South Africa comfortably defeated england by 112 runs in the 3rd ODI Played at Newlands, Cape Town on 27 Nov 2009 . England were on their knees in just 41.3 overs in front of South Africa's aggresive bowling attack .
Both the Batsmans and Bowlers were responsible for this huge win as they both did their job very accurately .
South Africa won the toss in the beginning and decided to Bat first as conditions were in the favour of Batting . Both the openers Hashim Amla and Graeme Smith Provided their team with a very good and aggresive start scoring quick runs in the overs and knocking every bowler at every part of ground .
Hashim Amla scored 86 runs in 92 balls smashing 7 boundaries and Graeme Smith scored quick 54 runs in 56 balls including 6 boundaries .They both shared a stand of 107 runs in 111 balls for the first wicket .
After their dismissal AB De Villiers din't let the momentum to go down as he took the charge and smashed his 4th ODI century . He was very awesome with his batting in the 3rd ODI .
He smashed 121 runs in 85 balls with the help of 14 boundaries .AB De Villiers greeted Stuart Broad with an audacious ramp-turned-scoop over the keeper's head then swept him fiercely through midwicket in an over that cost 15. His hundred - the fourth of his career - came in the next over off 75 balls with another boundary pummelled through midwicket. When he finally skied to cover, a number of England players acknowledged the innings as he left the field. Along the way de Villiers shared stands of 98 with Amla and 95 in 10 overs with Alviro Petersen (51) , but on both occasions his partners became almost forgotten bystanders.
South Africa managed to put a Mountainous Target of 355 runs in 50 overs for England .
From England side It was only Paul Collingwood who put some fighting in the match by scoring 86 runs in 82 balls with the help of 7 boundaries and 3 sixes but in vain as he was not able to save the match for his team . Rest of the batsmans disappointed their fans as none of them cross the 50 runs mark as a result England innings was packed up on 242/10 in just 41.3 overs .
Wayne Parnell had his awesome figures in match as he took 5 wickets in his 9.3 overs .
Now the series is levelled by 1-1 and the next match will be played on 29th November at Port Elizbeth
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