Albie Morkel’s cameo innings of 43 helped South Africa score a challenging 154 for 8 in their Super 8s cricket match against England in the Twenty20 World Cup here tonight.Coming late in the batting order, Morkel hit a 20-ball 43 to instil some life into the comatose South African innings which had faltered to score decently because of England’s disciplined bowling .Morkel struck three fours and four spectacular sixes, including the biggest ones in the tournament so far, to bring the stadium alive before falling to Andrew Flintoff.After England put the hosts in, Stuart Broad gave his team an early breakthrough as Jean-Paul Duminy, before opening his account, offered a thin edge to wicketkeeper Matt Prior and he accepted it gladly to send the South African opener back.Two overs later, Broad struck again to remove South African skipper Graeme Smith (19).Sooner than later, Flintoff got rid of a dangerous looking AB de Villiers (18). Mark Boucher (29 off 29) and Justin Kemp (21 off 27) steadied the South African innings by adding 49 runs for the fourth wicket before Morkel unleashed his fireworks to see his side cross the 150 mark. Bangladesh fallOn Saturday, South Africa beat Bangladesh by seven wickets in the last league game with Graeme Smith and Albie Morkel each scoring 41 runs for the tournament hosts.South Africa, who won the toss and chose to field, ended with 146-3 in reply to Bangladesh’s 144 all out at the Newlands Stadium. Bangladesh lost wickets at regular intervals in an attempt to keep their run rate high, reaching 50 in only the fourth over, and 100 in the 11th.SCOREBOARDSouth Africa: G Smith c Mascarenhas b Broad 19, J Duminy c Prior b Broad 0, AB de Villiers c Prior b Flintoff 18, J Kemp c Prior b Mascarenhas 21, M Boucher c Pietersen b Schofield 29, S Pollock c Prior b Anderson 0, A Morkel c Snape b Flintoff 43, VD Philander b Broad 6, JJ van der Wath not out 9.Extras (lb 2, w 7) 9. Total (8 wickets; 20 overs) 154.Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-33, 3-42, 4-91, 5-91, 6-94, 7-133, 8-154Bowling: JM Anderson 4-0-22-1, SCJ Broad 4-0-37-3, A Flintoff 4-0-23-2, AD Mascarenhas 3-0-24-1, CP Schofield 4-0-34-1, JN Snape 1-0-12-0 SCOREBOARDSouth Africa: G Smith c Mushfiqur b Shakib 41, JP Duminy lbw Razzak 36, A Morkel c Reza b Razzak 41, AB de Villiers not out 14, J Kemp not out 12, Extras: (1lb, 1w) 2; Total: (for 3 wkts, 18.5 overs) 146Fall of wickets: 1-65, 2-108, 3-123Bowling: Mortaza 3.5-0-33-0, Rasel 4-0-28-0, Razzak 4-0-26-2, Ashraful 2-0-17-0, Shakib, 4-0-28-1, Reza 1-0-13-0.
