England beaten by South Africa in 4th ODI match in Bilateral series

England was scheduled to play a 5 Match One Day International Series in South Africa in 2016. This series was important as both teams were preparing for the T 20 World Cup to be played later in India in 2016. The 4th One Day International Match was to be played on New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on 12th Feb, 2016. England already leads the series 2-1 as they won 1^st two matches and S A won the 3^rd ODI.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how England team and 11 was looking like in this 4th One Day International Match International match: e Morgan (c), Adil Rashid, J Buttler (wk), Chris Jordan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, M Ali, Alex Hales, Joe Root, Reece Topley

And South African team and 11 was looking like this in this 4th One Day International Match International match: Jean-Paul Duminy, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (c), m Morkel, R Rossouw, I Tahir, Faf du Plessis, Marchant de Lange, Farhaan Behardien, Chris Morris, Quinton de Kock (wk)

England started very well and played aggressively but kept losing wickets at regular intervals to get bowled out and set total of only 262 runs in 47.5 over’s and top scored by J Root who made 109 runs in 124 balls with 10 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 88 runs in 100 balls.

And Alex H who made 50 runs in 56 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 89 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa was needed to score 263 runs in 50 over’s to won this 4th One Day International Match and to level the series as England already lead of 2-1 with 1 more games to play after this match.

South Africa batted well and chases total of 263 runs in 47.2 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and top scored by C H Morris who made 62 runs in 38 balls with 3 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 163 runs in 100 balls farhan B who made 38 runs in 42 balls with 2 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 90 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa won the match and series stands level at 2-2.

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