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England booked their place in the ICC Champions Trophy final by demolishing an outclassed South Africa at The Oval. James Anderson did the early damage, with James Tredwell and then Stuart Broad taking over as South Africa were bowled out for 175. Jonathan Trott then led England's successful run chase and finished unbeaten on 82 as they won with 75 balls to spare.

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You know what? We knew this. We intimated as much this morning. This South African team hasn’t choked, it just isn’t really all that good. This particular XI had a couple of good batsmen and no bowlers. You don’t win much with a line-up like that. You may point out that 80-8 is particularly bad. It is, but it’s not a choke. A choke is throwing away a winning position. This was a mediocre team failing to hit its own reasonably low standards and sort of rolling slowly downhill towards defeat as a consequence. Look at it this way: this was a batting line-up which had Robin Peterson at three, even though he only has one fifty in 72 one-day internationals. Peterson came up against James Anderson on a day when the ball swung. With that in mind, his 30 was the overperformance of the day. Several England players performed well, but whoever they face in the final will present a far bigger challenge. As will the rain.

South Africa skipper AB de Villiers offered no excuses for crushing defeat against England and simply blamed their elimination on below par performance.

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England cruise into the final of the Champions Trophy with a convincing seven-wicket victory over South Africa at The Oval.

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