South Africa beat Australia by 6 wickets in the first ODI

[Abdullah719]

South Africa Squad
F du Plessis*, KJ Abbott, HM Amla, F Behardien, Q de Kock, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, DA Miller, WD Parnell, AM Phangiso, AL Phehlukwayo, K Rabada, RR Rossouw, T Shamsi, DW Steyn

Australia Squad
SPD Smith*, DA Warner, GJ Bailey, SM Boland, AJ Finch, JW Hastings, TM Head, UT Khawaja, MR Marsh, JM Mennie, CP Tremain, MS Wade, DJ Worrall, A Zampa

 

[Bilal7]

Absolutely no reason to watch this match. No Amla, de Villiers, Starc or even Khawaja. A shame.

 

[Convict]

Absolutely no reason to watch this match. No Amla, de Villiers, Starc or even Khawaja. A shame.

One of those is not like the others

 

[saeed5646]

One of those is not like the others

Khawaja

 

[dauntless]

Rabada 153.2 kph superb from this young man even in the previous over he has bowled a ball at 152

 

[dauntless]

Rabada is really a talented bowler he is most probably behind starc only he is a fiery character too aggressive player!!

 

[speedking]

How quick is AL Phehlukwayo crickinfo says he is Right arm fast!!!!!

 

[Muhammad10]

A gripping contest. Australia maintaining a good run-rate despite losing wickets regularly.

 

[The Last Of The Stars]

Australia's fast bowlers are rubbish, barring Marsh and Hastings.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

De Kock and Rosseuw are so dynamic

 

[160KPH]

QDK is one of the best bats that play today.

 

[Suleiman]

Absolutely no reason to watch this match. No Amla, de Villiers, Starc or even Khawaja. A shame.

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QdK is enough reason to watch it, as is Russow. This is modern ODI batting at its best.

Feel free to watch a slugfest on UAE tracks instead if that's your thing.

 

[Fahdi]

Absolutely no reason to watch this match. No Amla, de Villiers, Starc or even Khawaja. A shame.

Boy are you missing out.

QDK is putting on quite a show here. Terrific player, looks set for an 11th hundred

 

[Executioner]

Some top batting this from SA.

Where does all this go in world cups? Why do SA bat like Bangladesh in world cups I wonder

 

[TQ89]

Awesome opening stand this. literally took the attack to the cleaners

 

[FreakCricket]

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QdK is enough reason to watch it, as is Russow. This is modern ODI batting at its best.

Feel free to watch a slugfest on UAE tracks instead if that's your thing.

you really like mickey mouse run fest cricket, appreciate good cricket my breda

 

[Suleiman]

you really like mickey mouse run fest cricket, appreciate good cricket my breda

beauty's in the eye of the beholder m8. Good cricket for you may be watching a pathetic WI batting line-up toil and squirm chasing 284, it's a won game already for us. Though I thoroughly enjoyed the Sharjeel and Babar show.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Aussies bowling even worse than we did somehow

 

[Convict]

Aussies bowling even worse than we did somehow

Look at the attack

 

[Suleiman]

uhh possibility of 200 to be breached here by qdk??

Incredible fitness btw. Keeping and then having the resilience to go this hard on the bowling.

 

[HitWicket]

uhh possibility of 200 to be breached here by qdk??

Incredible fitness btw. Keeping and then having the resilience to go this hard on the bowling.

No chance.

 

[Suleiman]

No chance.

Not enough runs unfortunately

This is the same level pancake attack Rohit Sharma plundered in India, just different colors.

 

[FreakCricket]

beauty's in the eye of the beholder m8. Good cricket for you may be watching a pathetic WI batting line-up toil and squirm chasing 284, it's a won game already for us. Though I thoroughly enjoyed the Sharjeel and Babar show.

just watching aus vs saf, hasting boland what socery is this ? stupid 7+rpo match looks dull

 

[Suleiman]

just watching aus vs saf, hasting boland what socery is this ? stupid 7+rpo match looks dull

can easily say the same for the WI game. Bunch of carribean hacks tuk tuking away while the game is already gone with RRR at nearly 8.

