LONDON, Aug 31: England restricted South Africa to 183 for six from 32.1 overs in the fourth One-day International at Lord’s on Sunday in a rain-interrupted match.

The home side have already clinched the five-match series after winning the first three games.

South Africa made a bright start after Kevin Pietersen had asked them to bat with Herschelle Gibbs and Hashim Amla adding 66 for the first wicket from 9.1 overs.

Gibbs looked in prime form with three boundaries from a James Anderson over and Amla took a brace off Stuart Broad.

Amla then turned his attention to Steve Harmison, who had replaced Anderson, with three fours from four deliveries through the off-side.

Pietersen called up Andrew Flintoff to impose some control and was rewarded with a wicket from the first ball when Amla was run out for 34 by a direct hit on the stumps at the batsman’s end by Owais Shah at mid-on.

In Flintoff’s second over, acting captain Jacques Kallis was caught behind by Matt Prior off Flintoff for one.

Kallis, deputising for the injured Graeme Smith, looked outraged at the decision from Australian umpire Simon Taufel, who checked with the third umpire to see if the ball had carried to Prior.

A.B. de Villiers fell for 14, caught by Flintoff off left-arm spinner Samit Patel, and J.P. Duminy was caught off Flintoff for 20 after striking Patel for a six and four.

Gibbs batted skilfully for 74 from 75 balls with nine boundaries but was bowled by Broad as the South Africans tried to force the pace.

Scoreboard

SOUTH AFRICA:

H.H. Gibbs b Broad 74

H.M. Amla run out 34

J.H. Kallis c Prior b Flintoff 1

A,B, de Villiers ct Flintoff b Patel 14

J.P. Duminy c Bell b Flintoff 20

M.V. Boucher not out 10

V.D. Philander c Anderson b Flintoff 10

J. Botha not out 2

EXTRAS (LB-11, W-7) 18

TOTAL (for six wkts, 32.1 overs) 183

FALL OF WKTS: 1-66, 2-75, 3-113, 4-155, 5-158, 6-179.

DID NOT BAT: M. Morkel, D.W. Steyn, A. Nel.

BOWLING: Anderson 3-0-23-0; Broad 6.1-0-33-1 (1w); Harmison 4-0-35-0; Flintoff 7-1-21-3 (2w); Collingwood 5-0-26-0; Patel 7-0-34-1.

ENGLAND: I.R. Bell, M.J. Prior, O.A. Shah, K.P. Pietersen, A. Flintoff, P.D. Collingwood, S.R. Patel, L.J. Wright, S.C.J. Broad, S.J. Harmison, J.M. Anderson.

UMPIRES: M.R. Benson (England) and S.J.A. Taufel (Australia).

TV UMPIRE: I.J. Gould (England).

MATCH REFEREE: R.S. Mahanama (Sri Lanka).—Reuters