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Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki8217;s record-breaking opening partnership guided England to a six wicket win against South Africa in ...

Marcus Trescothick and Vikram Solanki8217;s record-breaking opening partnership guided England to a six wicket win against South Africa in their triangular series one-day international at the Oval today.

The pair put on 200 8211; both men making hundreds 8211; after Jacques Kallis8217; 107 had propelled the proteas to 264/6 from their 50 overs.

SCOREBOARD

SOUTH AFRICA: G Smith b Anderson 15; H Gibbs b Anderson 5; J Kallis b Flintoff 107; J Rudolph run out 20; M Boucher b Flintoff 55; M Van Jaarsveld b Flintoff 13; S Pollock not out 12; A Hall not out 23; Extras lb-11, w-3 14 Total 6 wkts, 50 overs 264 Fall of wickets: 1-5, 2-33, 3-72, 4-183, 5-221, 6-240 Bowling: Anderson 10-1-54-2, Gough 10-1-61-0, Flintoff 10-1-46-3, Johnson 10-1-39-0, Giles 8-0-38-0, McGrath 2-0-15-0. England: M Trescothick not out 114, V Solanki c Kallis b Ntini 106, R Key c Boucher b Ntini 0, A McGrath c Boucher b Kallis 0, A Flintoff b Hall 32, J Troughton not out 5; Extras lb-3, w-4, nb-1: 8 Total For 4 wkts, in 45.5 overs 265 Fall of wickets: 1-200, 2-202, 3-203, 4-247 Bowling: Pollock 8-0-41-0, Ntini 10-0-56-2, Kallis 9-0-54-1, Hall 8.5-0-49-1, Boje 5-0-31-0, Dawson 5-0-31-0

Trescothick and Solanki8217;s partnership was all the more remarkable as in 23 previous One-Day Internationals against South Africa no England batsman had made a hundred.

The result saw England, four-wicket losers against Zimbabwe in Thursday8217;s series opener at Trent Bridge, win with 25 balls to spare as South Africa too started the tournament with a defeat.

England8217;s previous best opening stand in One-Day International cricket was the 193 Graham Gooch and Bill Athey shared against New Zealand at Old Trafford in 1986.

Andrew Flintoff, who earlier led the attack with 3/46, steadied England after they lost three wickets for three runs in 16 balls, the Lancashire all-rounder chipping in with a 21-ball 32.

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Solanki, 27, first to three figures, made 106 8211; his maiden One-Day International hundred in his 13th game.