 

[Hamza_]

This is carnage from the baby faced. Wow

 

[Syed1]

Baby faced butcher. Wow wow wow..

 

[Hamza_]

Now goes past his highest score with a SIX. Wow

 

[Hamza_]

Another SIX!!!

 

[soso_killer]

What at onslaught by QdK, back to back 6's

 

[Hamza_]

And another SIX

 

[Syed1]

Brings up his 100 and 150 both with sixes. Wow

 

[Hamza_]

Oh my word. Two more. 3 in a row

 

[Syed1]

Wow this guy is demolishing all the hype around Zampa

 

[Suleiman]

Yep, defo looks like Qdk will race against the runs to get to 200, Faf doing tuk tuk to let Qdk get there, big heart.

Will be tough, but I hope he gets there.

 

[HitWicket]

No chance.

Surely not...

 

[Suleiman]

ahaha oh man. another one :AAG :djkhaled

 

[Hamza_]

This is brutal even from ESPN cricinfo

 

[Syed1]

Yep, defo looks like Qdk will race against the runs to get to 200, Faf doing tuk tuk to let Qdk get there, big heart.

Will be tough, but I hope he gets there.

31 total runs needed and he needs 27 to get to 200. Will be neck and neck

 

[Hamza_]

Get De Kock on strike

 

[Suleiman]

31 total runs needed and he needs 27 to get to 200. Will be neck and neck

Yeah, they showed Herschelle Gibbs grinning and tweeting about it as well.

Will be historic, first 200 chasing iirc.

 

[Suleiman]

this guy duminy
[MENTION=139981]HitWicket[/MENTION]: bachat ho gayi

 

[Syed1]

Why you do this Duminy??

 

[Syed1]

You never know with South Africa, they can still end up losing from here..

 

[Syed1]

Ok so they are definitely choking..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Aussies bowling even worse than we did somehow

They are heavily dependent on Starc in LOIs.

 

[Convict]

They are heavily dependent on Starc in LOIs.

Are we?

This is a third string attack at best

 

[Syed1]

Are we?

This is a third string attack at best

Did give excuses

 

[Syed1]

If SA were batting first they could have easily broken the record for highest score. 300 in the 35th over WOW.

 

[Syed1]

Don't*

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Are we?

This is a third string attack at best

Atleast the ODi bowling is in my opinion. Hazlewood is economical but somehow doesn't get a lot of wickets . Who are the first choice bowlers in ODIs

 

[Syed1]

"Scott Boland ends up with his career-best bowling figures in ODIs.....on a day when he has gone at 10 runs an over" )


Brother [MENTION=132373]Convict[/MENTION] may have a point

 

[JaDed]

The thing with Aussies is they keep experimenting and they can come up with excuses like second string third string because they end up being the world champions and defending ones right now but if there is swing in England in 2019 i have a feeling we can see a different winner.

 

[Convict]

The thing with Aussies is they keep experimenting and they can come up with excuses like second string third string because they end up being the world champions and defending ones right now but if there is swing in England in 2019 i have a feeling we can see a different winner.

Hardly an excuse is it?





Mitch Marsh is the only member of that attack that was in the world cup squad

 

[Convict]

Atleast the ODi bowling is in my opinion. Hazlewood is economical but somehow doesn't get a lot of wickets . Who are the first choice bowlers in ODIs

Starc, Hazlewood and Cummins

Pattinson, Coulter-Nile, Richardson, Behrendorff

Paris soon imo and to be fair to Hastings he's probably around this mark as well.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Australia playing a joke attack again. One could see this coming.

 

[JaDed]

Hardly an excuse is it?





Mitch Marsh is the only member of that attack that was in the world cup squad

Yes but it feels like almost every alternate ODI series ur team's bowling attack is second string not that it gets u defeated but seems to happen more often.

Except Saffers do you think any team even gives a competition to Aus in billateral ODI series whatever the bowling attack.

