SA v Eng 3rd ODI [4/02/05]

[Guest]

England won the toss and decided to bat

Umpires:
S A Bucknor, B G Jerling

South Africa:
G C Smith, A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher, S M Pollock, N Boje, M Ntini, A Nel

England:
M E Trescothick, G O Jones, V S Solanki, A J Strauss, K P Pietersen, I R Bell, P D Collingwood, A F Giles, Kabir Ali, D Gough, M J Hoggard

Changes:
Solanki in for Vaughan and Boje in for Hall

M E Trescothick c G C Smith b A Nel 33 43 5 1
G O Jones c and b N Boje 39 46 4 1
V S Solanki not out 52 75 2 0
A J Strauss c A G Prince b S M Pollock 35 40 3 0
K P Pietersen not out 12 14 1 0
Extras 2nb 7lb 9
Total for 3 180

190-3 after 37 overs

Run Rate 5.14

England leading 1-0 in 7 match series

 

[Guest]

Solanki out to Nel well made 66 from 87 balls.
Good come back innings.

Eng 207-4

 

[Kean0]

England are terrible to watch in the last ten over, they are boring me to death.

 

[Guest]

Not sure what England or SA are doing, wickets in hand should be attacking the bowling.

Smith seems to be obsessed with one over spells for everybody today.

Maybe working...

 

[Kean0]

this is why we are luck to have the likes of afridi and razzaq coming at the end of the innings, they make the last 1 overs go for 100, England are struggling to make 60 off thr last 10.

 

[Amjid Javed]

England 267/8 off 50 overs

S.africa about 2 start their inns

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 29/0 off 8 overs

 

[Sage]

Poor total by England after a good start.

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 61/1 off 12 overs good start thus far

 

[Amjid Javed]

boje out to kabir ali, no applause from bob willis!

s.africa 82/2 off 16.1 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.africa 89/3 off 20 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 118/3 off 25.3

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 173/3 off 33 overs

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 205/4

63 needed off 58 balls

 

[Amjid Javed]

2 set batsmen gone in two balls kemp and smith

S.africa 216/6

54 needed off 44 balls

 

[sajjad]

was smith out
or was it an aussie umpire..err i mean a bad decision

 

[Amjid Javed]

nah he was plumb!

S.africa 223/6 --> 44 overs

45 needed of 36 balls now

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.Africa 229/6 off 45 overs

40 needed of 30 now...!

 

[Pathan007]

39needed not 40

 

[Pathan007]

32off 27balls needed

 

[sajjad]

32 off 27

a little reminiscent of our chase yesterday.
had the wkts stayed...!

 

[Pathan007]

Africa will win it ezily man

 

[Amjid Javed]

14 runs off the over

s.africa 243/6

25 off 24 needed now!

 

[Pathan007]

that's it South Africa won

 

[sajjad]

25 left off 24 balls

they shud make it as long as they dont get themselves out
SA has a habit of doing that

 

[Sage]

Time for some choking!

 

[sajjad]

Kabir ALI has 2 overs left.
he may turn it around here again

 

[Pathan007]

not dis time

 

[Amjid Javed]

just 4 runs off over!

21 needed off 18 balls now

s.africa 247/6

 

[Hash]

Hoggard is bowling really well. 9 overs for 66 runs. what a man.....what a bowler.......what a champion

 

[Pathan007]

he just went for 14runs^^

 

[Sage]

pathan007, I was talking about what you do on a Friday night. Gag reflexes a thing of the past, eh?

 

[sajjad]

being sarcastic..

i wanna see SA win

 

[Amjid Javed]

2.4 off goughs 1st two balls

 

[Amjid Javed]

3 more off next ball, then a single

11 off 14 now

 

[sajjad]

man, Bocher playing a gem of an innings here

 

[Amjid Javed]

boucher gone lbw...! poor shot selection by boucher!

11 needed off 12

 

[sajjad]

9 of 10
Boucher wicket...was that out also

 

[sajjad]

6 off 8 balls

close but they shud get there

 

[Amjid Javed]

S.africa 266/7

2 needed off 6 balls

 

[Hash]

COME ON SOUTH AFRICA!

 

[sajjad]

SOUTH AFRICA WINNNN

wonderful stuff, the series is tied at 1-1

 

[Amjid Javed]

s.africa win

 

[Rob H]

Glad to see the series is level.

 

[sajjad]

I hope SA win the series

 

[pakistani pride]

ME TO !

 

[ZM]

me 3

 

[Oxy]

The recent test series and now the ODI series has been one of most enjoyable as a neutral in years.

 

[Abdul Qadir 236]

wouldnt say that. I enjoyed Aus v Ind, Ind v Aus 01, Pak v Ind, Pak v Bang a lot more. I prefer to see world class spinners in action.

about time SA won an odi but I cant help feeling JP Duminy should be batting in the top6 and not Kemp.
Boje did well but surely the time is right for Paul Harris, Thandi Tshabalala or a leggie, albeit a very raw one in Tyron Pillay.