England 121-3 (Trott 52no, Botha 2-22) beat South Africa 119 (Petersen 51, Anderson 5-23) by seven wickets.
England moved into a position from which they cannot lose their five-match One-Day International series against South Africa by winning the fourth match in Port Elizabeth by seven wickets.
After South Africa won the toss and chose to bat first, they were bowled out for 119 and an unbeaten half-century from Jonathan Trott guided them past their victory target in the 32nd over of the reply to put them 2-1 up with one match to play.
The problems began early for South Africa when Graeme Smith was trapped in front for two by Stuart Broad but it was Anderson who really inspired England, dismissing Hashim Amla (11), JP Duminy (6), Mark Boucher (13), Ryan McLaren (0), and Johan Botha (1) to complete his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.
Despite a fighting half-century from Alviro Petersen, South Africa used up one ball shy of 37 overs, Petersen the last man to fall, caught by Luke Wright off Broad for 51 in 79 deliveries.
Paul Collingwood continued his fine series by taking the wickets of Wayne Parnell (1) and Morne Morkel (7) while Tim Bresnan had AB de Villiers trapped in front for 22.
Anderson returned five for 23, Broad two for 30, Collingwood two for 20 and Bresnan one for 15 and England fairly cruised to victory despite the loss of three wickets along the way.
Botha was back in the side at the expense of Roelof van der Merwe and he struck to have Andrew Strauss trapped in front for 32 and then Kevin Pietersen caught by de Villiers for three and although Collingwood made just two before he offered Boucher a catch and McLaren a wicket, Eoin Morgan, unbeaten on 28, accompanied Trott to the finish line.
The opener finished unbeaten on 52 in 77 balls having hit as many fours as Morgan managed - five. The fifth and final match is in Durban on Friday 4th December.
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