England take series lead at Lord's

Sep 02, 2012

England won the toss and after a quiet opening few overs, Jade Dernbach made the breakthrough with the wicket of Graeme Smith•PA Photos

James Tredwell created problems and lured JP Duminy out of his ground to be stumped by Craig Kieswetter•AFP

South Africa needed Robin Peterson to boost their total, he improvised during a quick innings of 31 as the tourists limped to 220 for 8•Getty Images

Bell and Jonathan Trott shared a century stand, despite Trott struggling with a hand injury•PA Photos

But it was left to Craig Kieswetter to score the winning runs as he made 21 in just 12 balls•PA Photos

Ravi Bopara probed away, having a big lbw appeal against Hashim Amla turned down before bowling him for 43•PA Photos

And when Faf du Plessis chopped on to his own stumps, South Africa were in trouble •Getty Images

England got off to a terrible start with Alastair Cook trapped lbw by Dale Steyn in the first over of the chase•PA Photos

Bell was in fluent touch as he tried to see England home•PA Photos

Kieswetter and Morgan saw England home by six wickets to take a 2-1 series lead•PA Photos

Kieswetter and Tredwell combined for a record three stumpings - the most in a innings for England in an ODI•PA Photos

But Ian Bell continued his run of good form as an opener as England steadied the chase•PA Photos

Bell was joined by Eoin Morgan who came out and played his typical breezy innings•PA Photos