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On the back of their amazing Ashes victory, England has once again come up triumphs against South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy.

England beat South Africa to reach the competition’s semi finals by 22 runs in the game that was played yesterday at The SuperSport Park, Centurion in front of an almost at capacity crowd. Owais Shah made 98, Paul Collingwood 82 and Eoin Morgan 67 as England hit 12 sixes in 323-8 to set up a 22-run win. England played well throughout the game, giving South Africa little room for manoeuvre.

The South African captain Graeme Smith batted superbly to put his side in with a chance of the victory. They needed a victory against England to stay in the competition which is being hosted in their home country. However this was not to be, with England playing so strongly. Stuart Broad ended the opener’s outstanding innings on 141, with South Africa on 274-9; England’s victory was effectively sealed.

South African captain commented after the match that England played well and were positive throughout. England had clearly set a standard which South Africa couldn’t beat. England will now face New Zealand on Tuesday.