 

[Convict]

Yes but it feels like almost every alternate ODI series ur team's bowling attack is second string not that it gets u defeated but seems to happen more often.

Except Saffers do you think any team even gives a competition to Aus in billateral ODI series whatever the bowling attack.

Well yeah. We rest players a lot for more important series and try out a lot of players and only try to get a team together towards the actual world cup.

Its why Smith was rested in Sri Lanka.

Its worked very well for Australia because when players get out of form or injured we're not scrambling for replacements and stuck playing experienced guys because we have plenty of people with lots of experience playing.

On the other hand we get times where players who clearly aren't up for it are getting extended runs.

 

[MenInG]

DE KOCK LEADS PROTEAS TO FAMOUS VICTORY

Friday, 30 September 2016

QUINTON DE KOCK struck the second highest ever score by a South African as the Standard Bank Proteas scored a crushing six-wicket victory over Australia in the first Momentum One-Day International (ODI) played at SuperSport Park on Friday.

The young opener blasted 178 from 113 deliveries, clubbing 11 sixes and 16 fours along the way, to help the hosts secure a famous win over Australia.

Set 295 for victory, they almost made a mockery of the target by breezing past it with almost 14 overs to spare to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.

De Kock’s blitz was second only to that of Gary Kirsten’s unbeaten 188 scored against United Arab Emirates in Rawalpindi during the 1996 World Cup.

The 23-year-old was not the only shining light for South Africa, with Andile Phehlukwayo showing signs of a potential new star being born with his splendid return of 4/44 on a day when every other bowler, bar Imran Tahir (1/46), travelled.

Phehlukwayo, still only 20, made a low-key debut against Ireland five days ago and was given another go at Centurion where he did not disappoint.

After Faf du Plessis won the toss and opted to bowl first, new-ball pair Kagiso Rabada (0/63), who had a rare off day, and Dale Steyn (1/65) struggled to contain David Warner (40) and Aaron Finch (33).

Wayne Parnell (1/56) and Phehlukwayo were introduced to try and stem the flow, and after the former dismissed Warner, the latter accounted for Finch, captain Steven Smith (8) and Mitchell Marsh (31) for a first spell return of 3/34 in six overs.

He returned to remove John Hastings for a career-best 51 (56 balls, 6 fours, 2 sixes) later on as Australia’s loss of regular wickets cost them.

They had to rely on George Bailey to hold things together with a top-score of 74 (90 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes) as South Africa looked confident at the halfway stage.

And they came out firing after supper as De Kock and Rilee Rossouw plundered 145 for the first wicket in a mere 17.1 overs.

Rossouw, standing in for the ill Hashim Amla, smashed 63 off 45 balls (10 fours, 1 six), before Faf du Plessis (26) helped De Kock add 123 in 14.3 overs for the second wicket to take their team to the brink of victory.

Both fell quickly along with JP Duminy (9) to make the margin of victory slightly shorter, but it did not prevent the Proteas from securing one of their great wins over Australia.

 

[Buffet]

Absolutely no reason to watch this match. No Amla, de Villiers, Starc or even Khawaja. A shame.

Phew.... There was all the reason to watch this game. One of the best knocks played by a young player.

 

[Ellipsism]

As I've stated before the upcoming Aussie talent is poor apart from Stanlake.

 

[Convict]

As I've stated before the upcoming Aussie talent is poor apart from Stanlake.

Paris?

The Queenslanders have a young guy they rave on about. Xavier Bartlett. Apparently quite lively.

 

[volcyz]

Scott Boland is one of the most laughablr selections I've ever seen.
He has been absolutely awful every single match he's played.

Never seen him do anything except that over of 6 gunbarrel straight yorkers to useless Darren Sammy in BBL.
Any decent batsmen would have improvised and ramp his yorkers or use their feet against his 135kph pies.

 

[LegendAli]

) Duminy is the Afridi of SA, isn't he?

What a rubbish player, him and Miller both, Miller still has time but ) @ Duminy, seriously.