England vs South Africa 3rd ODI Live Score, Streaming, Smith Injured

3rd ODI of 5 match series between England and South Africa will be played on Friday, 29th August, 2008 at Kennington Oval, London. England leading the series by 2-0.

England is high in confidence under new captain, Kevin Pietersen as England won all the matches under him. England will try to take revenge of the test series lost by winning the ODI series.

There is a bad news for already struggling South Africa, as captan Graem Smith will miss remaining 3 matches due to elbow injury. Jacques Kallis is expected to take over the captaincy.

England Team for 3rd ODI:

Kevin Pietersen (c), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Steve Harmison, Matt Prior (wk). Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom
South Africa Team for 3rd ODI:

Jacques Kallis (C), Ashwell Prince (vc), Herschelle Gibbs, Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher (wk), AB de Villiers, Johan Botha, Paul Harris, Neil McKenzie, Morne Morkel, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn

England vs South Africa ODI Series Schedule, Time Table, Fixture

South Africa won the test series in England after 43 long years, and they will also try to take away the 5 match One Day International - ODI series, which is going to start from Friday, 22nd August, 2008 to Wednesday, 3rd September 2008. Before ODI series there is one-off Twent20 match on 20th August, 2008.

Find the complete schedule, time table and fixture of Twenty20 and ODI series between host England and South Africa. All the matches will be Day-Night (D/N).

Only Twenty20 International:

D/N
Wednesday, 20th August 2008
at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street

One Day International - ODI Series

1st ODI - D/N
Friday, 22nd August 2008
at Headingley, Leeds

2nd ODI - D/N
Tuesday, 26th August 2008
at Trent Bridge, Nottingham

3rd ODI - D/N
Friday, 29th August 2008
at Kennington Oval, London

4th ODI - D/N
Sunday, 31st August 2008
at Lord's, London

5th ODI - D/N
Wednesday, 3rd September 2008
at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff

England vs South Africa 4th & Final Test Live Score at Oval

The 4th and final test match between host England and South Africa will start from Thursday, 7th August to Monday, 11th August, 2008 at Kennington Oval, London, 3.30 PM IST. South Africa already won the test series by 2-0.

England will play under new captain Kevin Pietersen, after England's finest captain Michael Vaughn stepped down from the captaincy. England recalled Stuart Broad and Steve Harmison to strengthen bowling department.

South Africa won the first test series sin England after 43 years after winning the 2nd and third test matches. As Dale Steyn still unfit they will play with the winning team. Graem Smith played one of his brilliant inning in last test match to wrap up the series.

England Team for 4th Test:

Alastair Cook, Andrew Strauss, Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen (capt), Paul Collingwood, Andrew Flintoff, Tim Ambrose (wk), Stuart Broad, Steve Harmison, James Anderson, Monty Panesar.

South Africa Team for 4th Test:

Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Andre Nel, Makhaya Ntini.

Kevin Pietersen Confirmed as England New Captain after Vaughn

England Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed dynamic batsman Kevin Pietersen as new England captain after the retirement of Michael Vaughn, on Tuesday, 5th August, 2008 at Lords. Pietersen will also take captaincy from Paul Collingwood in ODI's after Collingwood steps down.

The 28 years old middle order batsman was considered the best person to lead the team in both form of cricket following the shock resignation of Vaughan and Paul Collingwood as England's Test and one-day captains.

Michael Vaughn scored only 40 runs in 3 test matches in the current series against South Africa, which England already lost by 2-0 as 1 more test to go. Vaughn will not play 4th test match starting from Thursday, 7th August, 2008 at at Kennington Oval, London. Vaughn was the most successful captain of England with 26 wins in five years.

Pietersen said: "I am very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England. It's a huge honor for me and a terrific challenge for me at this stage of my international career."

Eng vs South Africa 3rd Test 4th Day Live Score - Eng leading by 214 runs

A brilliant batting performance by Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood made the 3rd test match poised between England and South Africa on the 3rd day at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Friday, 1st August, 2008. England trailing the 4 match series by 1-0, were 297/6 in the 2nd inning.

England bowled out South Africa on 314 runs in 90.2 overs, trailing by 83 runs. But they were struggling on 104/4 in the 2nd inning at tea leading only by 21 runs, but a 5th wicket partnership of 115 runs between Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood back them in the game.

Pieterson made 94 runs off 136 balls with 13 fours and Collingwood bavk in form with a fine century of unbeaten 101 runs off 140 balls with 14 fours and 1 six. A 7th wicket partnership of 76 runs between Collingwood and Ambrose well placed them with a lead of 214 runs with 4 wickets in hand.

For South Africa Ntini amd Paul Harris took 2 wickets each.

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 231 All Out in 77 overs.

South Africa 1st Inning - 314 All Out in 90.2 overs.

England 2nd Inning - 297/6 in 80 overs, leading by 214 runs.