Wednesday 27 November 2013

ODI International Update: Proteas Only Have Themselves To Blame! (Full scorecard)

Firstly, congratulations to Pakistan for winning an ODI series in South Africa for the first time - you deserve it, especially after producing the more consistent cricket during the first and second ODI's at Newlands and St George's Park respectively.


The South Africans gave it their best shot today in Port Elizabeth, chasing a formidable total in a rain-reduced match, but unfortunately they came up short by 1 run. Yes, only one run made the difference between losing an ODI series and tying it. However, the Proteas, led by AB de Villiers had numerous chances to wrap up today's game and failed in the end.

From a bowling perspective, only Dale Steyn with 6 wickets for 39 runs, in 9 overs made the Pakistan batsmen work hard for their runs. Imran Tahir bowled well too, especially on a pitch that did not help the spinners much. The rest of the bowlers could not stick to a consistent length and the Pakistan batsmen made them pay.



The South African innings started off very slowly, with the Pakistan opening bowlers bowling a very disciplined line and length. Smith was out early for only 1, which is just perhaps an indication that his days as an ODI batsmen is over. Amla, as usual, steadied the ship and young Quinton de Kock made a very good, entertaining contribution of 47 runs off 52 balls.

South Africa was chasing hard all game long until around the 38th over, when they required only about a run a ball to win, with plenty of wickets in the bag. Skipper De Villiers was firing away and Amla was set for another ODI century. In my view the Proteas threw it away with AB, Amla, and Duminy losing their wickets through unnecessary attacking shots, which was not needed at that stage.

Especially Amla, although scoring 98, should have seen the innings through to the end and made sure South Africa won this one. Again, cricket remains a very unpredictable game and that is why The Sports-Man loves it ...!






BatsmanStatusRunsBalls4s6sSR
Hashim Amlac Mohammad Hafeez b Saeed Ajmal981317074.81
Graeme Smithc Umar Akmal b Junaid Khan170014.29
Quinton de Kock (W)c Misbah-ul-Haq b Shahid Afridi47523190.38
Jacques Kallisc Saeed Ajmal b Shahid Afridi6120050.00
AB de Villiers (C)c Shahid Afridi b Junaid Khan744582164.44
JP Duminyc Anwar Ali b Junaid Khan15181083.33
David Millernot out240050.00
Ryan McLarennot out01000.00
Dale Steyn
Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Imran Tahir
Extras: 18 (b - 1, w - 5, no - 12, lb - 0, penalty - 0)
Fall of Wickets1/9 (Graeme Smith 4.3ov.)
2/96 (Quinton de Kock 21.4ov.)
3/117 (Jacques Kallis 25.4ov.)
4/227 (AB de Villiers 38.4ov.)
5/254 (Hashim Amla 44ov.)
6/255 (JP Duminy 44.2ov.)
BowlersOMRWKTNOWDECON
Junaid Khan90423004.67
Anwar Ali71390005.57
Saeed Ajmal80461015.75
Mohammad Hafeez80440005.5
Bilawal Bhatti40390029.75
Shahid Afridi90382004.22

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