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Rain gives SA series early

AFP, Durban
Herschelle Gibbs hit a flawless century for South Africa before rain washed out the sixth limited-overs international against England at Kingsmead Friday.
Gibbs hit 118 in a South African total of 211 all out.
England, chasing an adjusted target of 213 in 48 overs, were seven for two when rain ended play with the abandoned match meaning South Africa, holding an unbeatable 3-1 lead, clinched the seven-match series.
Gibbs was alone among the South African batsmen in mastering a disciplined England bowling attack in a rain-interrupted innings. He was on 103 and South Africa were 180 for seven when rain stopped play for 1 hour 40 minutes. The match was reduced to 48 overs a side so there were 5.2 overs remaining when play resumed, Gibbs went for his shots and hit another 15 off eight balls before being caught at long-on off the last ball of the 45th over.
The last two wickets fell quickly with only three more runs added as South Africa failed to bat out their revised quota of overs.
Medium-pacer Alex Wharf, playing in his first match of the series, took three for 48 in nine overs.
But England's outstanding bowler was his new ball partner Darren Gough, who took two for 14 in nine overs.
Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini both produced some hostile deliveries when England started their innings.
Pollock had Marcus Trescothick caught at second slip for one and Geraint Jones fell to Ntini when he
top-edged an attempted pull against Ntini to mid-on.
It raised the possibility of an intriguing contest but rain drove the players off the field before Andrew Strauss, the next batsman, faced a ball.
Wharf put South Africa under pressure early in the match when he dismissed top South African batsmen, skipper Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis, with successive deliveries in his second over.
Gibbs came out on a hattrick with only one run scored for two wickets in 3.2 overs but his timing was immaculate from the start on a pitch which gave the bowlers some help under a heavily overcast sky.
Gibbs shared half-century stands with Adam Bacher, Ashwell Prince and Mark Boucher as South Africa built a platform for the sort of late innings onslaught which have marked their performances since they lost the first match of the series.
But South Africa suffered three blows shortly before the rain.
Gibbs reached his 15th one-day international century off 122 balls when he pounded Kabir Ali through the covers off the back foot for his seven four.
He also hit a six and three more boundaries before his 133-ball innings was ended when he tried to hit Ali for a straight six.
SCOREBOARD
Scoreboard of the sixth one-day international between South Africa and England at Kingsmead on Friday:
SOUTH AFRICA
Smith c Trescothick b Wharf 1
Bacher lbw b Ali 15
Kallis c Strauss b Wharf 0
Gibbs c Collingwood b Ali 118
Prince c Collingwood b Giles 27 Boucher c Ali b Wharf 24
Kemp c Strauss b Gough 0
Pollock lbw v Collingwood 0
Hall b Ali 10
Ntini c Strauss b Gough 0
Nel not out 2
Extras: (b-4, lb-4, nb-3, w-3) 14
Total: (All out in 46.3 overs) 211 Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-1, 3-53, 4-114,
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5-169, 6-171, 7-180, 8-208, 9-208
Bowler O M R W
Gough 9 2 14 2
Wharf 9 1 48 3
Ali 8.3 0 44 3
Collingwood 5 0 35 1
Giles 10 0 38 1
Vaughan 5 0 24 0
ENGLAND (target 213 in 48 overs)
Trescothick c Kallis b Pollock 1
Jones c Nel b Ntini 2
Vaughan not out 2
Strauss not out 0
Extras: (lb-1, w-1) 2
Total: (For 2 wkts in 3.4 overs) 7
Fall of wickets: 1-2, 2-7
Did not bat: Pietersen, Solanki, Collingwood, Giles, Ali, Gough, Wharf
Bowler O M R W
Pollock 2 1 2 1
Ntini 1.4 0 4 1
Result: Match abandoned
because of rain and take winning 3-1 lead.
Final match: Sunday, Centurion.