SA vs Eng 4th ODI - After Level South Africa Have Momentum

Port Elizabeth: The scoreline says the series is all-square, but after such a convincing 112-run victory at Cape Town South Africa are now the side with the momentum. They stormed back in style into the ODI series, after seeming down and out when they were trailing by 0-1.

AB de Villiers has scored his runs at an average of 56.92 and a strike rate of 94.26 in ODIs in 2009. In real terms it means that nearly everytime de Villiers has gone out to bat in an ODI he has returned a score of 57 off 61 balls.

Team news

South Africa: Alviro Petersen has slotted well into the middle order and Hashim Amla is churning out the runs as Jacques Kallis' understudy so South Africa's batting is solid.

Squad (likely): Graeme Smith (capt), Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Alviro Petersen, Mark Boucher (wk), Ryan McLaren, Wayne Parnell, Roelof van der Merwe, Morne Morkel, Charl Langeveldt.

England: Just like South Africa, they are also led by a strong leader in Andrew Strauss. Although not quite as blunt or aggressive as Smith may be, Strauss is very much his own man who has earned the respect of not only his team-mates but also his opponents.

Squad (likely): Andrew Strauss (capt), Jonathan Trott, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood, Eoin Morgan, Matt Prior (wk), Luke Wright, Stuart Broad, Tim Bresnan, Graeme Swann, Graham Onions.

Stats and trivia

When the two teams met at Port Elizabeth during the 2004-05 tour South Africa came out on top by three wickets in a tight game. Graeme Smith hit 105, but it was Mark Boucher who provided the vital late impetus. Both teams are likely to field three survivors from that match.
Since the start of the Champions Trophy Paul Collingwood has scored 393 runs in six innings. He has also struck 13 sixes, almost a fifth of his career tally of 64. Who says you can't teach an old (ish) dog new tricks?

Form guide: (last five completed matches, most recent first)
South Africa - WLWWL
England - LWLLW

Match facts
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Start time 10:00 local time, 08:00 GMT, 09:00 EST

Scores	Upcoming	Results
South Africa vs India - 4th T20I 2nd T20I - Australia v Pakistan - November 16, 08:00 GMT 4th T20I - West Indies v England - November 16, 20:00 GMT 3rd T20I - West Indies v England at St. Lucia England won by 3 wickets (with 4 balls remaining) 1st T20I - Australia v Pakistan at Brisbane Australia won by 29 runs

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