Nottingham, Sep 6: Proteas captain AB de Villiers has said his team showed great character in beating England by seven wickets in their fifth and final one-day international at Trent Bridge, to tie the series 2-2.
South Africa recovered from 14-3 to coast home on 186-3 with 15.3 overs remaining, after bowling out England for 182.
Hashim Amla hit an unbeaten 97, while Proteas captain AB de Villiers scored 75 not out. James Anderson had England''s best bowling figures with 2-41.
“We’ve been a little bit inconsistent to my liking. (But) there are a lot of positives, especially today, the way the boys came back with a lot of character. Under pressure, we showed a lot of guts there and that''s the thing I would like to hang on going forward,” De Villiers said.
Earlier, South Africa’s Robin Peterson claimed 3-37 as the hosts were all out with 4.4 overs to spare, Sport24 reports.
Captain Alastair Cook made 51, but Chris Woakes and Craig Kieswetter were the next highest scorers, with 33 not out and 33 respectively.
England won the toss and chose to bat.
Despite their loss, England remains at the top of the ODI world rankings.
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