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England beat South Africa by an innings and 53 runs - Commentary

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, . England won the toss and chose to bat.

South Africa209 & 23788.5 ov
England499/9d152 ov
England won by an innings and 53 runs
End of innings: SA 237 (88.5 ov)
88.5W
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, OUT
KA Maharaj run out 71(106) [4s-10 6s-3] · FoW 237/10 (88.5 ov)
88.40
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
88.30
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
88.20
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
88.10
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
End of over 8812 runsSA 237/9044004
D Paterson 39(40)KA Maharaj 71(101)SM Curran 6-0-46-0
87.64
SM Curran to D Paterson, FOUR
87.50
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
87.40
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
87.34
SM Curran to D Paterson, FOUR
87.24
SM Curran to D Paterson, FOUR
87.10
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
End of over 875 runsSA 225/9104000
KA Maharaj 71(101)D Paterson 27(34)MA Wood 16-6-32-3
86.60
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
86.50
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
86.40
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
86.34
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, FOUR
86.20
MA Wood to KA Maharaj, no run
86.11
MA Wood to D Paterson, 1 run
End of over 8616 runsSA 220/9264040
KA Maharaj 67(96)D Paterson 26(33)SM Curran 5-0-34-0
85.60
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, no run
85.54
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, FOUR
85.40
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, no run
85.34
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, FOUR
85.26
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, SIX
85.12
SM Curran to KA Maharaj, 2 runs
End of over 850 runsSA 204/9000000
D Paterson 26(33)KA Maharaj 51(90)MA Wood 15-6-27-3
84.60
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
84.50
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
84.40
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
84.30
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
84.20
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
84.10
MA Wood to D Paterson, no run
End of over 845 runsSA 204/9040001
D Paterson 26(27)KA Maharaj 51(90)SM Curran 4-0-18-0
83.61
SM Curran to D Paterson, 1 run
83.50
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
83.40
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
83.30
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
83.24
SM Curran to D Paterson, FOUR
83.10
SM Curran to D Paterson, no run
End of over 839 runsSA 199/9030114
KA Maharaj 51(90)D Paterson 21(21)DM Bess 22-11-36-1
82.64
DM Bess to KA Maharaj, FOUR
FIFTY for KA Maharaj (51 off 90)
82.51
DM Bess to D Paterson, 1 run
82.41
DM Bess to KA Maharaj, 1 run
82.30
DM Bess to KA Maharaj, no run
82.23
DM Bess to D Paterson, 3 runs
82.10
DM Bess to D Paterson, no run
End of over 8228 runsSA 190/9444664b
KA Maharaj 46(87)D Paterson 17(18)JE Root 29-13-87-4
81.64b
JE Root to KA Maharaj, 4 byes
81.56
JE Root to KA Maharaj, SIX
81.46
JE Root to KA Maharaj, SIX
81.34
JE Root to KA Maharaj, FOUR
81.24
JE Root to KA Maharaj, FOUR
81.14
JE Root to KA Maharaj, FOUR
End of over 816 runsSA 162/9000402
D Paterson 17(18)KA Maharaj 22(81)DM Bess 21-11-27-1
80.62
DM Bess to D Paterson, 2 runs
80.50
DM Bess to D Paterson, no run
80.44
DM Bess to D Paterson, FOUR
80.30
DM Bess to D Paterson, no run