Hall bowled Panesar and Anderson out to get his first ODI five-wicket haul , the third of the competition (after fellow South Africans Charl Langeveldt's against Sri Lanka and Andre Nel's against Bangladesh), to finish with figures of 5-18 (10) - the best by a South African in a World Cup, beating Lance Klusener's 5-21 against Kenya in 1999. Andrew Strauss top scored for England with 46 and Bopara added precious runs at the tail end of England's innings with 27*, in a similar fashion to his 52 against Sri Lanka. South Africa started batting in emphatic fashion: reaching 50 in just 5.4 overs: in contrast, England had taken 15.1 overs to reach 50. However, de Villiers was lucky not to be out on just 21 after being caught behind by Nixon off of the bowling of Anderson, but it was an edge so faint that the umpire, Steve Bucknor, couldn't hear it and couldn't give it . South Africa kept the foot on the gas and even after eventually losing de Villiers on 42 they kept the run rate around 8, resulting in Smith getting 50 off of just 34 deliveries with only 9 dot balls, to finish on 85*. Kallis got to 17*, including getting his 9000th ODI run - a feat only 10 players have achieved.
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