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Stuart Broad fashions England’s thumping win

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IN FULL FLIGHT: Stuart Broad ripped through the South African line-up with a superb spell.

NOTTINGHAM: Stuart Broad produced his best ever figures of five for 23 from 10 overs as England destroyed South Africa by 10 wickets in the second One-Day International at Trent Bridge here on Tuesday.

The tourist was bowled out for 83 in 23 overs and England chased down the target with 35.5 overs to spare to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.

Matt Prior (45 not out) and Ian Bell (28 not out) knocked the runs off with the minimum of fuss as England recorded a 10-wicket win for only the third time in one-dayers.

Prior also equalled the world record for the most number of dismissals in an innings by taking six catches.

Broad’s pace and control on his home ground brought him five wickets and his figures were even better until Andre Nel hit three boundaries off his 10th and final over.

Broad’s performance was the fifth best by an Englishman in ODIs.

Nel was the leading scorer with a quick-fire 13 from seven balls after coming in at No. 9, showing how close South Africa came to falling short of its lowest ever ODI total. That was the 69 it managed against Australia in 1993.

Andrew Flintoff continued his return to bowling form with three for 29. Steve Harmison bowled just one over, but still took two wickets.

South Africa won the toss and chose to bat. It began confidently before Broad had Herschelle Gibbs caught behind for 10 to make it 16 for one in the fourth over. Captain Graeme Smith went the same way two overs later as Prior dived across Owais Shah at first slip to take a dramatic one-handed catch.

Shah did get a catch when Jacques Kallis fell to Broad for six, but Jean-Paul Duminy then fell to the Broad-Prior combination to make it 36 for four.

A.B. de Villiers was trapped in front by Flintoff, who then had Mark Boucher caught behind by Prior for 10 off 33 balls — making him the only other batsman to reach double figures. — Agencies

SCOREBOARD

 South Africa: G. Smith c Prior b Broad 9, H. Gibbs c Prior b Broad 10, J. Kallis c Shah b Broad 6, A.B. de Villiers lbw b Flintoff 5, J.P. Duminy c Prior b Broad 8, M. Boucher c Prior b Flintoff 10, J. Botha c Prior b Broad 1, A. Morkel c Prior b Harmison 6, A. Nel c Wright b Harmison 13, D. Steyn b Flintoff 6, M. Ntini (not out) 0; Extras (lb-1, w-8): 9; Total (in 23 overs): 83.

Fall of wickets: 1-16, 2-25, 3-26, 4-36, 5-45, 6-50, 7-53, 8-68, 9-72.

England bowling: Anderson 5-0-26-0, Broad 10-3-23-5, Flintoff 7-0-29-3, Harmison 1-0-4-2.

England: M. Prior (not out) 45, I. Bell (not out) 28; Extras (lb-6, w-4, nb-2) 12. Total (for no loss in 14.1 overs): 85.

South Africa bowling: Steyn 6-1-37-0, Ntini 5-1-24-0, Nel 2.1-0-14, Kallis 1-0-4-0.

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