But at one stage it looked as though a huge upset was on the cards when 21-year-old student Jan-Berry Burger was smashing the England bowlers around the ground.
Cann and Hurdle had some fun at the death, Cann hitting Muralitharan for a huge six over the long-on fence and Hurdle smashing him over mid-wicket and out of the ground.
And, exactly 40 years after the first one-day international was played on the same ground, Watson appropriately produced the winning hit, smashing the first ball of the final over for six over long-on.