 4 wickets in 6. 4 balls and gave only 15 runs. He obtained his last 2 wickets within 4 balls and broke all dreams of South Africa and snatched a memorable victory for their team.
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