South Africa beat Australia by 61 runs at St George’s Park in the fourth one-day international on Monday to claim an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
South Africa innings
G. Smith c Haddin b Hopes 20
H. Gibbs c Clarke b Bracken 110
J. Kallis c Ferguson b Harwood 17
AB. de Villiers c Ferguson b Johnson 84
A. Morkel b Johnson 4
M. Boucher not out 29
JP. Duminy c M. Hussey b Harwood 40
Extras (lb-7, w-6) 13
Total (six wickets; 50 overs) 317
Fall of wickets: 1-46, 2-87, 3-223, 4-240, 5-252, 6-317
Did not bat: R. van der Merwe, J. Botha, D.Steyn, W.Parnell.
Bowling: Bracken 10-0-64-1 (1w), Johnson 10-0-59-2 (3w), Hopes 10-0-57-1, Harwood 10-0-57-2 (2w), Hauritz 7-0-51-0, Clarke 3-0-22-0.
Australia innings
B. Haddin c Parnell b Botha 78
M. Clarke b Van der Merwe 50
R. Ponting c Morkel b Steyn 53
C. Ferguson st Boucher b Merwe 3
M. Hussey lbw b Van der Merwe 2
D. Hussey c & b Steyn 20
J. Hopes c Gibbs b Parnell 31
M. Johnson b Morkel 5
N. Hauritz b Steyn 3
N. Bracken not out 0
S. Harwood b Steyn 0
Extras (lb-4, w-7) 11
Total (all out; 45.5 overs) 256
Fall of wickets: 1-129, 2-137, 3-145, 4-151, 5-188, 6-226, 7-245, 8-255, 9-256, 10-256
Bowling: Steyn 7.5-1-44-4, Parnell 9-0-64-1, Kallis 4-0-25-0, Morkel 5-0-25-1, Botha 10-0-48-1, Van der Merwe 10-0-46-3.
Result: South Africa won by 61 runs
Series: South Africa hold an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series
Man of the match: H.Gibbs (South Africa)
