England beat South Africa to reach ICC Champions Trophy Final

England which humbled South Africa for mere 175 in just 38.4 overs at the Oval, achieved the target with seven wickets in hand.

England scored 179 for three in just 37.3 overs.

James Anderson (2-14) and James Tredwell (3-19) starred with the ball as the Proteas collapsed to 80-8 before a 95-run stand between David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt hauled them to 175.

Jonathan Trott scored a typically measured unbeaten 82 as England passed their modest target in 37.3 overs to reach their first global 50-over final since 2004.

England will now play the winner of Thursday's second semi-final between India and Sri Lanka in Sunday's final at Edgbaston.

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England vs South Africa: ICC Champions Trophy - 1st Semi Final | Watch Live Free Streaming - 19 June

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The first semi final of the ICC Champions Trophy is being played between England and South Africa at Kennington Oval, London Wednesday morning today.

While England came across more than convincing with their performance by topping the Group A, South Africa have diligently worked their way through Group B to make the semifinals cut - they are behind India in Group B.

England will try to cash on ther excellent bowling performance of James Anderson, who scalped eight wickets in three matches with 3/30 as his best figures in the tournament.

However, South African all-rounder Ryan McLaren is not far behind Anderson with eight wickets in three matches with 4/19 as his best bowling figures for the Proteas. But, with the return of their pace spearhead Dale Steyn into the squad, AB de Villiers' men pose a serious threat to the hosts.

As for the stats on British soil, England lead 12-7 in the head-to-head stakes. The one-day series last summer was tied 2-2, with England winning a low-scoring game at The Oval. This is one of only three Test-playing countries - New Zealand and Sri Lanka are the others - where South Africa have a losing record (16-17).

The likely opposing squads are as under:
England squad
AN Cook*, JM Anderson, JM Bairstow, IR Bell, RS Bopara, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, JC Buttler†, ST Finn, EJG Morgan, JE Root, GP Swann, JC Tredwell, IJL Trott, CR Woakes

South Africa squad
AB de Villiers*†, HM Amla, F Behardien, JP Duminy, F du Plessis, CA Ingram, RK Kleinveldt, R McLaren, DA Miller, CH Morris, AN Petersen, RJ Peterson, AM Phangiso, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe

Umpires  HDPK Dharmasena and RJ Tucker

The match is scheduled on Wednesday, 19 June (09:30 GMT) | at Kennington Oval, London.

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