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Scorecard of England Vs South Africa at Melbourne (March 12): Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992

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Match Date : March 12, 1992
Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : BL Aldridge and DP Buultjens
Match Result : England won by 3 wickets
Man of the Match : Alec Stewart

South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)

Kepler Wessels (C) c Smith b Hick 85 (126) 6 ‘4s’
Andrew Hudson c&b Hick 79 (115) 7 ‘4s’
Peter Kirsten c Smith b DeFreitas 11 (12) 1 ‘6s’
Jonty Rhodes run out 18 (23)
Adrian Kuiper not out 15 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Hansie Cronje not out 13 (15)
Brian McMillan
D Richardson (WK)
Richard Snell
Meyrick Pringle
Allan Donald

Extras : 15 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 3 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 3)

Total : 236/4 (Overs: 50.0)

Fall of Wickets : 1-151 (Hudson), 2-170 (Kirsten), 3-201 (Wessels), 4-205 (Rhodes)

England Bowling

Pringle 9-2-34-0 (2wd 3nb)
DeFreitas 10-1-41-1 (1wd)
Botham 8-0-37-0
Small 2-0-14-0 (1wd)
Illingworth 10-0-43-0
Reeve 2.4-0-15-0
Hick 8.2-0-44-2

England (Revised Target: 226 from 41 Overs)

Alec Stewart (C,WK) run out 77 (88) 7 ‘4s’
Ian Botham b McMillan 22 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Robin Smith c Richardson b McMillan 0 (2)
Graeme Hick c Richardson b Snell 1 (4)
Neil Fairbrother not out 75 (83) 6 ‘4s’
Dermot Reeve c McMillan b Snell 10 (15)
Chris Lewis run out 33 (22) 4 ‘4s’
Derek Pringle c Kuiper b Snell 1 (3)
Phil DeFreitas not out 1 (1)
Richard Illingworth
Gladstone Small

Extras : 6 (Wides: 1 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)

Total : 226/7 (Overs: 40.5)

Fall of Wickets : 1-63 (Botham), 2-63 (Smith), 3-64 (Hick), 4-132 (Stewart), 5-166 (Reeve), 6-216 (Lewis), 7-225 (Pringle)

South Africa Bowling

Donald 9-1-43-0 (1nb)
Pringle 8-0-44-0 (1wd 1nb)
Snell 7.5-0-42-3
McMillan 8-1-39-2
Kuiper 4-0-32-0
Cronje 3-0-14-0
Kirsten 1-0-9-0