Khel.com -- England vs Australia at Port Elizabeth, 2 Mar 2003

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Match Overview

Commentary

MG Bevan* 74 (126)	Australia 208 - 8	AJ Bichel 34 (36)
Flintoff* 9.4 - 1 - 26 - 0	England 49.4 (overs)	Anderson 9 - 0 - 66 - 0
Current Run Rate: 4.19
England Score: 204 - 8 /50 Overs Run Rate: Target: 205 in 50.0 overs Runs Required: - Overs Remaining: - Required Run Rate: - Result: Australia won by 2 wickets Man of the Match:

Full Scorecard

Graphs

Last Wicket: 135 / 8 - B Lee 6 (23)

Australia won by 2 wickets

  49.4 Flintoff to Bevan, FOUR, drives wide of extra cover to wrap it up
        for Australia
       A sensational game with Australia passing the score with a boundary
        and 2 balls to spare
       An outstanding performance by Andy Bichell who took 7/20 and scored
        34 unbeaten runs in a final wicket partneship of 73
  49.3 Flintoff to Bichel, one run, hits to mid on...mis field by Vaughn
        allows a single
  49.2 Flintoff to Bichel, no run, back to Flintoff, well stopped by
        Flintoff
  49.1 Flintoff to Bichel, no run, back along the ground to mid on

       Last over to be bowled by Flintoff

End of over 49 (12 runs) Australia 203/8 (RR: 4.14 RRR: 2/1 = 2.00)
JM Anderson 9-0-66-0 (1w) - Park Drive End
AJ Bichel 33* (33b 3x4 1x6) MG Bevan 70* (125b 5x4 1x6)

  48.6 Anderson to Bevan, no run
  48.5 Anderson to Bevan, no run

More Commentary

England	Australia
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4th (reserve) umpire: IL Howell
12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and MJ Hoggard (England)
England 50 runs in 33 mins, 7.1 overs
With the wicket of NV Knight, AJ Bichel claimed his 50th ODI wicket
England 100 in 105 mins (22.4 overs) 11x4 2x6
50 p'ship Stewart/Flintoff in 52 mins from 101 balls (2x4)
When A Flintoff reached 26* he completed 1000 runs on ODIs
AJ Stewart and A Flintoff's partnership set a new 6th wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 58 JH Kallis and L Klusener, South Africa v Zimbabwe, 1999/00)
AJ Stewart and A Flintoff's partnership set a new 6th wicket partnership record for England v Australia in ODIs (previous: 88* AJ Lamb and DR Pringle, Nottingham, 1989)
England 150 in 149 mins (36.5 overs) 13x4 3 x6
England 200 in 202 mins (49.2 overs) 15x4 3x6
AJ Bichel's 7/20 is the best bowling against England in ODIs (previous: 7/36 Waqar Younis for Pakistan, Leeds, 2001)
AJ Bichel's 7/20 is his best bowling against England in ODIS (previous: 4/18 at Sydney, 2002/03)

AJ Bichel's 7/20 is his best bowling in World Cups (previous: 3/13 v Netherlands at Potchesfstroom, 2002/03)
AJ Bichel's 7/20 is his best bowling in ODIs (previous: 5/19 v South Africa at Sydney, 2001/02)
AJ Bichel's 7/20 was the best bowling for Australia against England in ODIs (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour at Leeds, 1975)
AJ Bichel's 7/20 was the best bowling at this ground in ODIs (previous: 5/43 RJ van Vuuren, Namibia v England, 2002/03)
Australia 50 in 53 mins (10.1 overs) 8x4 1x6
When MG Bevan reached 2* he completed 500 runs against England in ODIs
Official Attendance 15 803
50 p'ship Lehmann/Bevan in 70 mins from 102 balls (3x4)
Australia 100 in 116 mins (25.6 overs) 11x4 1x6
Australia 150 in 175 mins 39.6 overs) 14x4 2x6
Bevan 50 in 135 mins from 101 balls (4x4 1x6)
50 p'ship between Bevan/Bichel in 40 mins from 57 balls (5x4)
Australia 200 in 212 mins (48.3 overs, 18x4 3x6)