{"id":14190,"date":"2012-09-03T03:36:47","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/09\/update-1-cricket-bell-and-trott-lead-england-to-easy-victory\/"},"modified":"2012-09-03T03:36:47","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T01:36:47","slug":"update-1-cricket-bell-and-trott-lead-england-to-easy-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-cricket-bell-and-trott-lead-england-to-easy-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Cricket-Bell and Trott lead England to easy victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Adds details)<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">Sept 2<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott shared a<br \/>\nsecond-wicket partnership of 141 to lift England to a<br \/>\ncomfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth<br \/>\none-day international at Lord&#8217;s on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa were restricted to 220 for eight but when<br \/>\nEngland captain Alastair Cook was bowled lbw by Dale Steyn for<br \/>\njust two that total looked a long way off for England.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, Bell and Trott, who was struggling with a hand<br \/>\ninjury, recorded their fourth century partnership to set England<br \/>\non their way to reach their target with 20 balls to spare and<br \/>\ntake a 2-1 lead in the five-match series.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>South Africa&#8217;s Dean Elgar broke the partnership when he<br \/>\ntrapped Trott lbw on 48. The original appeal was turned down but<br \/>\nSouth Africa reviewed it and were vindicated.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ravi Bopara only survived 14 balls, scoring six, before he<br \/>\nwas sent back to the pavilion after edging behind off the<br \/>\nbowling of Ryan McLaren.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Essex batsman has only scored a total of 22 runs in<br \/>\nthree innings this series.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bell survived a dropped catch when his attempt to hit<br \/>\nLonwabo Tsotsobe over the top went all wrong but fortunately for<br \/>\nthe batsman Robin Petersen was off balance and the ball slipped<br \/>\nthrough his fingers.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bell went on to make 88, his 23rd one-day half century,<br \/>\nbefore falling to Steyn, edging behind, with England needing 35<br \/>\noff 40 to win.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Adds details) Sept 2 (Reuters) &#8211; Ian Bell and Jonathan Trott shared a second-wicket partnership of 141 to lift England to a comfortable six-wicket win over South Africa in the fourth one-day international at Lord&#8217;s on Sunday. 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