Collingwood and Trott lead England to victory

CENTURION, South Africa,  (Reuters) – Paul Collingwood  marked his record 171st one-day appearance with an unbeaten  century to lead England to a commanding seven-wicket victory  over South Africa in the second match of the series yesterday. The all-rounder scored 105 not out as England reached their  target of 251 with four overs to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the  five-match contest after the first game in Johannesburg was  washed out by rain on Friday.

England slipped to 45 for two but Collingwood led the  recovery with his fifth ODI century, off 108 deliveries with  seven fours and two sixes.

Opener Jonathan Trott, continuing his excellent start to the  tour, also played with calm assurance as he hit 87 off 119 balls  with eight fours.

Collingwood, who surpassed Alec Stewart (170) as England’s  most-capped ODI player, and Trott put on 162  for the third  wicket off 189 deliveries.

“It was a very proud day to be able to celebrate the record  like that,” Collingwood told reporters. “Everything went pretty  much perfectly both as an individual and a team.

“It’s not far off one of my best innings for England, the  way it turned out was special.  I enjoyed the whole innings.”

Earlier, South Africa made 250 for nine after being put in  to bat on a slow pitch that offered early assistance to the  seamers.      The highest partnership for the hosts was between opening  batsman Hashim Amla (57), coming into the side in place of the  injured Jacques Kallis, and JP Duminy (41) when they put on 73  for the third wicket.

Alviro Petersen also struck 64 in 65 balls going in at  number five.

DIVING CATCH

Collingwood started his day well by taking a wonderful  diving catch at backward point to dismiss AB de Villiers for two off paceman James Anderson.

The former captain also bowled his medium-pacers to good  effect to remove Amla and the dangerous Albie Morkel (6). Trott’s medium-pace was effective as he conceded just 21  runs in seven overs while Anderson claimed three for 60 as  several South Africans played themselves in before giving their  wickets away.

“Paul Collingwood is one of those cricketers you’d like to  have in your side because he always gives 100 percent and has  good character,” said home captain Graeme Smith.

“It’s a credit to him that he’s now England’s most-capped  player, we as a team congratulate him. He played superbly well  today, the way he marshalled the innings.”

The third match is in Cape Town on Friday.

Scoreboard

South Africa innings
H. Amla c Strauss b Collingwood                                    57
G. Smith c Strauss b Bresnan                                             12
A. de Villiers c Collingwood b Anderson                       2
J-P. Duminy c Prior b Wright                                            41
A. Petersen b Bresnan                                                          64
R. McLaren c Prior b Anderson                                          5
A. Morkel c Morgan b Collingwood                                  6
M. Boucher not out                                                              30
R. van der Merwe c Bresnan b Anderson                       5
D. Steyn c Trott b Mahmood                                             12
C. Langeveldt not out                                                             6
Extras (lb-3, w-6, nb-1)                                                       10
Total (nine wickets; 50 overs)                                       250
Fall of wickets: 1-27 2-38 3-111 4-131 5-155 6-165 7-205  8-222 9-242.
Bowling: Anderson 10-0-60-3 (2w), Bresnan 10-0-46-2 (2w),  Mahmood 7-0-41-1 (2w, 1nb), Wright 7-0-28-1, Rashid 3-0-27-0,  Collingwood 6-0-24-2, Trott 7-0-21-0.

England innings
J. Trott c Amla b Langeveldt                                            87
A. Strauss c De Villiers b Langeveldt                            16
K. Pietersen b Morkel                                                            4
P. Collingwood not out                                                     105
E. Morgan not out                                                                 27
Extras (lb-1, w-8, nb-4)                                                      13
Total (three wickets; 46 overs)                                    252
Fall of wickets: 1-28 2-45 3-207.
Did not bat: M. Prior, L. Wright, A. Rashid, T. Bresnan, S.  Mahmood, J. Anderson.
Bowling: Steyn 10-0-64-0 (1nb), Langeveldt 10-0-46-2 (1nb),  McLaren 8-0-43-0 (3w, 1nb), Morkel 5-0-26-1 (1w, 1nb), Van der  Merwe 9-0-55-0 (4w), Duminy 4-0-17-0.
First ODI – Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Second ODI – England beat South Africa by seven wickets
Third ODI – Cape Town, Nov. 27
Fourth ODI – Port Elizabeth, Nov. 29
Fifth ODI – Durban, Dec. 4