Day 16 begins with England captain Andrew Strauss winning the toss in Chennai and electing to bat first against South Africa; record ODI appearance-maker Paul Collingwood is dropped in favour of Ravi Bopara
South Africa open the bowling with left-arm spinner Robin Peterson, who removes both openers in the first over - having Strauss caught in at deep mid-wicket and his near-namesake Kevin Pietersen held at slip
When former Derbyshire player Peterson dives full-length to remove Ian Bell, caught and bowled for five in the fifth over, England are reeling at 15-3
Jonathan Trott and Ravi Bopara lead a recovery for England, adding 99 for the fourth wicket as Trott grafts his way to his ninth ODI half century
Another acrobatic return catch - this time by leg-spinner Imran Tahir - removes his former Warwickshire team-mate Trott for 52 from 94 balls
Bopara, looking to cement his place in the side, top scores with 60 from 98 balls before being trapped lbw by Morne Morkel to leave England 148-6
But at the other end from Bopara, wickets continue to tumble as Matt Prior, Tim Bresnan, Michael Yardy and Stuart Broad fall cheaply, scoring only 14 runs between them
Graeme Swann hits some lusty blows to boost England's total, but they are bowled out for 171 with more than four overs remaining
A large number of local fans cheer on the teams, but South Africa are clear favourites at the interval to complete their third successive victory
Having lost three early wickets to a left-arm spinner, England hand the new ball to slow left-armer Michael Yardy - but the Sussex skipper fails to make the early breakthroughs Peterson achieved for the Proteas
Captain Graeme Smith launches South Africa's innings, adding 63 for the first wicket with Hashim Amla, before he is caught behind off Graeme Swann
After Amla (42) and Jacques Kallis (15) depart, AB de Villiers and Francois du Plessis help South Africa to 124-3, seemingly on target for victory and leaving England desperate for a wicket
But England take three wickets with the score on 124, and soon grab another to leave South Africa 127-7 after 37 overs
Although Morne van Wyk and Dale Steyn push South Africa to within touching distance of victory, Stuart Broad (4-15) picks up two late wickets to wrap up an incredible win by six runs
In Bangalore, Zaheer Khan removes Paul Stirling and Ed Joyce early on a flat wicket before Ireland rebuild against India, with skipper William Porterfield and Niall O'Brien (brother of Kevin) going well
But Ireland's unlikely bowling nemesis is part-time spinner Yuvraj Singh, who takes career-best limited overs figures of 5-31 as Ireland are bowled out for 207
India are made to work hard for victory. George Dockrell removes Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Dhoni, but India win by five wickets with four overs remaining
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