Cricket World Cup Wrapup - Days 16 and 17

England rebounded from their loss to Ireland to beat South Africa 171-165. England batted first and then held off the South Africans taking the final wicket in the 48th over. England got 60 runs from Ravi Bopara off 98 balls and 52 runs off 94 balls from Jonathan Trott as they improved to 2-1-1 in the tournament. South Africa (2-1) felt defeat for the first time in this World Cup. Hashim Amla led the South Africans with 42 runs off 51 balls. No other player on their team had over 25. Bopara was named the man of the match.

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Ireland tried to play giant killer once again against India, but despite scoring 207 runs, couldn't hold off the Indian offense losing 210-207 by 5 wickets with 24 balls remaining. India got at least 30 runs from 5 different players led by Yuvraj Singh's 50 runs off 75 balls as they overcame 75 runs off 104 balls from Ireland captain William Porterfield. Singh was named the man of the match as in addition to his 50 runs, he also took 5 wickets in 10 overs allowing just 31 runs. India is now atop Group B with a record of 2-0-1 while Ireland sits in 5th with a record of 1-2.

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Canada won the battle of 0-3 teams today as they bested Kenya 199-198 by 5 wickets with 27 balls remaining. Team Captain Ashish Bagai (64 runs off 97 balls) and Jimmy Hansra (70 runs off 99 balls) did the bulk of the damage but it was bowler Henry Osinde who was named the man of the match for bowling a pair of maiden overs and taking four wickets in 10 overs while conceding just 26 runs. Kenya got 51 runs apiece from Tammay Mishra and Thomas Odoyo, but it wasn't enough to keep them from dropping to 0-4.

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Here's the latest cricket table:

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