PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA: James Anderson from England celebrates another South African wicket during the 4th ODI between South Africa and England at St Georges in Port Elizbeth.
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Credit: Carl Fourie

Watching the South Africans traipsing back to the dressing-room with their heads down and bats trailing, it was hard to believe that they were the same team that notched up a record-equalling 354 for six at Newland in Cape Town only two days earlier.

"We have a very good record of bouncing back from defeat," said England captain Andrew Strauss on Friday night, and England did just that on Sunday morning.

Although Anderson was the chief destroyer, with career-best figures of five for 23, it was Stuart Broad who made the initial breakthrough in his first over, when he trapped Graeme Smith leg before wicket for two.

Smith was followed by a sorry procession. Hashim Amla, who scored back to back half centuries in the second and third ODIs, was caught at short midwicket by Graeme Swann off Anderson for11, JP Duminy gloved an Anderson delivery to wicketkeeper Matthew Prior for six, and Friday's centurion, AB De Villiers, was judged lbw to Tim Bresnan for 22.

Alviro Petersen - also off back to back fifties - teamed up with veteran Mark Boucher, and they managed to add 23 for the fifth wicket before Anderson shattered Boucher's wicket for 13.

Ryan McLaren was caught by Paul Collingwood off Anderson for a duck, Johan Botha - back in the team in the place of Roelof van der Merwe - was caught behind by Prior off Anderson for one, to give Anderson his first five-wicket haul.

Wayne Parnell stayed around for 18 minutes but only managed one run before he was brilliantly caught at backward point by Andrew Strauss off Collingwood.

Morne Morkel teamed up with Petersen to take the score over a hundred, and hit one boundary before being lbw to Collingwood for seven.

Broad wrapped up the South African innings with Petersen, who had just made his third consecutive 50, caught by Luke Wright for 51.

South Africa suffered the ignominy of having to bowl to the visitors for half an hour before lunch as they try to defend the second lowest total every scored at St George's Park.

At lunch, England were 31 without loss after seven overs.