South Africa v N Zealand | CT 2009 | Centurion | 24/9/09

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South Africa v New Zealand | CT 2009 | Centurion | 9/24/09

SAF VS NZ ICC Champions Trophy, 2009: September 24, 2009

Venue: Centurian


Squads

New Zealand:
SE Bond NT Broom IG Butler
CD Cumming BJ Diamanti GD Elliott
DR Flynn JEC Franklin PG Fulton
MR Gillespie MJ Guptill GJ Hopkins
JM How BB McCullum NL McCullum
PD McGlashan TG McIntosh CS Martin
KD Mills IE O'Brien JDP Oram
JS Patel AJ Redmond JD Ryder
TG Southee SB Styris LRPL Taylor
EP Thompson DR Tuffey DL Vettori

South Africa :
YA Abdulla HM Amla LL Bosman
J Botha MV Boucher AB de Villiers
JP Duminy HH Gibbs PL Harris
JH Kallis I Khan RK Kleinveldt
J Louw ND McKenzie JA Morkel
M Morkel A Nel M Ntini
JL Ontong WD Parnell AN Petersen
RJ Peterson VD Philander AG Prince
GC Smith DW Steyn LL Tsotsobe
RE van der Merwe VB van Jaarsveld M Zondeki

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

1 over done...2 runs from it...

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

2 overs...4/0

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

3 overs...9/0

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Ryder gone...4 overs...12/1

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

13 overs...58/2

 

[hasanb]

Tight bowling backed up by some very good fielding from SA is keeping the NZers in check, although it must be said that NZ are sucing the life out of the game and those neutrals watching by their style of batting.

Theyre going at 3.80 an over only

They are currently on 111/3 after 29 0vers

 

[Oxy]

South Africa won the toss and decided to field

A steady (& unspectacular) start by NZ so far.

135-3 of 34 overs

 

[Sheikh]

Kiwis have sort of stuttered along here. 166/4 after 40.

I guess they'll be looking at around 235.

 

[Savak]

I wonder why did the Kiwis leave out Patel? A pretty mind boggling decision if you ask me.

 

[Random Aussie]

Bond, Shane Bond.

 

[sehban]

245 will be quite a good score on the pitch...ball doesnt seem to be coming onto the bat and it is turning also

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

NZ turning it on now...4 boundaries in 4 consecutive bowls...

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Hmm If Saffies lose his, they will be out. Right?

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

I wonder why did the Kiwis leave out Patel? A pretty mind boggling decision if you ask me.

I know it's a boggling decision. Although in cricinfo, at the beginning of the match it said: "...We wanted to play two spinners but when we lost a quality allrounder in Oram it became difficult. "

 

[Poison]

Hmm If Saffies lose his, they will be out. Right?

Yes. Which will be very very interesting.

Ross Taylor is the only Kiwi batsman of class produced in the last five years.

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

Why did Mills come ahead of Vettori? Unless, the plan is to just slog mindlessly...

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

As I said that, Mills gone...

 

[Khabri420]

NZ's Sanga comes out to bat

 

[Afridi_Fan]

They should get atleast to 230-235.

 

[checkers.llvllaster]

They should get atleast to 230-235.

If Taylor gets going, they can get to 250...

Oops, nevermind, Taylor gone...

 

[Poison]

Taylor is gone

They'll fold for 220.

Anyone else noticed that Wayne Parnell has been getting pumped for the last two games? He's gone for 140 runs in 17 overs so far in this tourney.

 

[Jo_Don]

Parnell gets a 5-for

Taylor is gone

They'll fold for 220.

Anyone else noticed that Wayne Parnell has been getting pumped for the last two games? He's gone for 140 runs in 17 overs so far in this tourney.

But with 8 wickets so far that's an average of 17.5. I'd take that as a captain.

 

[Khabri420]

Parnell is over-rated

 

[Da Best]

Congrats to Wayne Parnell for the 5fer! Again expensive in this match, like the last match. But brings SA those wickets.

 

[Poison]

Parnell gets a 5-for

But with 8 wickets so far that's an average of 17.5. I'd take that as a captain.

Fair point; he's like an ODI version of Danny Boy

 

[Khabri420]

Is Makhaya injured?

 

[Oxy]

NZ all out for 214 off 47.5 overs

 

[fawad_wellwisher]

Poor finish by the Kiwis.

 

[Jo_Don]

Saffers need to win with a RR of around 6 to keep their net RR positive.

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Poor end to the innings.

 

[hasanb]

Is Makhaya injured?

Makhaya would be cannon fodder on this pitch, his pace and nip is seriously down and he doesnt even possess a slower ball. Parnell might be over rated but he picked up a 5fer! I removed him from my fantasy team yesterday....ah well.

Parnell has a tendency to go for runs but picks up wickets, 8 wickets in 2 matches so far in the tournament.

 

[Xoib]

pace wise he is no where near Aamir. :aamir

 

[Jo_Don]

Neither was Mcgrath, but we all know that pace isn't everything

 

[hasanb]

Neither was Mcgrath, but we all know that pace isn't everything

Comparing Ntini to Mcgrath is a bit silly dont you think. Makhaya has done well in spurts but the reason he tends to get a fair tonk at times is due to his lack of variation.

 

[hasanb]

Am I the only one in thinking that a 45 minute break is excessively long in between innings??

I mean ODIs is struggling as a format to survive in any case, the last thing they need is making the neutral viewer lose interest through such a stupidly long break, surely 25 - 30 minutes should be enough!

 

[Deewana Mastana]

Smith gone caught by Vettori off Tuffey

 

[Afridi_Fan]

Good wicket for Kiwis.

 

[Oxy]

That annoying IPL music they have when nothin is happening is annoying!

I prefered the 'Yahoooooooooooooooooooooo' during the T20

 

[Wassixpakistani]

Numa Numa would have been a great choice of music here .

 

[ace_allrounder]

That annoying IPL music they have when nothin is happening is annoying!

I prefered the 'Yahoooooooooooooooooooooo' during the T20

Lol,that used to crack me up all the time
I dont know why.


Anyway...rooting for Saffies here

 

[Salman]

Respect to Jessie Ryder!


One of the rare international cricketers to don a mustash!

 

[Mohsin]

Respect to Jessie Ryder!


One of the rare international cricketers to don a mustash!

Oi Zindabad! :Zardari

 

[12thMan]

ABCDE 53(60)
South Africa 189/5 (37.0 ov) - need 26 runs to win

Powerplay not taken yet

 

[Kray_jackson7]

Comon Tuffey! Get Some Wickets!!!!!!

 

[don1990]

win easily by 5 wickets

 

[don1990]

ab de villiers is the star for s.a

 

[don1990]

i think there is a huge chance for africa to throw to semis bcoz there next match is against england who is already under pressure......

 

[Khurram]

England will beat NZ and SA to go to semi