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Monday, October 24, 2011

S.Africa beats Australia by 80 runs to level series

South Africa shook off its early season rust with an 80-run win over Australia at St. George's Park on Sunday to level the one-day series 1-1 and send it to a deciding game.Four South African batsmen made half-centuries in an imposing 303-6 and pacemen Morne Morkel and Lonwabo Tsotsobe shared six wickets to stifle Australia's reply as the top-ranked ODI team was bowled out for 223.












SCORES IN BRIEF
SOUTH AFRICA: 303 for 6 (Smith 57, Kallis 76, Duminy 56, Miller 59, Boucher 13 not out; Bollinger 2-64)
AUSTRALIA: 223 all out (Warner 74, Hussey 37, Smith 26, Watson 15, Haddin 13, Doherty 10, Cummins 11 not out; Steyn 2-57, Tsotsobe 2-32, Morkel 4-22)
Result: South Africa won by 80 runs.
Man-of-the-match: Morne Morkel.

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