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Match Date : March 22, 1992
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : BL Aldridge and SG Randell
Match Result : England won by 19 runs to enter the Finals
Man of the Match : Graeme Hick
England (45 Overs Maximum)
Graham Gooch (C) c Richardson b Donald 2 (9)
Ian Botham b Pringle 21 (23) 3 ‘4s’
Alec Stewart (WK) c Richardson b McMillan 33 (54) 4 ‘4s’
Graeme Hick c Rhodes b Snell 83 (90) 9 ‘4s’
Neil Fairbrother b Pringle 28 (50) 1 ‘4s’
Allan Lamb c Richardson b Donald 19 (22) 1 ‘4s’
Chris Lewis not out 18 (16) 2 ‘4s’
Dermot Reeve not out 25 (14) 4 ‘4s’
Phil DeFreitas
Gladstone Small
Richard Illingworth
Extras : 23 (Wides: 9 No Balls: 6 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 7)
Total : 252/6 (Overs: 45.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-20 (Gooch), 2-39 (Botham), 3-110 (Stewart), 4-183 (Fairbrother), 5-187 (Hick), 6-221 (Lamb)
South Africa Bowling
Donald 10-0-69-2 (5wd 2nb)
Pringle 9-2-36-2 (1wd 4nb)
Snell 8-0-52-1 (2wd)
McMillan 9-0-47-1
Kuiper 5-0-26-0
Cronje 4-0-14-0
South Africa (Target : 252 from 43 Overs)
Kepler Wessels (C) c Lewis b Botham 17 (21) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Hudson lbw b Illingworth 46 (52) 6 ‘4s’
Peter Kirsten b DeFreitas 11 (26)
Adrian Kuiper b Illingworth 36 (44) 5 ‘4s’
Hansie Cronje c Hick b Small 24 (45) 1 ‘4s’
Jonty Rhodes c Lewis b Small 43 (38) 3 ‘4s’
Brian McMillan not out 21 (21)
D Richardson (WK) not out 13 (10) 1 ‘4s’
Richard Snell
Meyrick Pringle
Allan Donald
Extras : 21 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 17)
Total : 232/6 (Overs: 43.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-26 (Wessels), 2-61 (Kirsten), 3-90 (Hudson), 4-131 (Kuiper), 5-176 (Cronje), 6-206 (Rhodes)
England Bowling
Botham 10-0-52-1 (3wd)
Lewis 5-0-38-0
DeFreitas 8-1-28-1 (1wd)
Illingworth 10-1-46-2
Small 10-1-51-2
- Due to rain interruptions, South Africa’s target shot up to 22 from just one ball from 22 from 13 balls which brought a tear in many South Africans including their players! This match gave the wake up call for the ICC, who had introduced the Duckworth Lewis Method five years later for ruling rain interrupted matches.